One for MM: Adam L. Silverman on NATO.
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2016/07/25/open-thread-goddess-bless-the-guardian/#comment-5923054 That strikes me as the best two paragraph summary that I've seen, and I agree that bringing Russia in (gradually, over time) makes sense. Cheers, Scott. |
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meh, I am more concerned about the attacks in germany
it has been a generation and a half since the younguns there had a zenophobic reason to get militaristic. They get uncorked again about outsiders it could get bad, real bad. always look out for number one and don't step in number two |
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But also, Russsia and ethical behavior are total strangers.
A government program to cheat at the Sochi Olympics? Good grief! I won't even get into the land grabs from Georgia and Ukraine. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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Iranian shooter was a common-or-garden loner nutjob
Also, not really iranian, what with being born and raised in Munich. |
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think the 88ers really care about that?
always look out for number one and don't step in number two |
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I thought you were talking about what concerns you
Apologies if you were talking about someone else when you said "I am more concerned". I was just pointing out that the Munich gun attack wasn't anything to do with xenophobia or radical Islam or anything like that. Just a regular American-style misanthropic nutjob. |
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I know most of the killers are just nutters, I just hope that the darkness that used to live
in the heart of the Volk doesnt ever come crawling out again. I know it is in the edges right now, just don't want it moving mainstream. always look out for number one and don't step in number two |
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Look again. You may find that the edges are not that far from the center.
It is the ones wearing suits that need watching out for these days, not the screaming skinheads. Belgium is de-facto run by the far right, France has been 2 votes away from an FN presidency for the last few cycles, Austria already had a brush, the Netherlands have been flirting with their versions of Donald Trump for a while, Pegida has offshoots all over the map and the rethoric and barbed wire on the eastern fringe do not leave much to the imagination either. |
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That is a VERY generous read of the purpose of NATO.
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One for MM: Adam L. Silverman on NATO.
- (Another Scott)
- (8)
- July 25, 2016, 11:16:30 PM EDT
meh, I am more concerned about the attacks in germany
- (boxley)
- (6)
- July 25, 2016, 11:21:35 PM EDT
But also, Russsia and ethical behavior are total strangers.
- (a6l6e6x)
- July 26, 2016, 01:29:31 PM EDT
Iranian shooter was a common-or-garden loner nutjob
- (pwhysall)
- (4)
- July 26, 2016, 01:32:18 PM EDT
think the 88ers really care about that?
-NT
- (boxley)
- (3)
- July 26, 2016, 01:38:39 PM EDT
I thought you were talking about what concerns you
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- July 27, 2016, 07:52:32 AM EDT
I know most of the killers are just nutters, I just hope that the darkness that used to live
- (boxley)
- (1)
- July 27, 2016, 05:44:42 PM EDT
Look again. You may find that the edges are not that far from the center.
- (scoenye)
- July 29, 2016, 07:31:59 PM EDT
That is a VERY generous read of the purpose of NATO.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- July 26, 2016, 08:19:24 AM EDT
