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David Avenell's avatar

The last official definition of terrorism I heard was 'the use or threat of violence to achieve a political goal', but since all wars are fought for political reasons, that would mean any country, Govt or army that fought any war, must be terrorists.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

Maybe so. Sounds like another good reason to stop throwing wars for fun and profit. And just think of all that carbon no longer being released into the atmosphere by the engines of war!

Yeah, why don't we try that for a change?

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ChazLB's avatar

Side note...USA does not count military polution into statistics on enviromental impact.

And it's military is the biggest gross poluter on the planet.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

That figures. They'd rather have us go broke on buying electric cars that won't charge in the winter and on electric stoves that cost far more to run than natural gas than harm MIC profits by a smidgeon.

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Penelope Prill's avatar

Nice dodge. You support starving civilians then?

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Landru's avatar

I believe the comment is approaching expert sarcasm, not meant to be approval?

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Landru's avatar

I added to the sarcasm by liking my own comment : ) For many years I thought the outcome of End Stage Capitalism would logically follow Marx to a path of equality and intelligent living. It was only after the Iraq war I knew Marx didn't really explain what the alternative otherwise will be. I think we are living that now, endless wars and deeper wealth inequality with declining healthcare for all. My great hope Bernie, stabbed us all in the back "(Genocide) Joe biden would make a great President". Then Bernie's approval of Palestinian Genocide which the rest of us will be included destroyed any hope without extreme pain of the 99%. My last hope before nuclear war, Jill Stein or Cornel West and better yet both on the same ticket. Apprentice sarcasm student.

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Feral Finster's avatar

The United States will end up like Brazil, albeit a Brazil with worse weather, less attractive females, a less dynamic economy, and a more hyperbelligerent foreign policy.

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Landru's avatar

I am still not sure I can like your comment ha. Still thinking about it though having worked and traveled in South America. Women in Central and South America would probably use people, or maybe it was just me ha.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

No, your sarcasm is at least at journeyman level. Apprentice doesn't do you justice. Honest, that was good!

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Landru's avatar

I wasn't on this experiment, it ended up not being built. My friend Dick was on it so...

The Anti-Proton intersection there is a S-hole and now no longer used.

https://lss.fnal.gov/archive/test-proposal/1000/fermilab-proposal-1022.pdf

We are building some very interesting detectors for the up coming high intensity Proton

beam dump for PIP 2. https://pip2.fnal.gov/

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David Avenell's avatar

Actually, I think you'd find a lot of civilians are starving because of war.

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ChazLB's avatar

Most poor Americans are .. Or eating unfit processes food

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David Avenell's avatar

reply to PennyP

Following my earlier anti - all wars comment, this was in my news feed this morning:

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2024/01/20/michael-pascoe-australia-gaza.

My own Govt shames me and shames my country.

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