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If you think information contrary to your beliefs is abhorent garbage, then you have serious credibility problems. You are the one who is partisan. The statements you come up with make me think you would have fitted well into the mold of a stormtrooper in nazi germany.
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No, I am saying that even the suggestion of a legitimate reason for "the bad haired guy" to be developing nuclear weapons because the United States doesn't trust well established american-hating international bodies to hand down their view of justice on our troops is.
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blind devotion and obedience to the state, and a willingness to disregard the humanity of others rather than question the propagada you are taught.
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You mean like blindly taking the word of a coroner that something you have no substantial information about yourself as authoritative...rather than giving the benefit of the doubt to people putting their lives on the line?
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As to your brave troops, while wishing no disrespect to your servicemen, it doesn't take courage to fire on fleeing vehicles.
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No, but it takes a hell of alot just to BE THERE in the first place!
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I am not standing up for NK or Iran, simply saying that if I were in the position where YOUR GOVERNMENT had labelled me as a potential threat, I would arm myself to protect myself against them.
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Propter Hoc ergo Post Hoc. This ignores the reality that the REASON they were identified as a potential threat was BECAUSE they were trying to get nuclear weapons. That's like saying it is perfectly understandable why the bank robber doesn't want to put his gun down once the SWAT team arrives and has guns pointed at him. The fact of the matter is that the holding of the gun RESULTED IN and not FROM the arrival of the SWAT team.
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I definitely would not trust your government.
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I don't "trust" any government, but I certainly DISTRUST governments other than my own far more.
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There have been plenty of cases globally where US troops get off with nothing more than a slap on the wrist because they are protected from international law. this makes them extremely dangerous to civilians, and also to soldiers retreating, as happened along miles and miles of highway in GWI.
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Few and far between. The overwhelming majority of U.S. servicemen and women who commit crimes are released to the authorities of that jurisdiction...save for those whose guarantees of due process are so utterly non-existent as to be unnacceptable for those who would volunteer for our armed forces.
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As long as your guys are posturing, the best defence is to ensure strength enough to discourage US troops coming into your country. The best defences are probably nuclear, and a well armed military.
This means heavy investment in military resources rather than spending money on infrastructure and services for the people.
After looking at the madness of King George over the last 5 years, I'm not so sure KJI is half as mad as he's made out to be.
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Utterly oblivious. I suspose you felt the Soviets where merely reacting to U.S. postering during the cold war, didn't you? That if only we had disarmed first, the Soviet's would have seen that we didn't mean them any harm and would have disarmed as well. It was childishly naive way of viewing evil regimes then, and it is even more so now.