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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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How many US citizens know that, though?
edited 12th Jan '17 12:11:37 AM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.![]()
Allow me to rephrase: How many US citizens know the true extent of the atrocities that were committed upon the Native American peoples? There's a difference between knowing what really happened, and knowing only a largely whitewashed theme-park version of it that casts the colonists in a much less unfavorable light.
edited 12th Jan '17 12:29:21 AM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Most Americans don't know when the War Of 1812 started. (Hint: It's the War of 1812)
edited 12th Jan '17 1:18:09 AM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food BadlyThe former MI6 officer who created the dossier has gone to ground after CNN and subsequently the WSJ outed his identity, fearing Russian retribution
. I'd be fearing an American one as well...
It's been said before, but fuck you Comey.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot![]()
... Maybe they think the question is about what day and month in the year 1812 the war started? Or perhaps some of them wonder if the war may have actually started in late 1811, but it was so late in said year that it was rolled into 1812 for convenience?
On an unrelated note, I'm interested in the source for your avvie.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Beijing Should Be Given ‘No Access’ To Islands In Disputed Region, Rex Tillerson Says
...Anyone else get a twitch in their eye when Tillerson compared what China is doing to what Russia did to Crimea as an argument for taking a harder stance against China?
His hostility towards China explains why he supports TPP, I suppose.
edited 12th Jan '17 5:42:30 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedHonestly, though, enough Americans are insecure, bloodthirsty vulgarians that they'd view that sort of mindset as model and laudable. Like, half of everything Mad Dog says screams "war criminal," and the rest is empty machismo.
edited 12th Jan '17 7:14:56 AM by CrimsonZephyr
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
It's perfectly consistent with Trump's Flanderized image of his apparent role model Richard Nixon.
edited 12th Jan '17 7:15:07 AM by CaptainCapsase
Cripes. Christopher Steele (Awesome McCoolname best name ever), the MI 6 operative who supposedly leaked the Trump/Russia memos, is now in hiding,
and fears for his life. And he's also apparently a very highly-regarded operative.
I think Trump's real idol is Kissinger, who maintains some level of respect in the political community despite being a Karma Houdini war criminal richly deserving of a trial at the Hague.
Then again, most of what was horrible about the Nixon administration started with old Hank.
edited 12th Jan '17 7:19:36 AM by CrimsonZephyr
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
Kissinger is a ruthless, unrepentant war criminal, but he's also one of the finest strategic minds of the mid 20th century (he's supposedly a major influence on Putin btw), and I grudgingly acknowledge his contributions to the academic field of International Relations. Trump combines the ruthlessness of Kissinger and Nixon with the delusional idealism of the Bush administration and an almost unprecedented incompetence at anything outside of his sphere of expertise. (running con jobs)
edited 12th Jan '17 7:20:31 AM by CaptainCapsase
See, my impression was that Kissinger aside from being a war criminal was also a fool with no ability to gauge long-term consequences and an utter inability to consider that even superpowers are not invulnerable.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

edited 12th Jan '17 12:11:00 AM by Bat178