umatbro

This time the USA are the bad guys. The USA are the aggressors. The USA are the Nazi's.

FTFY. Don't go blaming innocent citizens for their own oppressors.

glennvtx

Ventura is an idiot. We need to take our states right back, and get rid of the federal governments corrupting influence.

RedditIsPropaganda23

Their new campaign to divide and conquer the people is now based on racism.

RedditIsPropaganda23

We need a president who is NOT a part of the establishment. We need to get money OUT of politics.

pitenius

Just because America sucks doesn't mean the opposition doesn't suck.

I largely agree with your assessment. Russia is comprehensible but very invested in defending itself. Poke them, and they're a threat. Iran is the same way, but has an antagonistic relationship with an ally. Syria has no particular designs beyond self-preservation, which they may be losing.

China is a threat. China is a pernicious and corrupting influence with no good plans for anyone who is not a Han party member. At this point, it's not a military threat, but we might be wiser to treat it as one preemptively.

Charlie_Prime

We? You seem to think people in America have some say in U.S. foreign policy.

Go learn who controls the U.S. Congress and POTUS with campaign funding.

Hint: It's not J amaicans.

0hSoDefiant

Yes, we. The government couldn't do what they're doing without a DUMB/WEAk/APATHETIC/COMPLICIT AS SHIT public that ALLOWS them to do it. The citizens are just as much as to blame for not taking responsibility and allowing these psychos to take it for them. That "poor little me" shit is exactly what these nutzos want to hear from you. You can blame the monsters for being monsters only so much -- blame the ones who allow the monsters to come into power over them. Authority is secondary in nature because it always needs submission first in order for it to arise. This is a country of goddamn dummies. DUMMIES!

Atarian

I came to the States not long after Iraq war II started (Buttfuck, Ohio).

I went with a colleague to his local bar, and when they found out I was an Englishman (apart from saying "Say something!" about 30 times lol) I basically had a queue of people coming up to tell me that the US people weren't involved in their foreign policy. Plus the barmaid flashed her new tits.

I coulda settled there :)

In other words - I think the American people I met are good folk with good hearts, and their government is doing them no favours behaving like it does.

goatboy

Have you ever thought through exactly what that would entail? Which of your neighbors will you kill first? Jack across the road or little Billy who lives by the park? Men and women who suffered through the Civil War had to make that decision. You think They were different than you? They were exactly like you and me and everyone else. They just didn't have flush toilets, but other than that they were you. Could you seriously take up arms against your fellow citizens?

The government isn't just a bunch of evil bureaucrats. It is the actual people who live and work here and support its institutions. How are you going to do it- bullets and bombs? The government who is currently oppressing you and giving your things to other people has more and better bullets and bombs. Do you have any WMDs? Good luck with those. You're as likely to kill yourself and loved ones with them.

If you really want to change something start a superpac and get a bunch of people to agree with you and fund it. Use it to fund a new narrative that neuters the federal government.