rsm
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Like I said, don't stop believing, the jingoism is strong within you. If you think US actions are just and beneficial to all (all Americans and the greater world as a whole), and that the US won't eventually fall like all empires of the past, then:
rsm
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Yes. Are you?
I don't blindly follow my government without questioning.
"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority." - Benjamin Franklin
Just think of all those Americans who joined the military and were sent to Iraq to find Saddam's weapons of mass destruction, or sent to Afghanistan to fight alqueda. Used by American ruling parasites to enrich themselves and their donor class with American lives and taxes.
Plenty more examples in our history unless you accept and believe the official narrative versions.
edit: At least the Americans that were sent to Iraq and Afghanistan volunteered unlike many of those sent to Vietnam, Korea, etc. look how the US ruling parasites treated WW1 veterans after they were no longer of use to the government (see WWI veterans march on Washington)
pazuzu-bootsy-baphomet-jr
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I don’t think that my position can accurately be described as “jingoistic,”Like I said, don't stop believing, the jingoism is strong within you. If you think US actions are just and beneficial to all (all Americans and the greater world as a whole), and that the US won't eventually fall like all empires of the past, then:
but I certainly will not deny that I favor American interests, for the reasons I described above
Whether or not actions are “just” is irrelevant
Re: empire: see my earlier post re: the impermanence of empire
You seem to find a lot of humor in this topic
Many of my forebears gave their lives in the wars of the 20th century, some of which were doomed wars of adventure, and so I don’t think that this topic is a laughing matter at all.
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YabbaDabbaDoo
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It's the blind hypocrisy that's a laughing matter...................fact.
rsm
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I do, I think it's hilarious that Americans continue to follow and believe the US government narrative even when presented with facts, truth and reality.
It's been happening since before the US, it's not unique to us, but as a republic I expect better; then again the Roman republic also turned into the Roman Empire, I fully expect despotism to emerge in the US; I'm in good company too, as it seemed Franklin also expected it:
“I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such: because I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a Blessing to the People if well-administered; and I believe farther that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years and can only end in Despotism as other Forms have done before it, when the People shall become so corrupted as to need Despotic Government, being incapable of any other.”
― Benjamin Franklin
So yes, I find humor in it otherwise the enormity of the actual tragedy would be overwhelming. Yet most Americans continue to go forth blindly, willingly and enthusiastically.
I find indifference works best for me.
rsm
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Your intention isn't clear then, it does sound like jingoism, "my country right or wrong", foreign enemies while ignoring the enemies within who are systematically destroying our Consitutional rights before our own eyes, those who have been elected for years or even decades, and those in the bureaucracies that hold power over the elected and the people.
Enjoy the coming despotism. By the time most recognize it for what it is, it will be too late.
Hope you have your exit strategy, unless you plan to go down with the ship.
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YabbaDabbaDoo
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Just in.
The Russian Military has seriously depleted Ukrainian weapons stockpiles with a series of major strikes on its ammunition depots, which Western sources have assessed could seriously undermine prospects for a successful renewed Ukrainian offensive that was previously expected to begin imminently.
On May 1 a railway echelon with up to 200 tons of Ukrainian munitions had been destroyed in a Russian missile strike in Donetsk, and separately that Russian forces destroyed two missile divisions’ worth of S-300 air defence systems in an attack on Ukrainian depots in Pavlograd in the Dnepropetrovsk Region.
The latter strike reportedly also saw Grom-2 tactical ballistic missile systems destroyed. A third strike saw an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian 127th Mechanised Brigade in the Kharkov Region destroyed.
This followed the destruction of a network of Ukrainian arms manufacturing facilities providing key sources of munitions on the night of April 30.
These attacks come as both Ukrainian and Western sources have warned that the Ukrainian Military is falling increasingly short of munitions, particularly for its air defences which could soon end its ability to maintain air denial on the frontlines.
The destruction of increasingly scarce S-300 missile systems follows a successful air strike that destroyed four missile launchers for Ukrainian S-300s on April 27, which indicates that placing further pressure on Ukraine’s increasingly strained surface to air missile network may be being prioritised.
Russian Strikes Across Frontlines Destroy Hundreds of Tons of Ukrainian Munitions: Attrition Limiting Ukraine’s Ability to Sustain War
The Russian Military has seriously depleted Ukrainian weapons stockpiles with a series of major strikes on its ammunition depots, which Western sources have assessed could seriously undermine prospects for a successful renewed Ukrainian offensive that was previously expected to begin imminently.
On May 1 a railway echelon with up to 200 tons of Ukrainian munitions had been destroyed in a Russian missile strike in Donetsk, and separately that Russian forces destroyed two missile divisions’ worth of S-300 air defence systems in an attack on Ukrainian depots in Pavlograd in the Dnepropetrovsk Region.
The latter strike reportedly also saw Grom-2 tactical ballistic missile systems destroyed. A third strike saw an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian 127th Mechanised Brigade in the Kharkov Region destroyed.
This followed the destruction of a network of Ukrainian arms manufacturing facilities providing key sources of munitions on the night of April 30.
These attacks come as both Ukrainian and Western sources have warned that the Ukrainian Military is falling increasingly short of munitions, particularly for its air defences which could soon end its ability to maintain air denial on the frontlines.
The destruction of increasingly scarce S-300 missile systems follows a successful air strike that destroyed four missile launchers for Ukrainian S-300s on April 27, which indicates that placing further pressure on Ukraine’s increasingly strained surface to air missile network may be being prioritised.
Diary of a Axeman
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Bag Man is most likely an employee at a GRU / SVR Cyber Troll Farm.... out to havest idiots .
JackTheBear
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YabbaDabbaDoo
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Dairy Queen I certainly am.............just call me Yuriy Shishkabob
rsm
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Thumbpicker
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So many Russian shills here. Either traitors or actually Russians. Take your pick.
rsm
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YabbaDabbaDoo
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Nose Picker Clueless, clueless AND clueless.
Which alt are you and have you been evaluated to walk the streets freely given your mental issues?
Cheers....Yuriy
JackTheBear
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Even more-so, the ignorant morons who are fucking blind to what’s really going on and WHY it’s actually happening .??
rsm
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Yep, those pesky traitors like Benjamin Franklin, right.
"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority." - Benjamin Franklin
Don't worry, keep believing whatever the government tells you without question, comply and obey, like a good NPC serf.
Russia bad, China bad, Orange man bad, or go back in history like the '80s, Japan bad.
You ready to go to Ukraine or Taiwan to fight, or send your kids?
