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Drone strikes? What about conventional bombing? Obama initiated bombing in Syria. He killed thousands and contributed to the displacement of millions of refugees. Trump de-escalated Obama’s mess. Obama gave us the Arab Spring violence. Trump gave us the Abraham Accords and Peace accords throughout the Middle East.
Or as we say here "Bat**** crazy".
No, Obama was President during the Arab Spring violence. He did not give us that.
Disagree completely, or more! Now is the time when the nation desperately needs her clear-headed honesty on what is happening to the Republican Party as it careens towards populist totalitarianism.
That direction is sealed both ways.
If you were an adult in 2001 and was an American watching the Twin Towers fall, you were likely pretty geared up for payback. I'm a liberal and I sure as hell wanted payback. The vast majority of Americans wanted payback. It was only over many years that the invasions of Afghanistan and then later Iraq was less and less supported. Iraq was always a dubious target. But Bush/Cheney were in the White House and they claimed there was evidence Saddam was involved. Most in Congress accepted the case, which was later found to be fabricated. Did Cheney know? We can't say, but the whole story suggests there was more political motivations than justified war. I doubt we the people will ever get the whole story. We need to be careful who we nominate and who we elect. Liberals get stuck with the Bush/Cheneys and the Trumps, and we have to do the best we can. Do liberals trust republicans these days? No.
Right. But at this point I can't predict how the citizens of the USA will vote. I was happy when Trump won the nomination in 2016 because I celebrated an easy Clinton win. Watching Trump's slow rise in the polls was like being on the Titanic, and no lifeboats left.
I said years ago that the few ethical republicans need to take over their party and let Trump start the MAGA party. Of course that would divide their base, so I understand why they didn't. But look at them now. They took a chance that Trump's influence would disappear after he lost, and the guy is like herpes. Liz and Kinzinger are both saying they are working to help ethical republicans run for office. Will it be enough? Conservatives really like the Trump vibe of grievance and authoritarianism. What can ethical republicans offer people who don't value ethics?
In case you forgot, President Obama traveled to the Middle East during the period and made speeches, such as in Cairo, that directly fomented unrest.
Given your repeated demonstrated hatred of Republicans I think they would find any advice you have for them to be highly suspect.
The deaths from J6 and the evidence revealed in the ongoing hearings indicate you're wrong.
One problem with ditching Cheney is that Hageman
Since President Trump didn’t instigate any violence on January 6th and no hearings have found any evidence of this I am not wrong, you are.
Someone must have slept through January 6 and ignored all news stories since.
And how does throwing up your hands help? Democracy requires the demos (people) to make it work. That's you, and everybody else.
There's nothing the ordinary citizen can do anymore.
If it makes you feel any better DS, as an Australian, we didn’t exactly support the US war efforts. I mean obviously we sent troops, because we are political allies to the US. So we kind of had to (and I think some were afraid that they’d attack us next if we didn’t.) But we lacked much of the “vengeance” motive the US had. I do remember the news angling for the sympathy vote towards the US for the twin towers from the public. But post war, I noticed a lot of bad blood so to speak from vets who were seemingly appalled by a lot of the US conduct. (Though I have no doubt that our soldiers were as equally reprehensible.)
Really? No measure at all? Not even simple honesty (you know, Trump never tells lies, right?)
If you believe that, then you don't believe in democracy. That was the meaning of Franklin's "if you can keep it" remark.
I think Americans miss having a "royal personage" at their head. I'm old enough to remember when the JFK/Jackie White House was referred to as "Camelot." Personality cults, as in this bizarre fascination for one man, Donald Trump, by people who he would suck dry in a moment without even a hint of remorse, is truly bizarre. But he's rich, and he's a television personality (whoo-hoo, nothing better!), and he's got a hot wife -- so he'll do for King for now. And that is, truly, what I see going on.