• happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    I figure Trump’s response would have been letting Russia take part of Eastern Ukraine. It would be the exact same result, but without depopulating the country and rendering it uninhabitable. We wouldn’t have handed billions of dollars and advanced weapons to Nazis. Liberals wouldn’t be cheering on those genocides like they’re superhero films. It would objectively be the harm reduction option.

    • GinAndJuche [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      10 months ago

      He signed off on killing Soleimani, if the alphabet boys spun a similar yarn he probably would have also agreed to blow up the pipeline except he’d brag about it which would be hilarious.

      For the price of a bomb we got Europe’s LNG market, I make the best deals folks. We have them over a barrel, bye bye German industry, byeeeee

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        10 months ago

        Even then it’s harm reduction if he’s just honest about committing eco-terrorism against Europe with the largest-ever release of methane. The best thing that could happen to Europe is casting off the US and reorienting with China.

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      10 months ago

      this massively overestimates the importance of trump/the presidency in general. there were 2T/year in afghanistan funbux that needed a home after the pullout there. that’s a fucking tsunami of capital and associated interests versus someone who clearly would rather just own people in the shitposting wars. don’t fall into great man theory liberalism