
Aristides
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The Canadian Economic Winter
Aristides replied to paxamericana's topic in Canada / United States Relations
This is about US companies running advertising in Canada paid for by Canadian companies and not paying tax on the income. Europe has done the same thing. -
Saddam didn't need to be taken out, he was no longer a threat. Taking him out left a perfect environment for ISIS and other terrorist groups to grow and thrive. Bush created the mess but according to MAGAT logic, it was all Obama's fault. Trump negotiated the withdrawal from Afghanistan and Biden got the blame for it. Such is MAGAT logic.
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They were never found because they didn't exist, just like the UN inspectors were telling them. Bush and his bunch were dead set on invading Iraq and nothing was going to stop them. If Bush hadn't destroyed Iraq as a functioning country ISIS would have never existed because they were just as much a threat to Saddam as they were to anyone else. Bush was president for six years after the invasion, not Obama.
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So you admit, WMD's had nothing to do with it. As bad as Saddam was, his removal and the destruction of Iraq as a functioning country removed the biggest counterbalance to Iran and spawned the birth of ISIS and the mess that followed. The US has propped up plenty of dictators over the years, mostly in Central and South America.
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Meme/Cartoon of the Day
Aristides replied to WestCanMan's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
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Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Capacity is fine but if you can’t produce power cheaply enough, your industry won’t be competitive having to use more expensive power. You aren’t buying aluminum from us to be nice, you are doing it because we have the hydro generating power to produce it for less than you can. Trump’s tariffs are making everything from beer cans to aircraft more expensive to produce. -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
And as we found out in 2021, one of the worst grids. The reason you import most of your aluminum from Canada is because you don’t have the massive amount of cheap power required to produce it economically. -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
You pull the same bullshit every time you have no real response. Predictable as the sun coming up in the east. -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
You don't know WTF you are talking about. Do you even understand English? -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
WTF are you talking about. Iran didn't break the deal, Trump did and then he piled a bunch of sanctions on them. The International Atomic Energy Agency and all your allies were saying Iran was complying except for some minor exceptions. -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Which is basically what UN inspectors were saying about Saddam's WMD's right up to the day Bush invaded. There weren't any. I swallowed the WMD lie in 2003. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/08/trump-withdrew-us-iran-nuclear-deal-heres-what-you/?_gl=1*x43kov*_ga*MzUzMjUxMDM4LjE3NTA2MDQ4NTg.*_ga_EDXB0TJGGY*czE3NTA2MzE2MzQkbzMkZzAkdDE3NTA2MzE2MzQkajYwJGwwJGgw -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Are you being briefed by Israeli intelligence? If not, you don't know what they are saying. I have posted the deal, multiple times. You are the one who hasn't read it. -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Inspectors said otherwise. North Korea never allowed access to the sites, Iran did. Bibi's bum boy pulled the plug on the agreement and imposed sanctions over the objections of every other country that was part of it. https://api.politifact.com/article/2025/jun/18/Iran-nuclear-deal-Obama-Trump-Israel/ If Iran is close to developing a bomb it is directly because of Trump and Netanyahu pulling the plug on the agreement 7 years ago. -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
What about the 92 million people who live in the playground. I'm not supporting Iran, I just don't trust the likes of Bibi and your government not to manufacture a crisis so they can use their toys. Too much history there. The last three times the US has gone to war it has been under Republican presidents. Some things don't seem to change. -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Yes they started accelerating enrichment a year after Trump trashed the agreement, not before. -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
He said Iran was weeks away in 2012, 2015 and 2018 as well -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Why, because Obama signed it? No one gave Iran anything, they just unfrozen Iranian assets. The rest of your diatribe just says this isn't about nukes at all. -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
The nuclear deal was in place to control Iran's development of nuclear weapons. https://api.politifact.com/article/2025/jun/18/Iran-nuclear-deal-Obama-Trump-Israel/ -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Which episode of actually history did you miss. It's well known that former Republican Guard members provided ISIS with many of its best commanders and fighters. Why would you expect Iran to be any different? Iran also shares a long border with Afghanistan making cooperation with the Taliban almost a given. The f*cking place is a minefield and you id*ots keep wanting to play in it. -
Donnie strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
Aristides replied to West's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
This wouldn’t be happening if President Dumshit hadn’t trashed the nuclear agreement. Why would Iran expect President Dumshit to honour any future agreements? Canada already knows how he keeps the agreements he signs.