TheNecromancerofMirkwood Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity: Associated Press Sees 'Hundreds' Where Pictures Show Millions We need to keep our eyes on the ball in the Middle East, where the doofuses in charge (regardless of whether they have an R or a D next to their names) are trying to reignite The Gulf War (Gulf War IV this time). There is literally no reason for us to remain in Iraq and the Iraqis are making that plainly clear. As it is, we've pivoted so many times, betrayed so many of our "allies" ( ie - local forces like the Shiites in 2006/7 and then the Sunnis in 2014) and made an absolute shit show of a situation into one that is well beyond a clusterfuck. ISIS has been crushed, repeatedly, and is also NOT our problem, so now we're about to pivot AGAIN and probably attack Muqtada al-Sadr's Madhi Army, who are (by the way) Iraq's actual National Guard. I don't know whether to laugh hysterically at the stupidity of the people in Mordor on the Potomac (ie - Washington, DC) or weep for the future of humanity because we're continuing the more than 70 year policy of setting fire to the region and then wondering WHY we get burned in retaliation. A quorum of the Iraqi parliament wants us gone and even though it was a non-binding resolution, its time to di di mau. We supposedly liberated Iraq to "give the Iraqi people a chance at self-determination". Well, the majority population (who are Shia) told us "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argonak Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 1/25/2020 at 12:15 PM, TheNecromancerofMirkwood said: Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity: Associated Press Sees 'Hundreds' Where Pictures Show Millions We need to keep our eyes on the ball in the Middle East, where the doofuses in charge (regardless of whether they have an R or a D next to their names) are trying to reignite The Gulf War (Gulf War IV this time). There is literally no reason for us to remain in Iraq and the Iraqis are making that plainly clear. As it is, we've pivoted so many times, betrayed so many of our "allies" ( ie - local forces like the Shiites in 2006/7 and then the Sunnis in 2014) and made an absolute shit show of a situation into one that is well beyond a clusterfuck. ISIS has been crushed, repeatedly, and is also NOT our problem, so now we're about to pivot AGAIN and probably attack Muqtada al-Sadr's Madhi Army, who are (by the way) Iraq's actual National Guard. I don't know whether to laugh hysterically at the stupidity of the people in Mordor on the Potomac (ie - Washington, DC) or weep for the future of humanity because we're continuing the more than 70 year policy of setting fire to the region and then wondering WHY we get burned in retaliation. A quorum of the Iraqi parliament wants us gone and even though it was a non-binding resolution, its time to di di mau. We supposedly liberated Iraq to "give the Iraqi people a chance at self-determination". Well, the majority population (who are Shia) told us "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!" Given the shift in oil production that's occurred, that rapid rise of renewable energy, the economic aspect doesn't even seem to make much sense anymore. Imagine how much better everyone would be if we'd spent all that blood, sweat, and treasure shifting the economy off oil rather than invading iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 12 hours ago, argonak said: Given the shift in oil production that's occurred, that rapid rise of renewable energy, the economic aspect doesn't even seem to make much sense anymore. Imagine how much better everyone would be if we'd spent all that blood, sweat, and treasure shifting the economy off oil rather than invading iraq. yeah, then we can start invading countries for their lithium and rare earth deposits instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 15 hours ago, george jar jar martin said: yeah, then we can start invading countries for their lithium and rare earth deposits instead Or solid state batteries would already be in commercial use. Though if there is a resource in abundance in the developing world that's needed for any tech the military industrial complex will set its sights on the exploitation of that location. Coltan anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argonak Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 19 hours ago, The Anti-Targ said: Or solid state batteries would already be in commercial use. Though if there is a resource in abundance in the developing world that's needed for any tech the military industrial complex will set its sights on the exploitation of that location. Coltan anyone? As I recall California has plenty of rare earths, they're just expensive to process cleanly so we get them from china who doesn't care about their environment as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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