In his Inaugural Address on March 4, 1801, Thomas Jefferson, America’s third President, advocated peaceful commerce with various nations. His emphasis was that we avoid entangling alliances. This way, Americans will not get caught up in protracted wars which have nothing to do with us. Now we will travel forward in time 218 years, 6 months, and 11 days later to examine a single tweet. According to his own words, Donald Trump, the current and 45th President of the United States seems all too willing to go to war with Iran at the command of a foreign prince in a Kingdom 7,507 miles away.
How did we get here? Well, in 2015 Yemen up and had itself a civil war, and now two vying factions are competing for political power. Saudi Arabia did the Camel’s nose thing in the form of bombs kissing buildings and people, turning them into a twisted, bloody, and mangled wreck as war does, and the next thing you know several years later, they get their asses handed to them in the form of a cheap shot on their pipelines. Go figure, right? Well, that’s what happens when you don’t mind your own goddamned business, it’s called opening a can of worms.
Whether true or untrue, Iran will get blamed for the surgical drone strike on Saudi Arabia’s pipelines. It is said that Iran is backing the Houthi faction in Yemen’s civil war. So, if that’s the case, I guess they can’t mind their own business either. Either that or they believe their business extends into the realm of sovereign foreign nations. All of this nonsense and blowback arises from nation-States not respecting the autonomy of the other.
I spoke of the Camel’s nose metaphor earlier. In case you are unfamiliar with the concept; Below is a short, fun, and simple illustration that shows why you shouldn’t give an inch to would-be aggressors, instigators, and or perpetrators. It’s a surprisingly apt story when you consider the locale of the events in question.
Why yes it does, mind your business!
The memeified Portrait above of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale is public domain.
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Are Americans getting back to producing oil in America?
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Heard this is happening, and I can only
hope it will stop some of the stupid wars.
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Can America buy the moon?
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The days of the almighty dollar will soon be over.
Ain't no place left for it to go but down down down.
UPDATE: Oh I see what you mean now!
Dennis Hope already laid claim to the moon.
He might be the rightful owner if you concede
to the United Nations as the supreme authority.
https://youtu.be/Bs6rCxU_IHY?t=1m1s
Land ownership is ridiculous mostly. It's a story
we tell ourselves, a game that we play as humans. In
the end, the land owns us. It swallows all of the corpses.
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Do you like the United Nations or do you prefer nationalism?
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The more decentralized the better. Ideally, this would one day be taken down to the level of the individual. Realistically speaking though, this may never happen in our lifetime, and this is because the world is abundant with people who are all too ready to force their will upon others. The lesser of two evils in that scenario is Nationalism. It is in no way perfect, but it is by far less broken and more optimal than globalism.
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How could it ever happen? You expect people to change someday when they had not for thousands of years?
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It's a set up.
No way those missiles make it across the gulf undetected with all those navies in the area.
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It sure does seem that way, doesn't it? Is Israel the dog that didn't bark in this scenario? Since when do Israeli politicians fail to yip and yap at the prospect of bombing Iran? Course it could just as likely be an operation conducted by either Saudi Arabia or the United States too. Every time the U.S. goes to war over bullshit, they need to manufacture a pretext to harness the will of not only the American people but also the Armed Forces.
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It's getting a little old, to me.
When do we stop bullying others?
I was glad to get out just before poppy bush kicked off all the killing.
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Good for you, sounds like you got out just in time.
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Yeah, some days I miss the retirement check, but there is no guarantee that I would have lived to get it.
It's better that I don't have the blood on my hands.
Rule by force is the disease, who and how are symptoms.
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So many people are coming back and topping themselves. I think what they do is program soldiers to kill unflinchingly and to suppress their feelings. From the outside looking in; it might appear that they don't have emotions, that the soldiers are hardened warriors, and they are to a degree. However, when they get back to the real world of life and living; unless they were psychopathic from the start, their conscience starts to reemerge and haunts them. I think the key for these folks is to accept what they've done, forgive themselves, and to move forward. And maybe they do this by warning others not to fall in the same trap they did. In the end, we're all our own harshest critic and ultimately have to live with what we do or fail to do.
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Yes, I know.
I never advocate joining the military.
The doublethink needed to stay sane doesn't always get trained in deep enough.
Any empathy at all, and you get problems.
It has been 30 years and some of their training still comes through when I have to rush a decision.
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