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Mike Elgan's avatar

First, I’m on the Far Center, not a leftist. I hold both liberal and conservative values and political beliefs, both of which make me anti-Trump. Being anti-Trump may make me appear to be a leftist, but that’s just a Trumpist framing. For example, I believe in the rule of law, which makes me oppose Trump, a criminal. I believe in responsible government, which makes me oppose Trump. I believe in a strong military, and strong military alliances (especially with NATO), which makes me oppose Trump. I oppose dictators, which makes me oppose Trump. I believe in family values, which makes me anti-Trump.

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Ben Roche's avatar

My email, and subsequent post was mostly for fun, and to give the post the engagement those AI memes get by making shocking and eye catching images. If I understand you correctly you correctly, you are anti-Trump? Lol .. but seriously, the political discourse in America needs to be less about TRUMP and more about LIBERTY. Since you mention NATO, the only reason there is a war in Ukraine is because Kamala Harris intends to accept Ukraine into NATO. As soon as Trump wins, and declares that Ukraine is not welcome into NATO and the US agrees to keep NATO as it historically was a buffer east to west and not a threat on Russia's border, the war will end. It is unfortunate that the new democrat party has become the party of never ending war, and the supported by the military industrial complex. I never thought I would live to see the day the Cheney's were the darlings of the left in America.

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Mike Elgan's avatar

There's war in Ukraine because Putin wants to re-build the Soviet Union, and miscalculated about the US's and Europe's stomach for opposing his expansionism. If Trump wins, he'll appease Putin the way Neville Chamberlain appeased the Nazis, with the same result. Poland is next, etc. The main point of NATO is to resist Soviet-now-Russian expansionism into Europe, and it's worked.

The name of the party is the "Democratic Party."

Letting Russia and China expand and conquer is not the way to avoid war, but the opposite. We avoid war by strangling it in its cradle.

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Ben Roche's avatar

2 years, 7 months and 1 day ... that is a VERY LONG STRANGULATION. Meanwhile this week Zelenskyy campaigns for Harris imparting foreign influence on our elections.

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Mike Elgan's avatar

World War II lasted 6 years, ended 80 million lives, and cost (in today’s dollars, adjusted for inflation) $4 trillion. Small wars fought by others funded by us are far better than huge wars fought by us and funded by us a a massive cost.

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