• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    When I was young my parents introduced me to some old school Communists; folks who’d fought in the Spanish Civil War and been blacklisted in the 1950s.

    One of the stories they told was that back in 1968 the oldtimers were warning people to vote for Hubert Humphrey because they knew how bad Nixon would be, Too many young folks then thought ‘both sides are the same.’

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      I don’t know much about him, but reading that he lost the young people vote for supporting the Vietnam War is such a good parallel for today.

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        7 months ago

        LBJ realized he’d made a giant mistake and hoped Humphrey could end the War. Nixon ran as a ‘peace’ candidate and made things much worse.

        Trump’s people would nuke the entire Middle East hoping to bring about the Rapture.

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          At what point does Biden realize he’s made a giant mistake? You’re lecturing us for not paying attention to history. Is Biden?

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            7 months ago

            Turn it around.

            Can you lay out a detailed plan showing Biden exactly what to do? Something that covers not just the Palestinians and the Israelis, but alos the iranians, the sryians, the russians, the Saudis, and all the other interested and highly armed parties in the region?

            I have no idea how to restart a problem that’s been formenting since 1948, do you?

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                7 months ago

                If you think it’s that simple, you probably believed Trump was going to get Mexico to pay for the Wall.

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                  7 months ago

                  You asked me a question and I answered it. Are you going to answer my question now?

                  At what point does Biden realize he’s made a giant mistake? You’re lecturing us for not paying attention to history. Is Biden?

                  Or hell, let me ask you. Given the choice between supporting Israel or Biden winning the election which would you choose?

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                    You’re very funny.

                    You act as if you have absolutely zero understanding of the complexities of the situation, and then demand that I ignore them, too.

                    Israel has nukes. Think they wouldn’t use them if Iran invaded? Think they wouldn’t throw a few at Mecca and Moscow as a farewell gift?

                    That’s just one thing I’ve thought about. Biden probably has fifty worse scenarios from people who have studied the situation for years.

                    Pretending that just stopping is a realistic option is childish at best.