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Jun 14 2017 09:32am
Quote (AspenSniper @ Jun 14 2017 10:19am)
I was exaggerating to just say what truly happens in the DoD is extremely unpredictable and often so far beyond what we'd imagine. Having been within some of those closed door meetings, I can say you'd be extremely surprised. Some of what people post on here as "ha yeah right, that'd never happen" has already happened. An easy example is a thread here a while ago saying that ICBM ranges from North Korea and other countries is no more than a couple thousand miles. That is so incredibly wrong, but I guess people find it easier to live in denial so they can sleep at night.


It's more like "people find it easier to rely on the experts inside and outside of government who say North Korea has not yet developed an ICBM capable of reaching the continental U.S. with a nuke", instead of relying on your opinion.
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Jun 14 2017 10:51am
Quote (IceMage @ Jun 14 2017 10:32am)
It's more like "people find it easier to rely on the experts inside and outside of government who say North Korea has not yet developed an ICBM capable of reaching the continental U.S. with a nuke", instead of relying on your opinion.


Opinion haha.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Jun 14 2017 10:30am)
The bolded sentence is still mighty dumb. The Saudis would never bomb us nor does anyone with an ounce of common sense think that's why the president "bows down" to them. The president bows down to the military industrial complex which have long decided that the Saudis are an important ally. It's a steady cash flow and for the most part they peddle our foreign policy in the region. More importantly they oppose our nemesis Iran so of course we support them.


We're way better off allying with Iran honestly. They're more rational than the Saudis. The only reason we opted for Saudi > Iran is because of oil. The vast majority of terrorist events are Sunni, not Shia.
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Jun 14 2017 10:55am
Quote (AspenSniper @ 14 Jun 2017 17:51)
We're way better off allying with Iran honestly. They're more rational than the Saudis. The only reason we opted for Saudi > Iran is because of oil. The vast majority of terrorist events are Sunni, not Shia.


Iran has elected a moderate new ruler, I'm happy for their citizens from my perspective. Saudi's blaming Iran for terrorism is rather ironical in the region, coming from Saudi Arabia.

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Iran has elected a moderate new ruler, I'm happy for their citizens from my perspective. Saudi's blaming Iran for terrorism is rather ironical in the region, coming from Saudi Arabia.


Yep yep yep. I know Iran sponsors Hamas/Hezbollah, but Iran really only has an issue with Israel. They are much more levelheaded than countries no one seems to have an issue with in the middle east. Obviously because we support Israel, Iran has a problem with us. Though Iran's biggest problem with us is that we keep poking them and saying they're this crazy muslim terrorist nation when they really aren't. Indonesia has done some crazy muslim shit, India has done some crazy muslim shit and owns nukes but we don't have an issue with them. Just weird how the world works.
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Jun 14 2017 12:20pm
Quote (ofthevoid @ Jun 14 2017 07:42am)
I love Rand Paul would give an arm and a leg for him to be potus.

Really wish we lived in a world where our media covered actual news like the Saudi arms deal and the repercussions instead of the never ending trump garbage.


Me too
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Jun 14 2017 01:00pm
Quote (AspenSniper @ Jun 14 2017 09:51am)
Opinion haha.



We're way better off allying with Iran honestly. They're more rational than the Saudis. The only reason we opted for Saudi > Iran is because of oil. The vast majority of terrorist events are Sunni, not Shia.


Yeah i'd rather be friends with Iran than the Saudis. I think it was a defacto alliance simply because we tried to install a puppet regime in Iran and ever since then they aren't too happy with us. Iran is also the age old nemesis of Israel and you and i both know how much clout the Israeli lobby has in the US.
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Jun 14 2017 01:24pm
Quote (ofthevoid @ 14 Jun 2017 20:00)
Yeah i'd rather be friends with Iran than the Saudis. I think it was a defacto alliance simply because we tried to install a puppet regime in Iran and ever since then they aren't too happy with us. Iran is also the age old nemesis of Israel and you and i both know how much clout the Israeli lobby has in the US.


That combined with it going nuclear kinda sums it up imo.
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Jun 14 2017 03:50pm
Quote (ofthevoid @ Jun 14 2017 09:42am)
I love Rand Paul would give an arm and a leg for him to be potus.

Really wish we lived in a world where our media covered actual news like the Saudi arms deal and the repercussions instead of the never ending trump garbage.


I remember him saying that the Ferguson riots were caused by high taxes.

Hits and misses I guess. He's nb for a Republican.
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Jun 19 2017 04:17am
Quote (Skinned @ Jun 14 2017 04:50pm)
I remember him saying that the Ferguson riots were caused by high taxes.

Hits and misses I guess. He's nb for a Republican.


How much racial tension would exist in a healthy economy?

You're not out in the streets rioting if you have a job to get up for the next morning.
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Jun 19 2017 04:50am
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How much racial tension would exist in a healthy economy?

You're not out in the streets rioting if you have a job to get up for the next morning.


This.

High taxes are the first step in the usual slew of failed Liberal policies that hollow out the economy of an inner city.

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