Moonbox

No, that's just you inventing what you'd prefer to argue against, because you're not capable of debating reasonably. Do you disagree that Iran blocking the Straits was a predictable consequence of them being attacked? 🤨

I know you think that tells a good story, but that's based on you knowing less than nothing about economics, isn't it? Trade deficits =/ bad As evidence you can compare US GDP growth to that of Germany or Japan since the 1980's. Who grew more? The US, with it's constant trade deficits, or the the Japs and the Gerrys, with their constant surpluses? Hmmmmm.... Hmmmmmm..... It's a grand mystery:

No. That's a lie - and an utterly ridiculous one at that. 🤣 I've only pointed out that Iran has done exactly what they've done in the past, exactly what everyone expected they'd do, and exactly what they threatened they'd do. Calling it "wrong" is about as useful and intelligent as calling it wrong for the tree bouncing the golfball you shot into it back at your nuts. Actions have reactions. Evil and repressive regimes respond unfavorably to being attacked. If you don't properly account for those consequences (as your Orange Baboon rarely does), then the results aren't great.

Oh okay. They were bullied into accepting it. Got it. They weren't the ones who championed GATT (now the WTO). It wasn't Reagan that initiated NAFTA negotiations or anything. Poor little America just got told what they needed to accept. 🫠

Understanding how difficult it is to keep helpless, giant ships safe in a narrow strait within point-blank range of hundreds of miles of hostile coast is common sense. How is that "wanting Iran to win here"? This is just another example of you being incapable of debating the point being made, and instead running away to debate the dumbest and most unreasonable interpretation you imagined all for yourself. 🤡

Right, yup, totally. Americans spent the last 30 years pushing "lop-sided trade" deals that didn't help them at all. TOTALLY MAKES SENSE. 🤡

The fundamentalist dictatorship was "wrong" to shut down the Strait of Hormuz? Gosh I sure hope you've told them that. I mean, they can't fight the Americans symmetrically and this is one of their only points of leverage against the US, but they definitely should know that it's "wrong". 🙄 and yet the Strait is still closed, and short of some sort of negotiated settlement it likely will remain that way. The Iranians don't have to completely close the Strait. They just have to make it too dangerous for insurers to underwrite the shipping and for captains to risk their crew. 99/100 tankers making it through wouldn't be good enough.

Yes. It's not like we've had decades to do this or anything...better to just kick the can down the road some more I think, right?

I don't know, but if you read the article you'd see we spend more on this stuff without getting better outcomes.

Again, this logic doesn't follow. The fact that I haven't said anything bad about Iran doesn't mean I won't. I think it's a barbaric, repressive regime run by religious zealots that spread terror and instability throughout the Middle East and beyond, and the world would be better off without them. That doesn't make the Orange Blob's misadventures any less foolish though, does it? Now what?? 🤡

Notice how there were no good words for Iran? My criticism for your baboon-President =/ support for Iran. That logic doesn't follow.

Imagine ridiculing, mocking and insulting your allies for years and then being frustrated and disappointed when they don't line up to save you from a self-inflicted and utterly boneheaded crisis of your own making.

Is that how this works? Criticizing your comically corrupt, irresponsible buffoon of a President is "covering for the Iranian regime?" 🤡

The answer here is because oil prices going UP as a result of Trump's ret*rded adventure is bad for midterms, while easing sanctions on Russia and getting prices down a bit is GOOD for the midterms. At face value, these seem like contradicting priorities, but that's giving Trump and his clown cabinet more credit than they deserve.

If you read the same article I did, a big reason is because we spend way too much money money on elder and end-of-life care.

Why would he do that? That's more of a commentary on your life and mindset than anything else.... Seems like that's exactly what you've imagined here. Another Fox-derailed thread.

Can we just start downvoting these threads and not responding? Unintentionally, August is helping us find common ground. All of us are just "WTF?"ing his pointless threads.

I have to ask, do you not realize how often you're posting and how rarely you're generating any sort of engagement or discussion? You're just posting random, disconnected thoughts, and giving nothing for anyone to think about or evaluate. You may as well be starting threads telling us what you had for breakfast, then another post for your lunch, and then a third post for your dinner. That would be about as relevant to the rest of us as what you posted in this thread.

I have to ask, do you not realize how often you're posting and how rarely you're generating any sort of engagement or discussion? You're just posting random, disconnected thoughts, and giving nothing for anyone to think about or evaluate. You may as well be starting threads telling us what you had for breakfast, then another post for your lunch, and then a third post for your dinner. That would be about as relevant to the rest of us as what you posted in this thread.

Frightened of what? Poilievre?

I don't think it really matters, does it? I don't think anyone is going hysterical here either. It just seems kind of weird that you have a murderer with a history of violent offenses getting special consideration because he has a different skin colour. The Liberal Justice systems has, IMO, long prioritized rehabilitation over public safety. I have trouble understanding why rehabilitation should even be a consideration for someone like this.

That's an awful lot of yarn-spinning you're doing there, when you could have just said "but but but it's TOTALLY DIFFERENT"

Is someone having a bad day or something? I'm starting to wonder if this guy is a bot....

Yeah of course! David Emerson crossed the floor to the Conservatives for the good of Canada. The people crossing the floor to the vile Liberals are doing it purely for greed, because...reasons!

Is that why you've defended David Emerson's floor crossing to Harper's team back in 2006, mere weeks after the federal election? You're not fooling anyone.