(01-16-2024, 12:40 PM)EricC85 Wrote:

(01-16-2024, 12:24 PM)mikesez Wrote: Duplicity? You're the one who called Eric an ignorant appeaser for no reason.

Now when asked to explain yourself you shrink away?  You're the one being a coward.

If you weren't a coward, you would do one of two things.  You would either confront that you're wrong, admit it, or explain why I'm wrong.

Like many here (Winger, sneakers, SC1, FSG), you probably think that politics is just for the LOLs and pro wrestling style promos, and you shrink away when someone wants to get specific and detailed because that's "boring" or "annoying". Or maybe you're more like L2L and you've repeatedly fallen victim to random rabbit hole indoctrination on YouTube and mistake that for informed knowledge.

Note that I have claimed nothing about who is an appeaser, which candidate has better ideas about Russia, or anything on the actual topic.  My mind is actually open on that topic, if you can convince me.

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It absolutely is an axis of evil, yes.  Almost everything they cooperate on is designed to hurt us and our allies.  Don't forget North Korea and sometimes Venezuela.  EricC85 probably agrees with me.  What do you think?

Iran Russia and China are major axis of evil we are going to have to face soon. However my greatest concern is closer to home. 

I watch South and central America and this is where we are most vulnerable. The people are starved from corrupt governments sold out to the cartels. The communist are buying resources faster then they can list them and driving the poor across our border. 

I wish we had a foreign policy of investing, securing and hell even fighting in central and South America like we have in the Middle East over the last few decades. We have all the natural resources ever needed between North central abd South america, similar moral beliefs, common views on trade and so many other areas to build on. A strong American continent is probably our best hope for a rising Asia and Russian conflict. As it stands now when war comes it will come from the south and we're not ready for that.

The communists in the south are a big problem and we need to stand up for what's right down there like you said, but they will never threaten us militarily on their current trajectory.

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(01-16-2024, 12:43 PM)snarkyguy_he_him_his Wrote:

(01-16-2024, 12:24 PM)mikesez Wrote: Duplicity? You're the one who called Eric an ignorant appeaser for no reason.

Now when asked to explain yourself you shrink away?  You're the one being a coward.

If you weren't a coward, you would do one of two things.  You would either confront that you're wrong, admit it, or explain why I'm wrong.

Like many here (Winger, sneakers, SC1, FSG), you probably think that politics is just for the LOLs and pro wrestling style promos, and you shrink away when someone wants to get specific and detailed because that's "boring" or "annoying". Or maybe you're more like L2L and you've repeatedly fallen victim to random rabbit hole indoctrination on YouTube and mistake that for informed knowledge.

Note that I have claimed nothing about who is an appeaser, which candidate has better ideas about Russia, or anything on the actual topic.  My mind is actually open on that topic, if you can convince me.

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It absolutely is an axis of evil, yes.  Almost everything they cooperate on is designed to hurt us and our allies.  Don't forget North Korea and sometimes Venezuela.  EricC85 probably agrees with me.  What do you think?

Those other countries are inconsequential. Meaningless. They can't even feed their people. They would be destroyed in a single day.

Iran, China and Russia are evil. Iran three days.

Russia in two weeks during summer. Most of their people would go western immediately just like they did when the Germans invaded (though the Germans were ordered to kill them as they were inferior in their eyes).

China would be harder. They are very weak individually, they will do whatever their leader says. So they won't capitulate as easily.

Iran is just a propaganda machine and have made their people believe they are strong enough to confront the US. Any European country could easily destroy them in a couple weeks. The US? Four days.

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(01-16-2024, 12:33 PM)EricC85 Wrote: No I said Trump and Biden are trying to appease China and Russia when someone else said Nikki was beating war drums. 

I don't want war, I also know it's coming at some point. Just in how many fronts is the question.

Wow. So you just don't know [BLEEP].

None of you have actually researched military history. It's pretty obvious. So please don't pretend to know

You claim to have researched military history? So have I!
Here's what I found: Iraq - 8 years. Afghanistan - 20 years.  Doesn't square well with your estimates like "Iran 3 days."

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