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In reply to the discussion: The US is wrecking the Middle East again - in ways you don't even realise [View all]cpwm17
(3,829 posts)5. If any nation tried to do to us what the US does to many nations in the world,
they would get nuked.
This is American exceptionalism and de facto white supremacy that allows Americans to think nothing of abusing so many nations filled with scary brown people.
Sam Harris:
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Sam_Harris
"Unless liberals realize that there are tens of millions of people in the Muslim world who are far scarier than Dick Cheney, they will be unable to protect civilization from its genuine enemies."
so
"We cannot let our qualms over collateral damage paralyze us because our enemies know no such qualms. Theirs is a kill-the-children-first approach to war, and we ignore the fundamental difference between their violence and our own at our peril. Given the proliferation of weaponry in our world, we no longer have the option of waging this war with swords. It seems certain that collateral damage, of various sorts, will be a part of our future for many years to come".
People that call themselves liberal support this crap.
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The US is wrecking the Middle East again - in ways you don't even realise [View all]
EdwardBernays
Jan 2016
OP
I agree that in theory this could happen but realistically I don't see it taking place.
jalan48
Jan 2016
#26
After emphasizing the word "YOU" in your previous post, YOU have to ask who is being referred to?
GummyBearz
Jan 2016
#29
Yep - money is power. Unfortunately our politicians get to pick societies winners and losers...
jonno99
Jan 2016
#42