Moonlight Graham

All fine and dandy for those supporters until their own rights start getting taken away.

As I said, the US has been far from perfect. However things also aren't as simple as they first appear. Here's a question for you: do you think if the US left the middle-east alone those countries would have more self-determination and possibly even more democracy? Or do you think Russia and China would immediately fill the power vacuum, rig all the elections in their favour and/or do their own regime changes installing pro-Russia/China despots? And how comfortable would you feel with Russia and China having the control the US has had over most of the world's oil supply for which our economy and military is highly dependent on? Do you remember the 1973 oil crisis? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis And how comfortable would you be with Russia and China running the world like the US has the last 30 years? The grass isn't always greener...

Western Europe destroyed itself during WWII, which is why it no longer matters. In its ashes rose the American and Soviet empires. The lesson in Western Europe was to make peace with each other while deferring to the US for its protection against another existential threat (communism). Western Europe also finally became all democratic regimes after WWII (by force of the Americans). Democracy and human rights is a threat to the Chinese regime, not to mention Putin...and Trump. A single person or party can't have total control when they share power with the people.

I'm not arguing pre-1945 was less violent than the Cold War. Pre-1945 was a multipolar world order vs a bipolar order during the Cold War. Post-1991 has been a unipolar world order with the US as the sole superpower and global hegemon. It's an odd thing to argue that Canada and the world will be safer with a strong China. It's already creating a security dilemma. The same thing that triggered an arms race, the Cuban missile crisis, wars like Vietnam/Korea, and countless regime changes, proxy wars, and civil wars in the 3rd world. Much more dangerous than a few terrorist groups blowing up some buildings. Ukraine is a proxy war, and Taiwan would be also. The fewer totalitarian superpowers the better. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_dilemma

No, post-WW2 NATO countries made peace, including Western Europe. Eastern Europe and the rest of the world did not. Ask Latin America, Africa, and Asia about Cold War violence. The world extends beyond your own street.

LOL what? How do you know this?

The last Cold War was horribly violent and caused a lot of death and instability across the world for half a century. Western global hegemony means liberal democracies rule the world. I'd prefer it stay that way. The USSR as a superpower was not good for the world and China won't be either. Nor India. It's fine to criticize some US foreign policy, but the left hates US power. The problem is that the left always compares the US to perfection, and never to totalitarian dictatorships like China and the USSR who are the alternative. The grass isn't always greener so be careful what you wish for. When people say US foreign policy is evil, the question is: compared to who? They obviously aren't perfect, but there's no better behaving great power in human history....and it's not even close. The British Empire? Napoleonic France Germany? Imperial Japan? Roman or Byzantine or Ottoman empires? Please.

Agreed. Annexing territory through military invasion is illegal under international law and should never be accepted or legitimized. The West should support and arm Ukraine until Russia decides to leave.

Love or hate Carney, this is a great quote.

Holy wars are fun.

Post the quotes or zip it.

I said have some class when an old man gets diagnosed with what looks like terminal cancer you fool. The fact that some people have a problem with this statement says a lot about their own character. If you have evidence I wished Trump death or anything of the sort then post the quote. Otherwise zip it and stop whining like a 2 year old.

You're literally the one who moved the goalposts lol

I'm not neutral. Trump is much worse than Biden, even though I don't like Biden as a politician. I also don't wish Trump gets shot even though he's a human piece of feces. Have a nice day.

A statement from a Chinese state- owned company is not reliable evidence.