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Well, did he forget about the Armed forces then? A draft would be a long ways away.

It's not a real question. I'm not sure what he's up to..but he would never start out with "I'm not politically educated". Maybe his gf stole his phone. Weird stuff.

Amazing. But this isn't self inquiry. Self inquiry would be discovering what it itself is..self referencing.

Are you OK?

It's the story of the Emperor's new clothes. Remember that one?

He's one of those intelligent fools i was talking about.

@PurpleTree I like his optimism but a lot will depend on the US.

This guy is making me fall assleep.

I'm surprised Leo would back someone from academia like that. Most of them are still stuck in rationalism.

Where is the backstory does he provide that? As to why he is stating what he is stating.

He just wants the deal and he wants wealth for this country because he made this country a part or his identity. So that makes the narcissist wealthy too. He wants the deal. He doesn't want world dominance.

i hear you. I think most can be saved and rehabilitated. Just presented an alternative POV to the always higher exalted POV that's portrayed here.

Report it and capture the post and let us know. We will review. But it's an open forum. We don't want it to be an echo chamber.

Omg. @PurpleTree he's kissing...the javelin comment? Come on. I better get some props for this.

A poker game is a good metaphor. But I prefer Chess. Trump doesn't know how to play Chess, nor would he understand the game, so that's why he used the card game metaphor.

blaming him for the war? Yeah this guy is a joke. Can't even say he's right wing media. Someone paid him lol..

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What he did was he took the US and made it an aspect of himself. Like one of his businesses. So you're right..he doesn't care about "others" what he did in his own mind was make the US a part of his own identity. The attention whore thing, that's just him growing up in the American culture, with money, coming from an entertainment background. It will always be in his blood.

Agreed. Still no excuse for personal attacks or belittling someone. I like your idea. Maybe she should start using the ignore feature.

If you're referring to Netanyahu that's another thread..... 😀

Well of course he did. What choice does he have.

@puporing has been restricted from posting until she can control her emotions and have a logical conversation.

The players have changed so you get different mindsets. But Russia isn't testing Europe they're testing Ukraine. Yes?

I think i understand him well enough...Like I said..he's too much of a narcissist and an alpha male to to take orders from anyone. So I think it's kinda far fetched - i.e a conspiracy theory. If that was true the US would truly be lost - and I really don't think that's the case. Do I think he respects and admires him? Yeah..because he's like him in many ways. He is a narccist who feeds on power. But he will do his own bidding in the end. He's done this from day one. And his advisors are there to steer him away from self destruction due to his own ego. I don't have right wing bias though it may seem that way. I try to tip the scales here on this forum because it's so far left.

An interesting question would be what would Putin have gotten without Western influence. Maybe they would have won. Yet even still, ideas of him then marching through Europe seems like a leap. I'd slow it down and look at what's on the table today. Does the US continue to fund this war when Ukraine has a leader who seems unwilling to want peace.. or do we tell them to kick rocks. Everyone on the left would surely jump to say the US is cuddling up to Russia by doing that. But maybe it's in the best interest of the US. The bigger moral question would be - is it America's responsibility to help the little guy across the sea but open them up to a world conflict, or stick to themselves like they've done before. Only to be pulled in later. For now..we can only guess at Putin's goals. But to your point a stomp across Europe seems unlikely.