RE: Okay GOP, now is your time to shine and show how much you really love America
July 17, 2018 at 7:10 am
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2018 at 7:24 am by Brian37.)
The GOP are old white cowards still bitter about Nixon and frightened now that they made the mistake of getting Nixon on meth elected.
This is an ignorant answer. Humans literally from an evolutionary standpoint have always competed for resources. But there is a huge difference between living under an oppressive state, and living in an open state. Now, I fucking take Trumps vile rhetoric personally. He has vilified my NON VIOLENT Hispanic neighbors, and he has attacked the press, and I had interned and worked in media myself.
Getting along would be wonderful. But no, the tug of war politically, should pull towards more open societies, not oppressive states. I don't like human tribalism either, but no, bending over to a dictator is not how you foster peace.
I am 51, I am old enough to remember the cold war, and fear of a global nuclear war. Putin is a product of Stalin's KGB, Stalin murdered millions of his own. Putin even today, murders political rivals and reporters.
I think you need to understand the difference between the general population, and the powers that control that population. I won't vilify every individual whom lives in Russia, but Putin is still a dictator, and his population does not have the range of political and press freedom we do in the west. Trump insulted Merkel whom lived under the oppression of the former Soviet Union.
If you expect me to ignore bullies, and authoritarian states forget it.
Putin does not operate in freedom, he is a dictator.
(July 17, 2018 at 6:22 am)purplepurpose Wrote:(July 17, 2018 at 6:09 am)Libertarian God Wrote: I think you may have just accidentally answered your own question. Russia is falling apart economically and needs a way to get out. Putin has a vision for Russia of bringing it back to it's powerful state that was the Soviet Union all under his control. He will and is doing anything to expand Russia's power globally. Why do you think he buddies up with Syria and Iran? Answer: they have warm weather ports, something Russia lacks at the moment. This was another reason annexing Crimea was so important to him. For a good chunk of the year Russia's navel ports are iced in. However, even if the ports they have now such as Crimeia and Sochi they are still required to pass through waters that are controlled by other nations that oppose Russia and Putin. And a nation without a strong Navy cannot be a world power, history has demonstrated this over and over again. Again, Putin knows if he can blackmail the leader of the freeworld he can practically get whatever he wants, hence benefiting his country and himself.
As I said before, read up on history. You'd be surprised. It's not tribal, and it's not paranoia. It's a legitimate worry. Putin is trying to destabilize the west so he can move in and take over other nations, giving him more and more resources. If he can't govern properly, then why aren't voters in Russia aware of this, and why does he keep winning in landslides.
It's noble to die for your tribe. I'm not in to that kind of stuff.
This is an ignorant answer. Humans literally from an evolutionary standpoint have always competed for resources. But there is a huge difference between living under an oppressive state, and living in an open state. Now, I fucking take Trumps vile rhetoric personally. He has vilified my NON VIOLENT Hispanic neighbors, and he has attacked the press, and I had interned and worked in media myself.
Getting along would be wonderful. But no, the tug of war politically, should pull towards more open societies, not oppressive states. I don't like human tribalism either, but no, bending over to a dictator is not how you foster peace.
I am 51, I am old enough to remember the cold war, and fear of a global nuclear war. Putin is a product of Stalin's KGB, Stalin murdered millions of his own. Putin even today, murders political rivals and reporters.
I think you need to understand the difference between the general population, and the powers that control that population. I won't vilify every individual whom lives in Russia, but Putin is still a dictator, and his population does not have the range of political and press freedom we do in the west. Trump insulted Merkel whom lived under the oppression of the former Soviet Union.
If you expect me to ignore bullies, and authoritarian states forget it.
Putin does not operate in freedom, he is a dictator.
