This is becoming a pattern.
Get upset all you want, kids. You do you. I'm not going to debate somebody else's over-reaction or lack of humor or devotion to the same tired media sources that bash Trump, day in and day out. (Please pay attention and try to notice the relative frequency of that and at least REFLECT on the importance of objectivity).
I can't change your minds-- your peers and favorite media sources have far more influence than a rational response ever could. I've already learned that, the hard way.
If I try to debate, it won't be long before somebody either starts insulting me or tries to leave substance behind and make it about me in general. And I've got better things to do than respond to such predictable distraction.
So, enjoy your world view. Have a great day.
Before I go, though, one hopefully last response to "Iran has no nuclear weapon and is not even near to one."
Gimme a break. The over-enrichment of Uranium is highly unusual and doesn't seem to have a real, peaceful explanation, despite a lot of doubletalk and nonsense. And it's hard to imagine being willing to give up an air force and a navy just to hang onto super-enriched, supposedly peaceful Uranium. That seems like being willing to give up an ocean liner to save a rowboat.
They were apparently NOT far from a nuke, and they're constantly improving their long-range ballistic missiles. What a coincidence.
They weren't just over-enriching, they were using deep fortified bunkers to protect the program, in a way that seems highly unusual for "peaceful" nuclear use. People can TELL themselves that it was "peacefully intended" (giggle), but most of us aren't naive or bound to spew position-preserving talking points.
To be frank, I think SOME people (I'm not accusing anybody in particular in the forum) who don't say so actually want Iran to get a nuke and try to make excuses for the obvious.
But letting Iran get nukes would be madness. It would be incompetent foolishness. Even if it costs a (giggle) temporary increase in oil prices. (Oil prices were STILL worse, for longer, under the Democrats like Obama and Biden) -- don't believe me, just CHECK).
Contrast what Iran was doing with what the UAE is doing. The UAE is transparent and apparently not causing any serious concern with their own peaceful use. Like a lot of other countries. Let's not kid ourselves to avoid "being wrong." Okay?
France has nukes, but the West has no reason to fear France or think France will use the nukes aggressively or otherwise improperly. So, there's no pressure or need to de-nuke France. France has a rational, humanitarian government. I don't think France funds groups that attack Israel. France isn't openly and steadily hostile to the West.
But not all national governments are as rational and benign as that of France, except in the minds, I guess, of some undergraduates and some influencers. It's become stylish to become self-critical and uncritically empathetic. But that can be carried way too far, and more and more it has been.
We don't need more nukes in the world, and we don't need more excuses for getting ever closer to more. But make up your own minds. I'm all in favor of freedom of thought and expression.
But please stop trying to draw me into debates every time some anti-Trump media handwringing throws red meat to the crowd. I don't wish to beat my head against a brick wall of obdurate, cultivated (stylish!) preconception. I've already done my time in undergraduate school, long ago.
This is becoming a pattern.
Get upset all you want, kids. You do you. I'm not going to debate somebody else's over-reaction or lack of humor or devotion to the same tired media sources that bash Trump, day in and day out. (Please pay attention and try to notice the relative frequency of that and at least REFLECT on the importance of objectivity).
I can't change your minds-- your peers and favorite media sources have far more influence than a rational response ever could. I've already learned that, the hard way.
If I try to debate, it won't be long before somebody either starts insulting me or tries to leave substance behind and make it about me in general. And I've got better things to do than respond to such predictable distraction.
So, enjoy your world view. Have a great day.
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Before I go, though, one hopefully last response to "Iran has no nuclear weapon and is not even near to one."
Gimme a break. The over-enrichment of Uranium is highly unusual and doesn't seem to have a real, peaceful explanation, despite a lot of doubletalk and nonsense. And it's hard to imagine being willing to give up an air force and a navy just to hang onto super-enriched, supposedly peaceful Uranium. That seems like being willing to give up an ocean liner to save a rowboat.
They were apparently NOT far from a nuke, and they're constantly improving their long-range ballistic missiles. What a coincidence.
They weren't just over-enriching, they were using deep fortified bunkers to protect the program, in a way that seems highly unusual for "peaceful" nuclear use. People can TELL themselves that it was "peacefully intended" (giggle), but most of us aren't naive or bound to spew position-preserving talking points.
To be frank, I think SOME people (I'm not accusing anybody in particular in the forum) who don't say so actually want Iran to get a nuke and try to make excuses for the obvious.
But letting Iran get nukes would be madness. It would be incompetent foolishness. Even if it costs a (giggle) temporary increase in oil prices. (Oil prices were STILL worse, for longer, under the Democrats like Obama and Biden) -- don't believe me, just CHECK).
Contrast what Iran was doing with what the UAE is doing. The UAE is transparent and apparently not causing any serious concern with their own peaceful use. Like a lot of other countries. Let's not kid ourselves to avoid "being wrong." Okay?
France has nukes, but the West has no reason to fear France or think France will use the nukes aggressively or otherwise improperly. So, there's no pressure or need to de-nuke France. France has a rational, humanitarian government. I don't think France funds groups that attack Israel. France isn't openly and steadily hostile to the West.
But not all national governments are as rational and benign as that of France, except in the minds, I guess, of some undergraduates and some influencers. It's become stylish to become self-critical and uncritically empathetic. But that can be carried way too far, and more and more it has been.
We don't need more nukes in the world, and we don't need more excuses for getting ever closer to more. But make up your own minds. I'm all in favor of freedom of thought and expression.
But please stop trying to draw me into debates every time some anti-Trump media handwringing throws red meat to the crowd. I don't wish to beat my head against a brick wall of obdurate, cultivated (stylish!) preconception. I've already done my time in undergraduate school, long ago.
