> We'll spend a trillion dollars bombing people halfway around the world that never meant us any harm
replyWhile I'm sure the US has bombed a significant number of such people, I wouldn't call Iran as 'never meant us any harm' (though I'll still say the current war is a stupid mistake).
Brother Iran isn't the US's first rodeo in the middle east
replyhttps://www.brown.edu/news/2021-09-01/costsofwar
The actual number is 8 trillion
The clerics and politicians in Iran use the US as a great big boogeyman to drum up political support, but until recently most of the regular people just didn't care about the regular people in the US. Same with the people in Iraq, or Afghanistan, or Syria, or Yemen, or Somalia, or Pakistan, or ... If they do have an opinion about the US, its probably that they mostly wish we'd stop bombing their homes and just leave them alone.
replyBut, it makes the defense industry a whole lot a money, and its good for getting Republicans elected. But helping US citizens, some of which might have gasp brown skin, that doesn't make any defense contractors any money at all! /s
And then we'll brand anyone who dares to go to the bathroom a sex offender or other huge penalties. That is the paradox of a country that is so wealthy yet low trust. Public infrastructure is the first to go unless legally mandated( sufficient public bathrooms does not fall under this apparently).
reply> And then we'll brand anyone who dares to go to the bathroom a sex offender
reply>anyone
What? I’ve never heard of this, what part of the world do you live in?
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