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In reply to the discussion: Fuck Susan Sarandon: If she'd (Hillary) won, we'd be at war [View all]JHan
(10,173 posts)As much as I can't take her, I think the intense dislike of her inflates her ego when she's undeserving of the attention considering her ignorance. Her views should make her inconsequential yet she remains relevant. I'm okay with calling out silliness, but I have Sarandon fatigue.
And she's just plain wrong, if not stupid. Susan for all her activism, isn't aware that the U.S is at war as we speak? Don't drone strikes, special operations in Niger ( FFS where has she been over the past couple months) count as "war" anymore?
And then there's the reality: America has so many layered involvements in world affairs, pacts and alliances and treaties - has Susan ever articulated a way for the United States to abandon those agreements without repercussions? It's great for armchair observers to pontificate about foreign affairs and harp on about Hillary and obama and whoever else, without ever being asked to provide alternate solutions that aren't platitudes while blissfully untouched and unaffected by the real world considerations and pressure brought to bear on "national security" experts on a daily basis.