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Friday, 3 January 2020
quote [ If the Post is now publishing material demonstrating that US officials have been “following the same talking points for 18 years,” emphasizing how they are “making progress,” “especially” when the war is “going badly,” shouldn’t the paper acknowledge that it has been cheerleading this same line for all of those 18 years? Doesn’t it have a responsibility to examine how it served as a primary vehicle for those officials to spread these same “talking points” to spin the coverage in the desired fashion? ]
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steele said @ 1:02am GMT on 5th January
lol, you're still ignoring my whole point. I'm not saying that law itself is meaningless, I'm saying that by getting nitpicky over whether or not it was legal rather than moral, you've already legitimized the act. Your haggling with the military industrial complex (represented in both parties) has begun. If anything the article you've shared demonstrates how ineffective nitpicking over legality actually has been, or rather to defer to one of the most poignant memes of this administration...
steele said @ 1:06am GMT on 5th January
lol, you're still ignoring my whole point. I'm not saying that law itself is meaningless, I'm saying that by getting nitpicky over whether or not it was legal rather than moral, you've already legitimized the act. Your haggling with the military industrial complex (represented in both parties) has begun, and it's on their terms. If anything the article you've shared demonstrates how ineffective nitpicking over legality actually has been, or rather to defer to one of the most poignant memes of this administration...
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steele said @ 1:02am GMT on 5th January
lol, you're still ignoring my whole point. I'm not saying that law itself is meaningless, I'm saying that by getting nitpicky over whether or not it was legal rather than moral, you've already legitimized the act. Your haggling with the military industrial complex (represented in both parties) has begun, and it's on their terms. If anything the article you've shared demonstrates how ineffective nitpicking over legality actually has been, or rather to defer to one of the most poignant memes of this administration...
Already seeing plenty of headlines, social media posts, and memes trying to demonize Iran in the same way we do every other country the US sticks their nose into. Even saw a WMD style accusation floating around. I should hope those on the "left" remember that we're against war because it's wrong, not because Trump didn't get authorization or some legalese bullshit... but I don't have my hopes up.
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