Banned?! NOT In America! What it is, and what it does(to you)!
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Originally Posted by
longBallLima
oh, i dont disagree that the current administration is very similar to the previous one. like i said, i find it very disappointing. i also don't think everything wrong now is bush's fault, but i can't agree that bush has no blame and that the impact of his "missteps" will be felt for a long time. i feel he is mostly responsible for the current anti-american feeling that takes place throughout the world.
on the "unjustified" iraq war: if a nation with a history of conflict, let's say, congo attacks another nation with a history of conflict, let's say angola, using as justification that angola has WMDs and during the war goes "oops, sorry guys, my bad, but hey, we didnt like the angolan leader anyway cuz we kinda thought he was a dictator", the congolese president and members of his administration would be promptly tried as war criminals. now add to all that, that the US is a UN member and can't go to war without UN approval.
bush literally escaped the hangman because of american power and the UN's cowardice to bring illegal war charges against bush, cheney, rumsfeld, rove and a number of the rats in that administration.
So then, shouldn't those same charges be brought against the current president by the U.N. as he has continued the same wars through two terms? Before we carry on in this never ending argument, my point is our government is complete and total shit right now. I know I throw away my vote away in a state as red as Oklahoma, but I vote vote for libertarian candidates and against incumbents. I would get more use out of my ballet if I wiped my ass with it instead, but the idea of voting for either the embodiment of failed neo-conservatism, or a socialist pseudo-intellectual makes me want to fucking expatriate.
Banned?! NOT In America! What it is, and what it does(to you)!
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Originally Posted by
longBallLima
yes, i agree the current administration would have implications as well, although on a lesser degree, since it was dealt an ongoing conflict and it had less options than the previous one when it comes to avoiding the conflict in the 1st place.
and as far as the govt being shit, i believe you're right. i just happen to think it's the result of shitty situations, be it set by predecessors or external forces, to begin with, incompetence/unwillingness by the executive power (namely Obama) and the most divided congress mostly due to republican butt hurt and overall sore losing
when you talk about expatriating, and i dont mean to sound patronizing here, this is a legitimate question. have you lived anywhere else other than the US? by american standards, seems most places i've had experiences with are pretty much stalinist.
It's a good question, I have no idea. I've been in different places in the world. Switzerland looks pretty appealing. But ya, hard to say. I have high hopes the libertarians can steal the Republican Party. A socially liberal domestic policy coupled non aggressive foreign policy and a pragmatic economical philosophy is what this candidate. Then I wouldn't have to find a new country;-).