bjlorenzen

Natural disasters generally do represent temporary collapses of society.

I don’t agree with Pilger that the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs were unjustified, but his points about China are valid. What do we gain by instigating war now?

“Give me liberty or give me death” were founding words of our country. If you don’t believe our commitment to liberty and freedom was important, then what else made America the #1 most successful country for the last century?

Why do you think you can speak for “hard-core” libertarians? I am a thoroughly moderate one and don’t believe this at all

The globe might feel stable while sitting inside the US and reading domestic media sources, but it sure hasn’t been easy for the dozens of countries we’ve been invading/occupying for the past decades.

Have you ever spoken to a Chinese? They have their own good intentions too. Besides that, why do you always trust that our governments’s label of “terrorist” is never self-serving or opportunistic? The civilians we bomb every week might have a different perspective

Thanks for posting this, I now have a new opinion on climate change :)

This is pure speculation. Meanwhile, our government is actively invading and occupying how many countries?

China's actions seem horrendous from our perspective, but at least they are only operating within their own borders. How do you feel about the decades of war and destruction wreaked worldwide by our own government, including the bombing of schoolchildren just this week?

Could you please source this claim? A quick google search is revealing a lot of contrary evidence.

Yes, definitely. It might be a different situation if Japan also had military bases inside our country, or if they had any choice in the matter. Do you think Japan, Germany, or South Korea have any choice whether our military can occupy their countries? Are you aware how many countries around the world are currently occupied by us? It’s threat of violence, plainly and simply. I’d love to hear your perspective if it contrasts mine!

If I follow you around with a gun held to your head, is it fair to characterize you as my ally?