Newsom, Mamdani, please stay away.
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dogemaster2026
I don’t care how things started. If someone wants to chop my head off and has shown evidence of chopping the heads off of people of my tribe, I will try to beat them first But you do you.
Of course I am going to support Guy A because HE IS MY FRIEND or FAMILY.
But the fact remains your strategy will only lead to your death and your family’s. Which it would be good for your family to know.
Not because “that’s who we are.” That’s a ret*rded retort. You go halfway around the world because you want to protect your friends and your nation’s interest.
Wouldn’t you do that to protect your family and your home, now and into generations? I think I know the answer.
According to the New York Times, the North American Treaty Organization will come in and help.
Capable at what? In war fighting context is very important. Some combat operations are better left to strong men.
They are not saying DEATH TO YOUR FRIEND. They are saying DEATH TO PFANNKUCHEN.
How much more specific do you want them to be?
Again, why would you let them get strong? Just so they kill you and your family? You don’t seem to care about yourself nor about your family enough.
Correct. The strongest always wins.
Also it’s not defense. It’s national security what matters.
Prior to WW2, almost every nation called it “ministry of war.” The defense branding is a modern woke framing to appease the masses.
This is factually incorrect. Here are the estimates for the rates of support for each conflict at the beginning of the conflict:
- Iraq (Gulf War): 75-80%
- Iraq (2003): 65-76%
- Syria: 35-50%
- Vietnam: 65-75%
- Iran: 42%
Alexander Hamilton wrote that governance should involve people with “wisdom to discern” and “virtue to pursue the common good”. The US is not a direct democracy; it is a constitutional republic. The definition of what constitutes American interests is literally whatever the United States federal government says it is.
SOURCES:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
- https://news.gallup.com/poll/8212/only-americans-believe-war...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_domestic_reactions_to_the_2...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_United_States_in...
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/01/iran-war-...
Do you get this unhinged when you don’t know the facts? Or you just don’t like them?
The OP said it was not for “defence.” I am arguing the reasons were for the defense of American interests. That is objectively true.
It is for the defense of the American national interests and friend nations:
- Iraq: 1) to expel Iraq from Kuwait, and 2) weapons (though this turned out to be mistaken) after the 9/11 attacks
- Iran: we don’t need another nuclear nation
- Syria: destroy terrorists (ISIS), enforce the red line on chemical weapons, and to protect US troops (when we attacked Iran-supported militias)
- Vietnam: to stop the spread of communism and protect neighboring nations
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