U.S. And International Politics

[John Corbett]

   "Will The Real Ross Perot, Please Stand Up"!

Now there's an articulate rebuttal of the points I made.

[Martin Weidmann]

Now is not what matters. The world will be a much better place in 10 years than it would have been had we allowed Iran to have nuclear weapons and ICBMs. Trump is playing the long game. He's not running for reelection so he doesn't need to be concerned about the polls. He can do what he thinks is right without having to be concerned with whether or not it will cost him politically. That's what you want in a leader. Someone who is willing to do the right thing even when the right thing is unpopular.

The American people can be very short-sighted. They don't bother looking ahead. All they know is it costs them a few bucks to fill up their car than it did before this war started. They see their 401Ks dropping in value without seeing that it doesn't matter because they won't be tapping into that money for many more years. By then the stock market will have gone through many cycles of ups and downs. it will continue to see higher highs and higher lows. The only time the price of an investment matters is the day you buy it and the day you sell it. Everything else is just a rollercoaster ride. I am perfectly willing to go through short term volatility both at the gas pump and my portfolio because I know in the long run, defanging Iran will have a tremendous long term benefit for the US and the rest of the world.

Now is not what matters. The world will be a much better place in 10 years

Can I borrow your cystal ball?

[Joe Elliott]

Russians Go Home ! Russians Go Home !

Congratulations to the people of Hungary ! We are with you and we will follow your suit in 2026 and 2028.

The MAGA / Right-Wing tide is ebbing.

[Joe Elliott]

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[Joe Elliott]

Now is not what matters. The world will be a much better place in 10 years

Can I borrow your cystal ball?

Give me ten years and you will not recognize your cities.   Adolph Hitler

[Martin Weidmann]

Give me ten years and you will not recognize your cities.   Adolph Hitler

Well, it took a bit longer but he was right. The cities that once were, were no more!

[John Corbett]

Now is not what matters. The world will be a much better place in 10 years

Can I borrow your cystal ball?

It hardly takes a crystal ball to figure out the world would be a much more dangerous place had Iran been allowed to develop nuclear weapons and ICBMs.

They were getting dangerously close to both. They already had missiles capable of striking every capital city in Europe and had enriched their uranium to 60%, far greater than anything needed for peaceful purposes. It was only a matter of time, and probably not very much time, before they had the capability of striking the US with ICBMs with nuclear warheads. The greatest danger the world could ever face is a radical regime who advocates for martyrdom having the capability of striking anyplace in the world with nuclear weapons. Mutual assured destruction would have little effect on such a regime. Their country is being systematically destroyed and still they refuse to capitulate. MAD won't deter madmen.