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In reply to the discussion: This may upset some DUers but after Iraq it's hard to watch the same hacks talking [View all]
malaise
(268,553 posts)259. Tell that to the Jews in Auschwitz
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This may upset some DUers but after Iraq it's hard to watch the same hacks talking [View all]
malaise
Feb 2022
OP
Unless you imagine President is planning to invade Russia, the comparison is pointless...
brooklynite
Feb 2022
#33
Maybe but keep in mind Biden is only stating his opinion he is not asking for
cstanleytech
Feb 2022
#94
I seem to remember that thee then Soviet Union switched sides and joined the allies in WW2
malaise
Feb 2022
#245
Did we leave Iraq voluntarily? Did we (while there try to take over other areas of the Middle East?)
hlthe2b
Feb 2022
#12
It is all Biden's fault because Putin is threatening to invade Ukraine, at least that is the logic
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#128
We support the Nato Treaty which agrees to not take other countries by force
whathehell
Feb 2022
#28
US MINIMUM acts as if maintaining plurality is important, authoritative govs are NEVER good for the
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#179
He wants the countries under his authoritarian control --not the USSR form of governance.
hlthe2b
Feb 2022
#44
Accusing DUers of spreading propaganda is not going to let you stay here long--especially
hlthe2b
Feb 2022
#71
🤔 Except incendiary bombs don't (a far as I know) don't alter genetic material of future...
electric_blue68
Feb 2022
#204
After reading Hiroshima, and NYC in ?'70 being the first city in the USA to see Japan's...
electric_blue68
Feb 2022
#203
We are NOT doing the gulf of tonkin in this situation, it is Russia that is doing that
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#13
Biden is NOT lying. There are massive Russian troops on the Ukraine border, and they are not there
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#25
It is ironic that they seem to be mad at Biden because Russia is threatening to invade Ukraine
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#119
Absolutely, and using the logic because the US has engaged in misdeeds in the past
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#141
Western Alliance? The one that includes less hawkish France and Germany? How about Orban's Hungary?
DickKessler
Feb 2022
#114
"align with Russian interests", sounds like a TailGunner Joe talking point.
DickKessler
Feb 2022
#117
'Whataboutism' at its worst. Disgusting that a well known Russian propaganda technique is so
emulatorloo
Feb 2022
#135
And the fact that an opinion is in the majority makes it neither correct nor important.
TheRickles
Feb 2022
#154
Nevervmind then. Let the old KGB authoritarian murderer of his own people go for it!
Budi
Feb 2022
#58
Looking at the Ukraine situation through a relative prism, as opposed to the absolutel prism...
BobTheSubgenius
Feb 2022
#60
The US has an over 100 year history of intervention either military or CIA, we have done
yaesu
Feb 2022
#68
I never let ANYONE off the hook for voting for what was obviously a war based on LIES
Skittles
Feb 2022
#80
I'm not agreeing or condoning or accusing anyone, just saying I'm 100% fed up with wars with a
RKP5637
Feb 2022
#84
In all the debates here, that is the best question yet, that no one addresses.
Xolodno
Feb 2022
#101
Fuck their state stoked and useless paranoia, without the US they WOULD be attacked. They
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#182
You will get no argument from me over what happened in Iraq and the condemnation that is
cstanleytech
Feb 2022
#93
John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State under Eisenhower, and his brother Allen Dulles
panader0
Feb 2022
#225
Most of the mainstream media supported the illegal invasion of Iraq. They still have jobs.
DickKessler
Feb 2022
#115
This doesn't answer the question asked multiple times in this thread? Do you believe NATO is ...
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#184
To make sure I understand, is it your position that the US should leave Ukraine to its own devices?
TomSlick
Feb 2022
#122
+++. It is all Biden's fault because Russia is threatening to invade Ukraine, and while we are at it
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#136
why did you join DU in 2004? looking for like minded folks who detested bush* and the Iraq invasion?
Shellback Squid
Feb 2022
#159
For that matter, why should we be upset about Putin interfering in our elections?
Crunchy Frog
Feb 2022
#165
President Biden apparently must forever wear the millstone around his neck for the sins of Bush.
Tommy Carcetti
Feb 2022
#167
lol, this puts this thread in words. America can be imperfect and correct and I don't see that being
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#185
malaise, America can be imperfect and correct at the same time. Also, our fucked up can be better
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#177
What right did England and France have to object to Germany's invasion of Poland?
dawg
Feb 2022
#195
This reminds me of how I had to continually assure the members of an international online group
betsuni
Feb 2022
#246
Regardless of US hypocrisy, Russia is still threatening to invade Ukraine and they are wrong
Sapient Donkey
Feb 2022
#255
We invaded on lies and lost moral highground. We let the tyrants of the world know that
sky_masterson
Feb 2022
#257