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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 201: A Caravan Down By the River
XIII_rocks 10/24/18 12:23:49 PM #268:	Eddv posted... XIII_rocks posted... Y'know this Saudi thing really brings me back to that Joker speech in The Dark Knight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0AXgaFqEas" data-time=" Like they can be utterly horrific bastards in Yemen for YEARS, among other things, but dismember a journalist and that's the line, apparently. Everyone suddenly loses their minds. So another war in the middle east is not a big deal despite the particular pitch of horrifying this particular war has reached. But kill a journalist and everyone loses their minds. It's good that people are really going after Saudi for this but jesus. Liberals have GOT to stop doing this. It takes a ton of effort to move long established positions when it comes to foreign policy rather than gripe that this took so long dont take for granted that its actually happening. I said it was good that Saudi are finally coming under pressure. But it is dumb that we're so accustomed to war in the middle east that the Saudi Yemen campaign, despite being particularly awful (what with the cholera and all) didn't stir up anything like the waves the Khashoggi killing did. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Stones. <cite>XIII_rocks posted [p:911077803] in Politics C... [t:77115748]...</cite> <quote><cite>Eddv posted...</cite> <quote><cite>XIII_rocks posted...</cite> <quote>Y'know this Saudi thing really brings me back to that Joker speech in The Dark Knight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0AXgaFqEas" data-time=" Like they can be utterly horrific bastards in Yemen for YEARS, among other things, but dismember a journalist and that's the line, apparently. Everyone suddenly loses their minds. So another war in the middle east is not a big deal despite the particular pitch of horrifying this particular war has reached. But kill a journalist and everyone loses their minds. It's good that people are really going after Saudi for this but jesus.</quote> Liberals have GOT to stop doing this. It takes a ton of effort to move long established positions when it comes to foreign policy rather than gripe that this took so long dont take for granted that its actually happening.</quote> I said it was good that Saudi are finally coming under pressure. But it is dumb that we're so accustomed to war in the middle east that the Saudi Yemen campaign, despite being particularly awful (what with the cholera and all) didn't stir up anything like the waves the Khashoggi killing did. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Stones.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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