The General Political Thread

[Gi]

Simple, if you don't go to war you can't get shot. Life isn't a movie where you can be a hero and save, shoot everyone you want.

With just my two years in the academy I cannot say to be a walking oracle, but you just ate the fucking cake on not knowing how an actual army works and what it means to be a soldier...

What it means to be a soldier? Do you know what the americans besides shooting terrorists did? Pissing on innocent dead bodies, probably also raped a few. But oh yes media doesnt show this. And not only the Americans btw. There is no honor in being a freakin soldier friend. Its all about killing. And yeah you can come with, but what if your army doesnt protect you? I dont need someone to protect me so he has to kill others.

Are you 12?

[Edwin]

What it means to be a soldier? Do you know what the americans besides shooting terrorists did? Pissing on innocent dead bodies, probably also raped a few. But oh yes media doesnt show this. And not only the Americans btw. There is no honor in being a freakin soldier friend. Its all about killing. And yeah you can come with, but what if your army doesnt protect you? I dont need someone to protect me so he has to kill others.

I think this debate already happened when the poll was first set, but I'll bite anyway:

a) The incident in 2012 was widely covered by the western media (including the subsequent "outrage" in the middle east), and the Marines involved were held accountable for their actions
b) You don't have to take a role on the front lines during national service - there are many pacifist support roles available

In reality, you'd either answer the call of duty or you'd be arrested.

[Fungus]

Props go to em
Respect go to em
Thanks to the soldiers for doing what makes others lose their composhaaar

[William]

Simple, if you don't go to war you can't get shot. Life isn't a movie where you can be a hero and save, shoot everyone you want.

With just my two years in the academy I cannot say to be a walking oracle, but you just ate the fucking cake on not knowing how an actual army works and what it means to be a soldier...

What it means to be a soldier? Do you know what the americans besides shooting terrorists did? Pissing on innocent dead bodies, probably also raped a few. But oh yes media doesnt show this. And not only the Americans btw. There is no honor in being a freakin soldier friend. Its all about killing. And yeah you can come with, but what if your army doesnt protect you? I dont need someone to protect me so he has to kill others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientious_objector

[Furrnox]

Rod Rosenstein seems to hanging by a thread now. Chaos in the Trump administration as per usual.

[Edwin]

W-we'll get em this time!!1

[Sgt.Winters]

Don't worry guys the blue wave will save America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Riddlez]

In similiar news: The entire General Assembly of the UN laughed in Trump's face.

[Conway]

In similiar news: The entire General Assembly of the UN laughed in Trump's face.

I'm surprised no one laughed at the claim that the U.S has been committed to stopping interference with small countries since 1823. It kind of glazes over the whole cold war policy of the U.S.

[Sgt.Winters]

I like how the US has 800 bases around the world but bitches and cries when China builds an island.

[Steinmann]

We are a band of brothers and native to the soil, Fighting for the property we gained by honest toil, And when our rights were threatened, the cry rose near and far, Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star

[Conway]

We are a band of brothers and native to the soil, Fighting for the property we gained by honest toil, And when our rights were threatened, the cry rose near and far, Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star

I love the Republic of West-Florida

[Sgt.Winters]

Anybody actually buy this Kavanaugh shit?

[junedragon]

Anybody actually buy this Kavanaugh shit?

Doesnt know the location, circumstances (how she got there/left, who she was with, whose house it was, etc.), or even the fucking year of "the most traumatic experience" of her life. But she is now sure it was Kavanaugh. Right.

The only 4 people she claimed she knows for sure attended this party (including Kavanaugh and a woman who she described as a lifelong friend) have no recollection of the party she describes.

Two additional potential witnesses testified under penalty of perjury that they have no recollection of the party she describes.

She never mentioned Kavanaugh to her therapist and the notes are full of inconsistencies to her current story (4 boys or 2 involved, she was in her late teens or maybe 15 now, etc)

If anyone actually believes this garbage I dont even know what to say

[StevenChilton]

As a lawyer I can tell you that the Kavanaugh allegations wouldn't stand up in court (at least not in a British one). You can't prove an offence was even committed given it's 'he said, she said' let alone whether Brett Kavanaugh is the guilty party. In such cases 'dubia in meliorem partem interpretari debent' applies, i.e. if there's insufficient doubt then a conviction cannot follow. To say there's sufficient doubt in this case is putting it mildly.

-Does Kavanaugh have a history of this behaviour? No.
-Is there any corroborating evidence for Ford's testimony? No.
-Did she report this at the time? No.
-Has Ford's testimony remained consistent? No.

Before you even consider the politicisation of it all the allegations are already shaky.