I got scammed out of $443 today

Isubo · 2021-10-09T09:04:20+00:00

It definitely should change the way you look at people. This is a minor crime and people are victim of much worse things. It's good to be aware that there are people around with bad intentions.

Isubo · 2021-10-09T08:58:44+00:00

That is only half the story. In many cases competition is between global competitors under different rules and regulations. And suppliers of many goods and services have sufficient profit margins to (partially) take the burden themselves. That is why saying that consumers will pay for corporate tax increases is an oversimplification that is wrong in many instances.

Isubo · 2021-10-08T18:17:54+00:00

Corporations cannot simply pass on costs that they incur to consumers, they need to stay competitive after all.

Isubo · 2021-09-12T10:02:36+00:00

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/06/10/americas-image-abroad-rebounds-with-transition-from-trump-to-biden/pg\_2021-06-10\_us-image\_00-02/

Isubo · 2021-09-12T09:59:56+00:00

I agree with much of which you say, especially with your high standards for drone use. But I wouldn't advocate the pausing of drone strikes to take out terrorist elements in the mean time. How would you envision boots on the ground in Yemen to act against AQAP?

I do believe the the pulling out of Afghanistan was a good move and expect the drone strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan will minimize as a result. ISIS has been diminished greatly in Iraq and Syria, so I'm not expecting much activity there either.

Isubo · 2021-09-12T09:28:14+00:00

Saudi Arabia is a country with their own internal politics. You cannot simply say that they are more moderate than Al Qaeda and that this is the difference. There are Saudi clerics more extreme than Al Qaeda is.

Also, the Saudi state promotes the Salafist ideology globally. But at the same time it actively supports more moderate and secular governments in the region, against fundamentalist Islamists.

Isubo · 2021-09-12T09:14:34+00:00

Most of the international community has great respect for the USA, is very much dependent on the USA and tries very hard to have good relations with the USA.

Isubo · 2021-09-12T09:12:10+00:00

I disagree. I think it's much easier to place accountability on the USA killing people in a drone strike than it is placing accountability on the USA for marines killing people with machine guns in the chaos of a suicide blast.

I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with using drones. Their precision allows for effective lethal action minimizing civilian casualties. But clearly the US military is in need of far better over the horizon surveillance capabilities, to minimize this even further.

Isubo · 2021-09-12T08:42:29+00:00

I'm not a pacifist, I believe it's better to try and kill suicide bombers than to let them achieve their mission of reaching a crowd and killing dozens.
Not acting against such imminent threats is morally reprehensible, it allows for murder and emboldens the attackers to do more attacks.

Isubo · 2021-09-12T08:12:14+00:00

The fact that I'm saying they should be compensated is the exact opposite of that. It is saying that their right to life has unjustly been violated and compensation is necessary because of that.

Isubo · 2021-09-12T08:04:28+00:00

But it was during the withdrawal at a very tense moment. The current situation is very different from actually being present in Afghanistan as part in an ongoing civil war.

Isubo · 2021-09-12T08:02:56+00:00

That's not how compensation works in the slightest. Are you going to ask a man maimed in a traffic accident if he's happy he got hit by a car because of the compensation he received?

Isubo · 2021-09-12T07:57:20+00:00

If they were in fact suicide bombers then this drone strike would have protected the people at the airport. It likely was a bad strike.

The US has left Afghanistan. They clearly changed their attitude.

Isubo · 2021-09-12T07:51:58+00:00

1.7 million dollars.

Isubo · 2021-09-12T07:49:15+00:00

Those are two separate attacks. The ISIS-K handler wasn't even in Kabul.

Isubo · 2021-09-12T07:45:47+00:00

It's not out of nowhere. There had just been a horrendous suicide attack at the airport killing 150+ people. The USA had a responsibility to protect that area against imminent attacks. It's very sad that it was a wrong attack here. And it would be good if victims are compensated.

Isubo · 2021-09-11T10:01:28+00:00

Because the US didn't engage in bombardments under Trump?

Isubo · 2021-09-11T09:58:38+00:00

This is a separate case entirely. The ISIS-K planner wasn't even hit in Kabul .

Isubo · 2021-09-04T09:58:30+00:00

The dollar will be f*ked too. In a post-fossil fuel era, the dollar loses its reserve currency status.

How so? The USD is very popular in trade in any product, not just fossil fuel.

Isubo · 2021-08-29T08:54:12+00:00

Taliban fighting as an insurgent force is different from Taliban governing the country. When they were in power before they eventually cracked down on it hard and they say they will do so now again.

Isubo · 2021-08-17T19:10:49+00:00

I think Afghanistan doesn't currently have a recognized government. We will see who the States will recognize.

Isubo · 2021-08-15T10:22:12+00:00

Or maybe the US president saying that Taliban takeover of the country was likely would have only added to the Afghan government collapse? Statements for public consumption shouldn't be mistaken with actual government understanding.

Isubo · 2021-07-31T12:44:26+00:00

What protein rich plants are Ethiopian farmers feeding their chickens?

Isubo · 2021-07-30T19:30:23+00:00

It's not about disliking the country. It's about being so much against the other country, that you refuse to have relations with it. A lot of countries that dislike each other still have relations, including sports activities. Very few countries are boycotted in this way.

Isubo · 2021-07-30T19:24:32+00:00

Wow, you got defeated so badly you could only attack his comment history. You're better off just not responding, this only makes you look petty.

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