• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    I know that logic and consistency don’t belong in the same sentence as “trump”, but if they did, even that argument can be dismantled.

    If spending money on the military enables fighting and war, then what would be trump’s supporting argument for increasing the US Defense budget at the cost of over $800 Billion?

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      19 days ago

      just playing devils advocate but some sort of “America first” thing.

      like “we can’t be getting involved in everyone else’s disputes, we need to focus our resources on making our own nation stronger with better defense”

      cue tesla space lasers, etc.

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        19 days ago

        “we can’t be getting involved in everyone else’s disputes, we need to focus our resources on making our own nation stronger with better defense”

        So, Mr trump, are you going to block sale of US weapon systems to other nations too to stay consistent with your messaging? Have you consulted your Military Industrial Complex handlers from Lockheed, Raytheon, and others yet?

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          19 days ago

          something about Zelensky being a dictator so it’s different, then how “Biden aligned himself with these dictators but we won’t”. then they push they election again. they own an opposition candidate. next cycle he’ll lift the ban of french fries after “the left banned them”, even though they never were.

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          19 days ago

          “What a terrible person you are, BANNED!”

          Seriously great questions though, I wish our journalists would step up like this.

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      19 days ago

      You don’t have to go that deep and convoluted.

      You can’t have peace when you have an invading army in your country.

      To have peace the invading army needs to want peace. They don’t.