Legitimate-Cow-6859
Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_iupmp92 wrote
Reply to comment by pegothejerk in Voters can erase racist wording in Alabama Constitution by motayba
Ehhh state constitutions are a lil different, and I think that “originalism”, while bullshit, is more about not reinterpreting the constitution. Rewriting it is a clearly defined process and shit, ya know?
Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_iujzgk6 wrote
Reply to comment by ilnimalee in Brazil election: Lula makes stunning comeback by AdAccomplished8914
That’s fair, I think I misread your comments
Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_iujz9xj wrote
Reply to comment by ilnimalee in Brazil election: Lula makes stunning comeback by AdAccomplished8914
> Latin America and Populists: a love story
Wasn’t bolsanaro a populist as well?
Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_iujof5x wrote
Reply to comment by _baundiesel_ in Russia recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos, vets say by 29PiecesOfSilver
Check out “no good men among the living”
It’s a really good book written in 2015 that’s part history going back to the invasion by the USSR, part contemporary story involving interviews with a US soldier, an afghan civilian, and a taliban leader. Great insight into the situation
Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_iujnx4t wrote
Reply to comment by HotpieTargaryen in Russia recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos, vets say by 29PiecesOfSilver
That’s certainly part of it, but I don’t see a way out that was any less messy. It’s either we prolong the occupation with no real end goal or we cut out of there. Unfortunately the real losers in each situation were the people of Afghanistan who’ve now seen 30+ years of war and instability
Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_iujnjye wrote
Reply to comment by _baundiesel_ in Russia recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos, vets say by 29PiecesOfSilver
I’m just saying, the situation is a lot more complicated than “they wouldn’t fight for their land,” which itself is an easy comment to make. Assuming that you’ve never had to fight for your own land, and risk death for an almost certain lost cause
Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_iujmuak wrote
Reply to comment by HotpieTargaryen in Russia recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos, vets say by 29PiecesOfSilver
Yeah people who keep saying that don’t understand the deep flaws with the US mission in Afghanistan
Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_iujmqjc wrote
Reply to comment by _baundiesel_ in Russia recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos, vets say by 29PiecesOfSilver
I mean Afghanistan is complicated. It’s more of a large set of tribes than a nation state like we think. What is “their land”, really?
Plus the military that we established there was modeled after the US military - an advanced mechanized military that requires financial and logistical support that simply isn’t possible for a nation like Afghanistan. Are you going to stand and die when the air support suddenly stops?
Not to mention all the corruption, some of which was actively supported by the US, as well as a decent amount of anti-US sentiment that was empowered by civilian deaths and people being abducted to gitmo on suspicion of terrorist activity.
Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_itm21sa wrote
Reply to comment by fourfourzero in Michigan family of 4 who went missing for a week has been found by wwabc
That’s what they want you to think
Real shit, the US government has done so much fucked up shit (mk-ultra, Tuskegee syphilis experiment, dropping bio weapons on San Francisco, Iran-contra and importing cocaine while ramping up the war on drugs, various forms of corruption in our electoral system, etc) that there’s a very tangible benefit to people dismissing conspiracy theorists as crazy kooks.
Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_iw9dco8 wrote
Reply to comment by pattydickens in Canada's Ontario to extend gas, fuel tax cut for a year by davidlee93
Carbon tax and dividend