Global Events & Politics Überthread

[Julio3000]

Rachel maddow reporting that Bolton sat in on an anti Muslim think tank on the day that more likely than not 7 people were killed in the name of Islam.

You can't make this up. The left is clueless

You going to update this one, hoss?

[thethe]

You going to update this one, hoss?

Kudos to you for showing up when it doesn't end up being Islamic Terrorism.

Hope you show up the other 99% of the time when it is. You know for the sake of being intellectually honest and not a crazy ideologue.

[sturg33]

Julio is not intellectually honest at all.

We need more posts from mqt and 50

[Julio3000]

How many recent murders and mass killings in the US and Canada have been committed by people who are influenced by far right or white supremacist ideology? Who's "not showing up?" here?

What's that body count look like, and is it worth your breathless assumptions about culpability?

[thethe]

How many recent murders and mass killings in the US and Canada have been committed by people who are influenced by far right or white supremacist ideology? Who's "not showing up?" here?

What's that body count look like, and is it worth your breathless assumptions about culpability?

Why is this a US Canada issue? This is a global issue.

But I guess we can just ignore 9/11 because that inconvenient event tilts the scale a bit domestically.

[Julio3000]

Why is this a US Canada issue? This is a global issue.

But I guess we can just ignore 9/11 because that inconvenient event tilts the scale a bit domestically.

Because you breathlessly
post about every potential terrorist event, even if it turns out not to have been perpetrated by Islamists, but completely ignore the ones--sometimes the very same events-- when their perpetrated by right
-wing extremists.

Now, personally, I don't think that either one is an existential threat, either corporeally, or civilly.
But I think that it's potentially as dangerous to mainstream, or even benignly ignore, domestic extremism as it would be the other.

[thethe]

Because you breathlessly
post about every potential terrorist event, even if it turns out not to have been perpetrated by Islamists, but completely ignore the ones--sometimes the very same events-- when their perpetrated by right
-wing extremists.

Now, personally, I don't think that either one is an existential threat, either corporeally, or civilly.
But I think that it's potentially as dangerous to mainstream, or even benignly ignore, domestic extremism as it would be the other.

Show me those armies of domestic terrorists please....

I'll wait with baited breath.

[Hawk]

A pretty big ****ing deal:

http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/...daily|home|top

[sturg33]

A pretty big ****ing deal:

http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/...daily|home|top

But did you hear about Trump calling Fox and friends?

[thethe]

Tremendous news. Now to get rid of the scourge in Iran and progress can be made.

[thethe]

Show me those armies of domestic terrorists please....

I'll wait with baited breath.

Still waiting...

[Julio3000]

A pretty big ****ing deal:

http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/...daily|home|top

It really is.

[Julio3000]

Still waiting...

I'm still waiting for you to demonstrate that this is both valid and relevant.

[thethe]

I'm still waiting for you to demonstrate that this is both valid and relevant.

That there aren't armies of Islamic Terrorists in the world? Is that an actual question?

Its not relevant to compare domestic terrorism and Islamic terrorism in their scope and their global impact? Is that an actual question?

[thethe]

Interesting thread

[cajunrevenge]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/w...p-nuclear.html



Kim offering to give up nukes for promise that US won't invade. Rocket man just wants a little respect

[Runnin]

A pretty big ****ing deal:

http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/...daily|home|top

I'll bet Trump is pissed they are stealing his thunder. I wonder how they have decided to deal with the crazy American.

[Runnin]

Perhaps here's an interesting piece to the NK puzzle.

https://www.forbes.com/this-could-be-the-real-reason-why-north-korea-stopped-its-nuclear-missile-tests

[cajunrevenge]

I think China forced him to do this.

[Hawk]

Denuclearization would be a tangible takeaway for America (and Japan), but it's actually a fairly small component in the grand scheme of the unification puzzle.