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In reply to the discussion: Tulsi Gabbard, Trump Tower Meeting, RW contacts, and Russia [View all]Shemp Howard
(889 posts)18. Gabbard is right about the no-fly zone!
As I noted earlier, I'm not a Gabbard supporter. So I am a bit surprised to find myself defending her. But here goes.
Two points:
1. Who are we (the United States) to demand a no-fly zone over a foreign country? The mere thought of it is crazy. Congress never declared war on Syria. Yet we have the right to dictate who can fly there, and who cannot?
2. Such a no-fly zone can lead to a nuclear war. It is very, very unlikely. But it is surely possible. Trump is a bully. And so is Putin. You think Putin would just accept a no-fly humiliation? I don't. You ever watch two fools arguing on the street? Neither one wants to back down. Then maybe one throws a punch. Then maybe the other one pulls a knife.
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Useful idiots those who offer blank checks for our military intervention in foreign nation-states
Devil Child
Feb 2019
#25
Where you see idiocy I see a respectable attempt to make her case to an innafectual CiC
Devil Child
Feb 2019
#27