In 25 years America went from "This isn't about oil. This is about freedom and democracy!" to "This isn't about oil, it's not about anything at all. Stop asking questions any why we are murdering innocent people!"
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Because we're still at the point where saying "This is about the Epstein files. We raped kids and don't want you to talk about it so we kill brown people" is unacceptable. I'd say give it a couple months.
What are you talking about, people are saying it constantly. But it's not really true. We've been attacking Iran specifically and oil rich countries in general for a long time as well as being a lapdog for Israel. No need to blame the Epstein files, this is just who we are.
The "What about the Epstein Files" is the best political attack we have. It's so great.
Their playbook has always been to prioritize stupid political mud fights to distract the press and progressives online from all the evil Nazi shit they are doing. And that playbook works wonderfully well for them. They can come out and say any word thing like "In ear headphones are woke and make you trans so we are banning all federal employees from wearing them," and liberals and the press eat it up. Meanwhile ICE is building literal concentration camps, but it's the headphones things that makes the headlines because it's stupid. Even, and especially, the popular progressive comedians are complicit in this. They don't want to talk about the mad murders, those aren't funny. But trans headphones? We can make lots of jokes about that! Their playbook clearly works.
Except for the Epstein files. The Epstein is a great easy to turn their playbook against them. In this case the mud fight matters. It's not stupid, and they don't have a play to distract from it, because it's the mud that drives the news. And because it's sex, comedians love it! The headline writers love it. And Trump can't make it just go away.
So keep repeating the line: What about the Epstein Files?
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‘No democracy-building exercise’
Referring to Iran or the USA?
I would say "por que no los dos?", but I fear that'd get my visa canceled with ICE on their way.
My best guess is Israel 🤷♂️
Yes.
Like.. who is this for? MAGA doesn't want this war. Democratic voters don't want the is war
The only people who seem to want this are karaoke Democratic and Republican lawmakers, old guard neocons or Israel first Dems.
Sadly you just described like 90% of our elected government.
...the same people own all those you just mentioned, big business runs the US and always has. the US exports war because it's MIC demands it be so.
the lines must go up
karaoke Democratic and Republican lawmakers
Its only just now I realize I wrote "karaoke" lawmakers.
I love this.
Voters do not matter in US wars.
Also the iranians traitors in the west
So even if the Iranians fighting the regime wanted a democracy the US wouldn't let them have one?
No, because the people generally hate the US and Israel just as much as the regime. They want a puppet dictator who will suppress dissent on the US just as harsh, if not harsher then the ayatollahs.
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