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val70 · 51-55
@NativePortlander1970 Like I said before, good for you. You read that book of Dersh yet? You'd love that one
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@NativePortlander1970 Lebanon was totally FUBAR in the 80’s w the Maronite’s , Druze, etc.. all fighting each other . Beirut has been a bucket list place for me for decades . I hope one day to go there.
trollslayer · 46-50, M
Dehumanizing your “enemy” is how you get support and power. In quotes because many enemies are scapegoats.
Hamas does it. That bothers me, but everyone knows it. Israel does it (as does every country at war), yet they call folks antisemites for pointing it out. That bothers me - perhaps even more - because it is self-defeating.
Hamas does it. That bothers me, but everyone knows it. Israel does it (as does every country at war), yet they call folks antisemites for pointing it out. That bothers me - perhaps even more - because it is self-defeating.
val70 · 51-55
@trollslayer You're right on that. One can't see the wood for the tree any more. I try to point to general Petraeus and his effective dealings in Iraq and there's nothing but the same sort of insults thrown back at me. My guess is that there's indeed much more going on than one sees on the surface. The point is that unlike back in WW2 there was someone like Marshall or Ike that did slap Patton down whenever it was morally needed. There's no morality left any more in the conflict, and that's the key to solving the whole mess. Of course, like many others I'm more urged to turn to amorality in the sense of switching off and let them achieve their messianic mission. It's staggering how some are now so shameless in their utterances
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