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Hortensis

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9. Sometimes all nations are evil, some incredibly

Reply to roguevalley (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 08:40 PM

Mar 2016

dreadfully so. But for some who hate their nation here America can do no good and peoples elsewhere never cause their own problems. Ever.

I despise nationalism. I also despise the peculiar indulgence of mindless self-hate. Balance based on clear-eyed assessments is good.

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'call(ing) libya a �shit show�', obama absolves himself and hillary of responsibility for 'libya' [View all] iAZZZo Mar 2016 OP

amazing. roguevalley Mar 2016 #1

Amazing is people summarily dismissing the explanations of Hortensis Mar 2016 #2

It is vital we beat them to stealing Libya's oil. Octafish Mar 2016 #3

Hmm. No. What about Obama's determination, Hortensis Mar 2016 #4

The facts are plain as day: The crowd running Washington makes big money off war. Octafish Mar 2016 #5

But Obama isn't them. Hortensis Mar 2016 #6

sometimes America is evil roguevalley Mar 2016 #8

Sometimes all nations are evil, some incredibly Hortensis Mar 2016 #9

"Amazing is people summarily dismissing the explanations of the planet's foremost expert in our ..." iAZZZo Mar 2016 #11

This is the choice: pick the less terrible of 2 terrible options maxsolomon Mar 2016 #7

"After Gulf War 1, both the right and left thought GHWB should have rolled into Baghdad." iAZZZo Mar 2016 #10

Perhaps you should endeavor to not condescend maxsolomon Mar 2016 #12

writing for the non-member "less than 144 character audience" iAZZZo Mar 2016 #13