heavyblinker
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ORIGINAL: Dvr22999874 The Russians had planes on that base and no the U;S didn't launch chem weapons but they DID launch an airstrike on a sovereign government that just might be illegal in international law. I have no idea. I just wish our blokes had been pulled out of their a long time ago. The air strike seems to be getting support from most western allies (Japan, Australia, UK, etc)... which is actually kind of important since Trump is such a colossal fuckup in the foreign relations department. Maybe he will end up ditching the neo-fascism and destructive isolationism and go back to spreading American values. Not that I actively support imperialism, but it's better than curling into a ball and watching Putin remake Europe in his own image. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I think that basic human rights are important for everyone, and are worth fighting for. If Trump did this because he couldn't stand seeing dead children, then that is probably the best reason anyone could ever have for doing it-- of course, it remains to be seen if this will stop Assad from doing it again. The idea that Putin is someone who should be appeased and feared just doesn't sit right with me. I think he is even more of a threat when we cower in fear and do nothing. I mean, he has already attacked the US during the 2016 election, and now we have a president who has no business being president. My biggest fear was that he was holding Trump over a barrel and that the US would be so weak that the entire western world would collapse under Putin's neo-fascist wave, which Trump unapologetically rode throughout his campaign... but now it seems that Kushner or the generals or whoever is having a much bigger influence on him. I definitely support defusing the tensions with Russia, but it's not like Putin is innocent, or that this isn't part of a much larger situation. I'm actually far more worried about what will happen when the full truth about the 2016 election comes out.
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