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Bounty on US Troops....

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
Bounties have been placed on American service members in many instances. The last one I remember was Vietnam.
Would you have considered North Vietnam an American ally while that was going on? Think hard.

What would you have thought if, while that was going on, Johnson or Nixon was pushing to normalize trade with North Vietnam and to get North Vietnam into the G8?
 

esmith

Veteran Member
Would you have considered North Vietnam an American ally while that was going on? Think hard.
Well even though you are being somewhat of an unmentionable word I will respond to your sophomoric question.
Don't believe I have to think very hard unlike you to understand that North Vietnam forces were responsible for some of the deaths of U.S. and allied personnel in the Vietnam War.

What would you have thought if, while that was going on, Johnson or Nixon was pushing to normalize trade with North Vietnam and to get North Vietnam into the G8?
About the same as my opinion of Hanoi Jane.
But I see your thought(?) process in asking the question. However, the last time I checked we were and are not trying to make economic deals with the Taliban, or any of the terrorist groups in the last few years, therefore your question is a moot point.
 

Rational Agnostic

Well-Known Member
Would you have considered North Vietnam an American ally while that was going on? Think hard.

What would you have thought if, while that was going on, Johnson or Nixon was pushing to normalize trade with North Vietnam and to get North Vietnam into the G8?

North Vietnam wasn't a nuclear power. War with Russia would likely mean BILLIONS of deaths. We should do anything necessary to avoid a nuclear war, and if that means licking Putin's boots, then we should lick Putin's boots.
 

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
@Father Heathen might suggest that, but I'll wager it's unnecessary.

You know I deplore book lickin'. Trump keeps Putin's boots (among other things) thoroughly clean with his tongue. Avoiding war, especially nuclear war, is obviously the preferred route, but I don't foresee it necessitating appeasement. I doubt Russia wants to deal with retaliatory nukes, either. There's the legend of the secret tapes depicting Russian prostitutes peeing in Trump's mouth, and that's apparently the leverage Putin uses over Trump to keep him servile. It might explain why he uncritically "trusts" Putin over our own intelligence agencies.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
You know I deplore book lickin'. Trump keeps Putin's boots (among other things) thoroughly clean with his tongue. Avoiding war, especially nuclear war, is obviously the preferred route, but I don't foresee it necessitating appeasement. I doubt Russia wants to deal with retaliatory nukes, either. There's the legend of the secret tapes depicting Russian prostitutes peeing in Trump's mouth, and that's the apparently the leverage Putin uses over Trump to keep him servile. It might explain why he uncritically "trusts" Putin over our own intelligence agencies.
Well, I hope that Putin avoids stepping in dog grenades in his yard.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
He probably looks Trump in the eyes as he steps in them on purpose.
About "boot licking"....does it apply to any politician
with an affinity for any person or group?
Does Biden lick BLM's boots?
Does Hillary lick Israel's boots?
I just wonder how general this tongue on footwear is.
 

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
About "boot licking"....does it apply to any politician
with an affinity for any person or group?
Does Biden lick BLM's boots?
Does Hillary lick Israel's boots?
I just wonder how general this tongue on footwear is.

LIke I've said before, the only people I've called "bootlickers" are those whose who support soandso or suchandsuch in a blind, uncritical, idolizing manner as if they were beyond reproach. Pretty clear cut criteria. I'm sure you agree this is an irrational way to regard others, especially parties and politicians.
 

Daemon Sophic

Avatar in flux
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. However, the last time I checked we were and are not trying to make economic deals with the Taliban, or any of the terrorist groups in the last few years, therefore your question is a moot point.
:facepalm: But little Donny boy IS trying to get Russia into the G8, ever since altering the planks of the GOP convention platorm in 2015 to favor Putin’s Russia. You remember them? The one’s the analogy was about? The one’s paying and supplying the terrorists to kill our young men and women?
North Vietnam wasn't a nuclear power. War with Russia would likely mean BILLIONS of deaths. We should do anything necessary to avoid a nuclear war, and if that means licking Putin's boots, then we should lick Putin's boots.
That technique has been tried many times throughout human history. It always ends in the boot-wearer getting bolder, more powerful, and more dangerous. Multiple more effective techniques are available.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
LIke I've said before, the only people I've called "bootlickers" are those whose who support soandso or suchandsuch in a blind, uncritical, idolizing manner as if they were beyond reproach. Pretty clear cut criteria. I'm sure you agree this is an irrational way to regard others, especially parties and politicians.
No, I think if a name applies to one, then
it applies to others exhibiting the same traits.
 
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