"The 1980's are calling to ask for their foreign policy back."

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  1. Ancalagon

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  4. Steal Your Face

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    Oops, turns out the cluster bombs aren't that popular with the American people. I wonder how certain people here will spin this.
    https://thehill.com/policy/4106234-...cision-to-send-cluster-bombs-to-ukraine-poll/
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    1. Since when are wars fought based on popular opinion? :chris:

    2. They're not so unpopular that the US was willing to sign the treaty banning them. :shrug:
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  6. Jenee

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    If you truly do not have a preference for right wing politics (which no one believes but you keep insisting) then you should know his decision wasn't made based on how popular the decision would be. But, how much money can weapons manufacturers make and how much will they they give him to do so.
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  7. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    First of all, I never said I didn't have a preference for right wing politics, what I said was I'm not a republican. I've admitted to leaning right, I prefer libertarian philosophy so of course I lean right.

    Second of all, I find it interesting that nobody believes UA is who he says he is politically, but you and I and I don't know him personally, but you do. You defend him and say that people don't know him in real life, yet you don't do the same for me. You assume you know my character, but you don't know me personally so how can you truly judge what type of person I am?

    Lastly, I know full well why Biden chose the cluster bombs. Have you not been paying attention to the arguments against the undying and uncritical support for this war? One of the arguments against it are that some people are tired of funding the military industrial complex and that that the military budget should be reduced and that our military presence around the world should be reduced. Those same people argue that we shouldn't be playing world police and according to Biden himself, the use of cluster bombs is considered a war crime.
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    Go look at opinion polls about MLK, Jr before 1968, and get back to us.
  9. Steal Your Face

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    How is this relevant?
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    Because public opinion changes and isn’t always right. Most white Americans didn’t like MLK until after April, 1968.
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    Okay, Biden is free to ignore this at his peril.
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    :yes: You might have noticed that torture allegations didn’t keep Bush from serving two terms.
  13. Steal Your Face

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    You might have noticed that twenty years have passed and people are more informed and social media didn't exist back then.
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    A. Libertarianism is not "right leaning". What is currently considered Libertarianism today is assholes who don't want to be connected politically to the religious right. But, it's still Republicans.
    B. UA may have a long time ago (years before Libertarianism was abducted by Republicans) espoused to being Libertarian, but ,,, he's really apolitical. Like everyone else on this board, he just likes to argue. and If anyone would care to look at this posting history, he argued just as vehemently with the right leaning posters when they "ruled" the board.
    C. I don't know you. The only thing I know about you is what you post on this board. UA knows this and accepts it to some degree (I assume. we don't discuss it) and therefore, doesn't cry because other posters say mean things in response to his posts. IOW, he doesn't act like a big baby.
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    Fuck you! I do NOT like to argue! :rant:
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  16. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Excuse me if I don't like being called something I'm not and that I won't let people get away with saying incorrect things just because they think they're being funny or something.
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    If they kill Russians, they’re popular with me :techman:
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    Fine. But, you still come off looking like a baby.
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  19. Steal Your Face

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    Even civilians?
  20. Ten Lubak

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    I said Russians, didn't I? :bergman:
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  21. Steal Your Face

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    I just wanted to be clear that you were cool with genocide and war crimes as long as it's people you don't like.
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    Aw jeez, now @RickDeckard is gonna have to drop everything and spend the next 24 hours virtue signalling. Don't you even care that he had dinner reservations ? :(
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  23. Ten Lubak

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    Yeah it's like Republicans and brown people, you get it
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    No I don't get it.
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    Sure you do. Listen, I know that you wanting Russia to win is skewing your judgement a bit here but surely even you can see the benefit of wiping every single Russian off the face of the earth :bergman:
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    We’re giving them to the Ukrainians not the Muscovites.
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  28. Steal Your Face

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    Yes, I know. That doesn't change the fact that cluster bombs disproportionately harm civilians over military targets. It also doesn't change the fact that it takes several years if not decades to clear them all.
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    I have multiple people on ignore. If you're referring to something they've said, I'm not interested in anything they have to say.