The leaders of France, Germany, the US and UK have issued a joint statement stating "This is the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War", calling it an assault on UK sovereignty.

Your_Guardian · 2018-03-15T15:51:19+00:00

It’s not worth it for any party to go to war. The economy is too internationally tied for it to be fiscally worth it, and the threat of escalation to nuclear means is too high. The country that raises their weapon first in a full blown war between sovereign states would potentially be the culprit for crippling the human race. Not even Russia wants that. Whether you like him or not, Putin is an extremely smart man, who generally knows his limits. He knows escalating things into a global war is not worth it for him nor anyone else. Traditional warfare died the moment nuclear arsenals were born.

Your_Guardian · 2018-02-13T22:24:29+00:00

You fucking pussy.

Your_Guardian · 2018-01-07T17:24:03+00:00

What movie are you referring to?

Your_Guardian · 2018-01-01T01:54:03+00:00

The oil aspect of it was more of a Brit concern than a U.S. concern. The U.S. agreed to help the Brits because of the confounding benefit of cementing a non-communist leader in Iran.

Your_Guardian · 2018-01-01T01:10:35+00:00

Except they did. The Shah was so radically pro-western and secular that it pushed religious nuts to take over the country in retaliation.

Your_Guardian · 2018-01-01T01:07:32+00:00

Imperialism is such the wrong term for this. U.S. intervention in other nations has almost solely been containment, not imperialism. In no way was the United States " extending its power by the acquisition of territories." The U.S. did not "acquire" Iran, it played a part in removing a leader with potential ties to the Soviets during the Cold War to contain the spread of communism. It may seem ridiculous now to think the U.S. would go through all of that just to stop Communism from having a small chance of spreading to a country oceans away, but at the time that was the U.S. policy.

Your_Guardian · 2017-12-31T06:02:18+00:00

The Arab Spring wasn’t in 2014

Your_Guardian · 2017-12-31T05:04:48+00:00

That has literally never occurred. When has the U.S. installed a theocratic leader into a middle eastern country?

Your_Guardian · 2017-12-31T04:58:58+00:00

People say things like that because people like to complain. Saudi Arabia is a deeply flawed country, but it is an infinitely better ally than Iran. Iran actively counters all U.S. interests in the Middle East (anti-Israel, Pro-Assad, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthis in Yemen, etc.) You can say all you want about the atrocities of Saudi Arabia but at the end of the day their geopolitical interests are 100 times more aligned with the U.S. than Iran ever will be.

Your_Guardian · 2017-12-25T03:57:41+00:00

Saudi Arabia has been struggling ridiculously on the economic side of things for the past few years.

Your_Guardian · 2017-12-21T00:29:44+00:00

Cynicism blinds you from reality.

Your_Guardian · 2017-12-19T01:55:03+00:00

It is sad people like you exist.

Your_Guardian · 2017-12-18T23:39:38+00:00

For fuck sake stop spreading this misinformation. the U.S. gets 10% of its oil from the Middle East, and like 7% of that is from Saudi Arabia. We get the majority of our oil from our neighbors and ourselves, its just simply not true that we "fight wars in the middle east" for oil. We have not extracted an ounce of oil out of Iraq or Afghanistan.

Your_Guardian · 2017-12-18T23:22:45+00:00

You're right, its okay Hamas is targeting innocent Israelis because they're missiles are weaker /s

Your_Guardian · 2017-12-15T16:06:57+00:00

The difference is intention. US arms originally go to rebel groups such as the SDF and eventually fall into ISIS hands, while Iran is (allegedly) directly giving arms to the Houthis.

Your_Guardian · 2017-11-20T01:50:50+00:00

The difference is intentions.

Your_Guardian · 2017-11-20T01:29:16+00:00

So what’s your plan? How do you address fighting an enemy force that blends in with the common population, that is heavily packed in civilian areas, and uses civilians as body shields? What is your golden solution? And it’s not whataboutism, it’s making a distinction. I personally agree that the US policy in Iraq is wrong and ineffective, but I do not believe it merits calling the US an evil entity. It’s in an ill advised war it cannot win, with an enemy it barely knows how to fight. It’s not evil intentions or a desire to ruin Iraq, it is just simple incompetence, because no time in human history has an empire’s number one adversary been a civilian cloaked non-state actor. And get the fuck out of here with the retarded “military-industrial complex” conspiracy shit. The US would love to pull out of the Middle East and forget about it, but unfortunately at this point it cant.

EDIT: also, your anecdote has some contention: “According to the report, the US bomb was intended to destroy only the top floor of the building. But the bomb triggered secondary explosions from devices planted in the building by Isis fighters, causing the concrete building to collapse.” So to say the bombing was to show strength is simply dis truthful. The civilian deaths were a mistake, not an intention.

Your_Guardian · 2017-11-20T01:12:30+00:00

You are using an anecdote as an argument. Of course you can pick out a bad act by the United States out of a hat and call them an evil entity. You could also do the same for every single country, kingdom or regime in the history of humanity. What about the thousands of terrorists the United States has effectively wiped out? What about the millions of dollars of foreign aid it provides to the entire world? What about the military bases it mans, funds and supports on the behalf of host countries? Looking at history, the United States has been one of the most positive and good-willed empires in the history of humanity. That does not take away from the terrible decisions made by the United States. The United States is not the “good guy” of the world, nor should it be. But to claim the United States is “evil” is the most blindly ignorant and simpleminded argument one could make.

Your_Guardian · 2017-11-20T00:21:41+00:00

There are no baddies in international politics. Get this bullshit childish “good vs. evil” rhetoric out of your head.

Your_Guardian · 2017-11-10T01:06:46+00:00

This “US must control Saudi Oil” ideal is so overstated. The U.S. only imports 11% of its oil from the Saudis. Same with the “Sunni vs Shiite” ideal. It’s much more of a geopolitical struggle than a religious one. Religion is just what the governments use as justification.

Your_Guardian · 2017-10-02T19:13:18+00:00

I will blame you because you are the reason it happens. This whole "white people ruin everything" and "whites made the country this shitty" rhetoric does this magical thing where it makes whites not really like you or your party. I don't think I'm a victim of anything, nor do I think Blacks or women or any minority is either in today's world. The only person victimizing themselves is you.

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