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    [W: #218] Should The Allies Have Defended Poland?

    Xi has been in power for nine years, more or less. In that time he has not instigated one international crisis on the level of the Austrian Anschluss or Munich. Nor has he invaded any neighbors. Yes, China is run by an authoritarian nationalist dictator, but that does not make him the second...
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    [W: #218] Should The Allies Have Defended Poland?

    I'm glad you enjoyed my post. Poland was in an impossible position. It was positioned between two ruthless, revisionist powers that had dreams of taking pieces of Polish territory. Being forced to choose between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union is a true no-win scenario, but the Poles picked...
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    [W: #218] Should The Allies Have Defended Poland?

    Comparing Taiwan to 1939 Poland is a flawed analogy at best in many ways. Not every international tension point is a recreation of 1930's Europe. By the time the Allies issued their guarantee to Poland, Nazi Germany had shown itself to be aggressive, bellicose, and most importantly...
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    Afghanistan - How would the withdrawal gone under trump?

    The Trump administration had a pretty established track record of slip shod implementation of Trump's broader policy directives. So I suspect a Trump directed withdrawal would've followed that pattern. And when we read that Trump left behind no actual plans for withdrawal and one of his top...
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    Do you think America will last another 10 years.

    The level of historical ignorance on display in this thread by some is astounding. America has survived a civil war, two world wars, a couple red scares, the divisive politics of the 1960's and 70's, there is no reason to believe today's political divide represents a greater or unique threat to...
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    Nazi's did some good stuff... yes or no?

    No regime is 100% evil or wrong. Even the worst will enact a policy or two that would fall under the definition of good. I didn't know, for example, that Nazi Germany was the first nation to pass laws protecting animals from abuse. Bravo for them, but of course that positive pales in...
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    A Question For Right Wing Anti Covid Vaxxers

    What the hell? OK, I'll ask another question. Before the election it was Democrats who were raising concerns about the (then possible) vaccine. Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren were just a few to cast doubts on the safety of any vaccine that would be introduced under Operation...
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    Derek Chauvin is a human being

    He will probably be in protective custody for a good portion of his time. A giant waste of tax dollars is you ask me. Throw him in gen pop and his cellmates can take turns depriving him of oxygen for nine minutes at a time.
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    Colorado police break arm of woman with dementia during arrest, video shows

    That video was hard to watch. That big empty smile on her face when she turned to first face the officer should've been a big bright red flag that something was off with her mentally. Normally I'm not too sympathetic to folks who get a little roughed up while resisting, but this was a frail...
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    That 15 year old Black girl that got shot by the cop

    I'm all for holding the police accountable when they act out of line. Tamir Rice, George Floyd, Philando Castile, Laquan MacDonald are just a few cases where I'd say the actions of the police were not only unjustified, but warranted criminal prosecution. We have problems with policing -...
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    That 15 year old Black girl that got shot by the cop

    I'd say having a knife raised in a stabbing motion with your intended victim pinned up againsty a car in a desperate defensive stance is a pretty strong indicator who what direction things were heading in. According to you, the only way to know for sure is to wait until she buried the knife in...
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    That 15 year old Black girl that got shot by the cop

    Or the circumstances around the two incidents are completely seperate and should be judged on their own merits. One situation was a man who was already restrained in handcuffs was slowly suffocated for nine minutes by a cop's knee dug into his neck. The other has the police shooting an...
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    Milton Friedman was warning us about occupational licensing since the early 60s

    I'm a libertarian, but when it comes to government licensing and safety regulations, I am a realist. A mistake by a medical professional, a legal professional, and probably a few other areas can seriously ruin a person's life. And its difficult to know for sure who's truly knowledgeable and...
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    Why Isn't Communism as Hated as Nazism? Commies killed, enslaved, MUCH more and last much longer

    This question gets posed every now and then. I had to do some digging to find my response last time there was a thread about this, but I figured it was worth reposting here...
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    your thoughts on Pelosi tearing up speech

    My thoughts, it was petty, petulant, and childish. Which is the exact mood Trump has been setting the last 3 years. When you have a candidate and then President who consistently tramples on the norms of civility and decency, can you be surprised when others follow his lead? That doesn't...
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