It only hurts because you somewhat believe in American Exceptionalism

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Topic - It's never a "good sign" when... - dark_dave56 05:30:41 02/19/22 (101)

Are Ukraine and Taiwan simply "distractions" ? - peppy m. 09:52:37 02/19/22 (1)

RE: Are Ukraine and Taiwan simply "distractions" ? - pictureguy 22:25:20 02/21/22 (0)

RE: It's never a "good sign" when... - Inmate51 09:40:51 02/19/22 (0)

No, its not even remotely close to the same movie. nt - Rick W 08:17:02 02/19/22 (0)

A good, related read: Among the Russians by Colin Thurbon - SamA 07:37:11 02/19/22 (0)

Hopefully... - ghost of olddude55 05:46:41 02/19/22 (95)

please supply the list of countries you want Vlad to have... - Jim Pearce 08:32:53 02/19/22 (41)

Ridiculous. - ghost of olddude55 09:37:48 02/19/22 (40)

RE: Ridiculous. - Jim Pearce 08:36:10 02/20/22 (0)

RE: Ridiculous. - Steve O 10:21:05 02/19/22 (38)

I was born in Peoria... - Ivan303 12:40:22 02/19/22 (6)

If it plays in Peoria it'll play anywhere? - Steve O 13:57:25 02/19/22 (5)

RE: If it plays in Peoria it'll play anywhere? - Ivan303 14:41:46 02/19/22 (4)

OK . . . But that's the old "red scare" rhetoric - Steve O 15:26:51 02/19/22 (3)

Just unplug "commie" and substitute the boogeyman of choice. - ghost of olddude55 16:01:09 02/19/22 (2)

You were (are?) affiliated with a party - Steve O 16:58:04 02/19/22 (1)

Green. - ghost of olddude55 07:23:53 02/20/22 (0)

Past performance. - ghost of olddude55 10:46:09 02/19/22 (30)

Yeah, I know that it was only one of the latest in a long line, but... - MWE 12:31:13 02/19/22 (13)

Wow - we agree! Yes, those people should have been put out of their misery [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 12:45:34 02/19/22 (0)

I agree. They should be. - ghost of olddude55 12:43:02 02/19/22 (11)

You left out Brzezinski. Personally, I'd include Rice too - Chris from Lafayette 12:49:26 02/19/22 (10)

Anybody involved in blowing up Libya... - ghost of olddude55 12:56:09 02/19/22 (9)

It only hurts because you somewhat believe in American Exceptionalism - Wojciech 02/19/2218:59:44 02/19/22 (8)

What is the change that you think Russia and China want? nt - Rick W 07:52:59 02/20/22 (0)

I don't believe in American exceptionalism at all. - ghost of olddude55 07:29:28 02/20/22 (3)

RE: I don't believe in American exceptionalism at all. - Inmate51 09:10:57 02/20/22 (2)

Follow-Up On Coca Cola - Inmate51 06:59:46 02/22/22 (0)

RE: I don't believe in American exceptionalism at all. - tweaker456 09:16:25 02/20/22 (0)

Some of that free trade, AKA "globalism", is coming back to bite us in the butt in many ways. - MWE 20:12:09 02/19/22 (2)

Unnecessary Stuff - Inmate51 05:43:24 02/20/22 (0)

It may be warping your senses - Wojciech 20:22:53 02/19/22 (0)

yeah well, here's the thing ghost... - Jim Pearce 11:12:40 02/19/22 (15)

RE: yeah well, here's the thing ghost... - Inmate51 11:50:30 02/19/22 (1)

"...the whole thing was platitudes and code words." - Krav Maga 18:33:45 02/21/22 (0)

To quote I. F. Stone... - ghost of olddude55 11:28:18 02/19/22 (12)

Humorous - Steve O 12:19:45 02/19/22 (11)

Look at it from the inside out. - ghost of olddude55 12:44:57 02/19/22 (10)

I'm neither Russian nor Putin - Steve O 13:53:16 02/19/22 (9)

The spending amounts are meaningless because the US makes up for them. - ghost of olddude55 14:13:54 02/19/22 (8)

Laughing - Steve O 14:46:36 02/19/22 (7)

It's obvious from our point of view... - ghost of olddude55 15:01:43 02/19/22 (6)

Don't agree about Syria - Chris from Lafayette 15:22:32 02/19/22 (5)

Syria is another country the US used as a pawn. - ghost of olddude55 16:05:30 02/19/22 (0)

Russia's Syrian intervention certainly has had a better outcome - Steve O 15:33:49 02/19/22 (3)

LOL. Russia support regime change in Syria? - Rick W 08:14:52 02/20/22 (2)

Of course the intervention wasn't altruistic - Steve O 08:54:31 02/20/22 (1)

Low profile? - Rick W 14:17:12 02/20/22 (0)

NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) - Ivan303 08:02:03 02/19/22 (5)

Thanks for the link to the map - I strongly suspect that, based on what they've posted,. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:39:51 02/19/22 (0)

RE: NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) - BillH 10:39:41 02/19/22 (0)

Neither is Italy and Greece. Throw them outta NATO? - Rick W 08:48:34 02/19/22 (2)

Warsaw Pact - Ivan303 09:22:26 02/19/22 (1)

Jeez. nt - Rick W 09:41:55 02/19/22 (0)

I've discounted/dismissed long ago... - dark_dave56 05:59:17 02/19/22 (46)

RE: I've discounted/dismissed long ago... - BillH 07:12:11 02/19/22 (29)

