Trump posts & statements about IRAN
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sringwal
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From 1984:
The problem was how to keep the wheels of industry turning without increasing the real wealth of the world. Goods must be produced, but they must not be distributed. And in practice the only way of achieving this was by continuous warfare...
The primary aim of modern warfare... is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living. The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour...
War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.
The problem was how to keep the wheels of industry turning without increasing the real wealth of the world. Goods must be produced, but they must not be distributed. And in practice the only way of achieving this was by continuous warfare...
The primary aim of modern warfare... is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living. The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour...
War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.
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I remember having a slightly heated discussion with a HS Civics teacher in class. She was adamant a war economy was just as productive as a non war economy
Wish I could have said this lol
ChileG
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In other words, it will not be part of the agreement and he is priming his MAGA base so they can claim he won the negotiations.
“Only idiots can’t see they will open up automatically. It’s common sense!!!”
superrific
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It is astonishing to see the American president bragging that empty oil tankers are on their way here.
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Mulberry Heel
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His tweets have been really flailing about on this war for awhile now. He's got himself into a situation that he can't just walk away from like he's done with most things in his life, and he's panicking, plain and simple.
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Blockading a closed strait should improve things. But it could deny Iran/China the benefits they are denying others.
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I call what he says mindnumbing
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“… and I will tell you while we’re on the subject we’re very disappointed in NATO very very disappointed that they didn’t want to come now they wanna come and help with the Strait and it won’t take long to clean it out. So we’re gonna clean out the Strait and they’ll be able to use the Strait in not too long a distance.”
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