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Kei
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No. But. America can be very helpful with all it has.
You say liberal, but it’s actually Trump who seems to promote isolationism.
You say liberal, but it’s actually Trump who seems to promote isolationism.
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starshiptrooper
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While killing Communists is always a worthy cause, the US is never going to invade North Korea. That would cause major problems with the Chinese which would be catastrophic for both powers.
The North Koreans are a Chinese pawn to give them an edge in negotiations with the USA. We just have to make the costs of that pawn exceed the benefits and the problem will solve itself.
The North Koreans are a Chinese pawn to give them an edge in negotiations with the USA. We just have to make the costs of that pawn exceed the benefits and the problem will solve itself.
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Le_Bonvivant
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They did not hand it over. The Russians helped just as much, if not more than the Americans. The USA kept their ties with the west, the USSR with the east of Europe. Turned out to be a nightmare for them but it was the only logical solution after the war.
And in the end, christendom is growing and in bloom in Russia and eastern europe now, communism could not destroy it, and look at the state of it in the west… Hasnt capitalism damaged the church even more?
And in the end, christendom is growing and in bloom in Russia and eastern europe now, communism could not destroy it, and look at the state of it in the west… Hasnt capitalism damaged the church even more?
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Spyridon
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I think we could do some major consolidation of our overseas Military bases.
There is no reason at all why we need MULTIPLE bases in Korea, Japan, Germany, etc.
One large joint Army-Air Force Base with a nearby joint Navy-Marine Base in each of these countries would be more than sufficient.
In a lot of smaller places we could simply shut down any or most bases we have there.
I’d like to see our Military spending slashed from over 600 billion/year to about 250 billion/year.
Then we could pump those extra hundreds of billions of USD into much needed domestic issues - infrastructure, Social Security and Medicaid/Medicare, education, the Welfare State, etc.
There is no reason at all why we need MULTIPLE bases in Korea, Japan, Germany, etc.
One large joint Army-Air Force Base with a nearby joint Navy-Marine Base in each of these countries would be more than sufficient.
In a lot of smaller places we could simply shut down any or most bases we have there.
I’d like to see our Military spending slashed from over 600 billion/year to about 250 billion/year.
Then we could pump those extra hundreds of billions of USD into much needed domestic issues - infrastructure, Social Security and Medicaid/Medicare, education, the Welfare State, etc.
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exnihilo
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The US and Western Europe partnered with the godless communists. The Russians are probably responsible for the defeat of the Germans. But by the allies partnering with the communists the inevitable result was a communist takeover of Europe. I can’t see how one can justify supporting that result.
I don’t think capitalism has damaged the Church. The wealth that capitalism generates certainly can be a problem. Maybe partnering with the godless communists is what lead to the collapse of the West.
I don’t think capitalism has damaged the Church. The wealth that capitalism generates certainly can be a problem. Maybe partnering with the godless communists is what lead to the collapse of the West.
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JanSobieskiIII
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An old Jew is on his deathbed. With weak voice he asks to call for a partorg because before his death he wants to join the Communist Party. A happy partorg rushes to him with filled out membership form to sign and a ready Party membership card. As the Jew signs the form he carefully takes the membership card and presses it against his heart. In a peaceful and happy voice he whispers: “Today one more communist will die”
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JanSobieskiIII
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You’re wound a bit tight mate, it’s just a bit of facetiousness.
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pnewton
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This sort of de-humanization of “the enemy” should be abhorrent to any Catholic.
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TheNoseKnows
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I have every sympathy for the people that were forced to live under and fight for Communism. But if a person living in a free nation choices to promote communism despite all of its past failures and horrors. Then they have no excuse and should be thrown from a helicopter.
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undead_rat
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People living in a nation the was enslaved by French colonialism had no choice but to choose communism because the “free nation” would not lift a finger to help them whereas the communist nations did offer that help.
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TheNoseKnows
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Very true. But you are comparing apples to oranges, a commie living in the US or a European nation has absolutely no excuse for believing in Communism. Like I said I don’t blame people that were forced to support Communion, a Russian man fighting for Stalin so his nation isn’t enslaved by Germany, or your example, is a tad different then some 20 something lefties that wants stuff for free and is willing to embrace a evil ideology to get it.
Fun fact China fought a war with Vietnam not long after America did, the commies were only “helping” for their own self interests.
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Theo520
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I don’t see your jump.
Having someone with management and decision experience is essential to managing the largest US employer, the job they were hired to do.
Managing the world is your projection, not a job.
Having someone with management and decision experience is essential to managing the largest US employer, the job they were hired to do.
Managing the world is your projection, not a job.
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starshiptrooper
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I like the spirit, but I disagree with summary executions simply because that might create martyrs.
My preferred approach would be to physically remove every Communist from all of civilized society. Then, free from the scourge of capitalism, they can set up their own dystopia. People have short memories and so we will always need an example of the misery and brutality that is inherent to Communism.
My preferred approach would be to physically remove every Communist from all of civilized society. Then, free from the scourge of capitalism, they can set up their own dystopia. People have short memories and so we will always need an example of the misery and brutality that is inherent to Communism.
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FiveLinden
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Can this really have been posted on a Catholic site? Really?
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JanSobieskiIII
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Communism is probably the 3rd greatest scourge to ever touch the earth. It is evil incarnate. Those who spread it through violence (like the people Mr. Ganowicz would have been fighting) are mortal enemies of free people. Yes they’re still human, and their loss of life is unfortunate, but what are men who fight those people supposed to do but find a way to process the horror of war? I’m friends with combat veterans from Iraq and my brother served in Afghanistan. Dark humor is the way most of them deal with what they saw.
Catholics (such has Mr. Ganowiz) suffered greatly during the cold war under communism. It is natural for them to harbor animosity against those that destroyed their countries.
Catholics (such has Mr. Ganowiz) suffered greatly during the cold war under communism. It is natural for them to harbor animosity against those that destroyed their countries.
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pnewton
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While I know this is tongue in cheek, I would have to ask you how would it be any better that people be executed, imprisoned, or despised for their political beliefs (for Communism) than for their political beliefs (against Communism?)
You have met the enemy, and he is you.
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pnewton
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I do not know how you rank them, but I tend to agree. I would include secular humanism/modernism as one of my top, along with fascism/nationalism, of course. To make the list even, I will change the third to communism/atheism.
So you dislike it because of the result, and not the grave moral evil? OK, I will add utilitarianism to my list above.
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JanSobieskiIII
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I go humanism/modernism, then Islam, then Communism personally.
To me Fascism/(extreme) nationalism/communism are all part of the same disease. They’re ideologies that place the state above all else, humanism/modernism being the opposite side of the coin that puts the individual above all else.
I tend to call out communism more specifically because calling oneself a Nazi or a fascist tends to be met with social consequences. Communism, despite its much higher body count, does not for some reason.
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TheNoseKnows
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Because I don’t care about the rights of “people” that wish to take mine away.To explain further you are under the assumption that supporting Communism is a innocent act when it most certainly isn’t, merely being a communist is an aggression itself. Its a declaration that you wish to bring back the gulags, ban Christianity so that we might worship the sate, have children become brainwashed by propaganda to the point where they’d report their own family, to take my house and all i worked for away and plunge my nation into the inevitable famine,poverty and terror that communism brings.
If collage kids and professors wish to larp as revolutionaries I suppose thats fine, as like all extremists, they make up a small present of the population, but if they ever got to the point where they might control our government? Well then its time to rev up the choppers.
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