The world has always been divided between dictatorships and democracies. - ghost of olddude55 08:12:39 02/19/22 (28)

RE: The world has always been divided between dictatorships and democracies. - BillH 08:26:40 02/19/22 (27)

"we need to stop Putin and preserve Ukraine's independence" - Chris from Lafayette 12:16:41 02/19/22 (0)

It doesn't matter - Wojciech 09:28:55 02/19/22 (0)

Piss poor excuse for war. - ghost of olddude55 08:33:38 02/19/22 (24)

RE: Piss poor excuse for war. - BillH 08:48:38 02/19/22 (23)

"Russians are fundamentally crazy, and their willingness to spend lives is large indeed" - Chris from Lafayette 12:23:44 02/19/22 (4)

RE: "Russians are fundamentally crazy, and their willingness to spend lives is large indeed" - BillH 15:06:05 02/19/22 (2)

The Soviet-Afghan war was recent??? - Chris from Lafayette 16:00:26 02/19/22 (1)

RE: The Soviet-Afghan war was recent??? - BillH 06:41:53 02/20/22 (0)

I don't like U.S/ foreign policy either, but those are some dumb comparisons. - Rick W 14:14:41 02/19/22 (0)

He's an isolationist. - Rick W 09:30:12 02/19/22 (10)

Dunno about that, Rick - Chris from Lafayette 12:34:44 02/19/22 (6)

Do you think Ukraine is a police state and everybody there is too afraid to protest? - Rick W 13:48:26 02/19/22 (5)

Ukraine is certainly as much of an authoritarian state as Russia is - Chris from Lafayette 14:47:42 02/19/22 (4)

LOL. For you its anything but the obvious :-) nt - Rick W 15:25:33 02/19/22 (3)

Great - I'll put you in the "has run out of arguments" category too! ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 15:53:43 02/19/22 (2)

I'm content to let inmates read my post and your response and judge for themselves. nt - Rick W 08:22:06 02/20/22 (1)

As am I [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 12:36:26 02/20/22 (0)

Laughable. - ghost of olddude55 09:51:06 02/19/22 (2)

SOS from you. - Rick W 10:16:43 02/19/22 (1)

Benefit their countries and citizens? Only by accident. - ghost of olddude55 10:23:38 02/19/22 (0)

And what is the ultimate goal?... - dark_dave56 09:10:03 02/19/22 (3)

Will it provide clean water and adequate sewage to Americans? - ghost of olddude55 09:20:56 02/19/22 (2)

But it will "jump-start" the economy... - dark_dave56 04:17:49 02/20/22 (1)

Recent polls show that foreign policy - including Ukraine - is waaaay down the list of Americans' concerns. nt - Rick W 07:48:09 02/20/22 (0)

He has the boots on the ground. We don't and we never will. - ghost of olddude55 09:07:48 02/19/22 (2)

RE: He has the boots on the ground. We don't and we never will. - BillH 09:15:18 02/19/22 (1)

Pure conjecture. - ghost of olddude55 09:17:50 02/19/22 (0)

"I don't know why Putin even wants Ukraine? " - b.l.zeebub 06:36:41 02/19/22 (8)

RE: "I don't know why Putin even wants Ukraine? " - BillH 07:15:58 02/19/22 (7)

RE: "I don't know why Putin even wants Ukraine? " - b.l.zeebub 09:50:16 02/19/22 (0)

RE: "I don't know why Putin even wants Ukraine? " - Wojciech 09:46:43 02/19/22 (5)

Tell them. I'm trying, they don't listen. nt - ghost of olddude55 09:55:24 02/19/22 (4)

No use:) You can't convert freedom fighters and democracy doves - Wojciech 10:38:52 02/19/22 (2)

That's already happened. - ghost of olddude55 10:55:43 02/19/22 (1)

RE: That's already happened. - Wojciech 11:30:46 02/19/22 (0)

RE: Tell them. I'm trying, they don't listen. nt - Steve O 10:37:40 02/19/22 (0)

If you look at the list of NATO countries... - ghost of olddude55 06:34:28 02/19/22 (6)

RE: If you look at the list of NATO countries... - b.l.zeebub 06:42:03 02/19/22 (5)

We've been around this subject before. - ghost of olddude55 07:04:34 02/19/22 (4)

RE: We've been around this subject before. - b.l.zeebub 09:54:18 02/19/22 (3)

Believe me... - ghost of olddude55 09:58:50 02/19/22 (2)

RE: Believe me... - b.l.zeebub 10:05:17 02/19/22 (1)

Mea culpa... - ghost of olddude55 10:11:35 02/19/22 (0)

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It only hurts because you somewhat believe in American Exceptionalism - Wojciech 02/19/2218:59:44 02/19/22 (8)

What is the change that you think Russia and China want? nt - Rick W 07:52:59 02/20/22 (0)

I don't believe in American exceptionalism at all. - ghost of olddude55 07:29:28 02/20/22 (3)

RE: I don't believe in American exceptionalism at all. - Inmate51 09:10:57 02/20/22 (2)

Follow-Up On Coca Cola - Inmate51 06:59:46 02/22/22 (0)

RE: I don't believe in American exceptionalism at all. - tweaker456 09:16:25 02/20/22 (0)

Some of that free trade, AKA "globalism", is coming back to bite us in the butt in many ways. - MWE 20:12:09 02/19/22 (2)

Unnecessary Stuff - Inmate51 05:43:24 02/20/22 (0)

It may be warping your senses - Wojciech 20:22:53 02/19/22 (0)

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