Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "I Am Not Worried About Iran, Or A US War Against Iran" video.

  1.  @MichelleJohnson-tg5lx  : That's kind of my take. I don't like the killing and bloodshed. But if they can't behave themselves on the international stage, then no trade. No more Mister Nice Guy. In schoolyard terms, you don't have to beat a kid up because he's an asshole, but you don't have to let him into your games, either. If he wants to play, he's gotta clean up his act.
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  2. I hope you're right, Styx. it fits with the assumption that Trump wants the right things and isn't an idiot. After Obama's way of dealing (weak-wristed, with a lot of drones), Trump definitely needed to shake things up. As far as the Israel question goes (In the comments there are always "Blame the Jews" sorts.), you can question the Allies' use of force to (re)create Israel after WW II, but since then, what I've seen from Israel is all quite rational for a country surrounded by enemies. They just want to survive. And they're the freest, most egalitarian country in the region, in my humble opinion. Their main sin is that they are not a Muslim country in a region with low or no tolerance for such.
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  3.  @mad4song01  : No need to disengage, entirely. But yeah. Don't make US pay for their idiocy.
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  4.  Jacob Howell  : Bruce Lee's Art of Fighting without Fighting.
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  5.  @rickscheck5330  : Yes. That is what Styx is saying and what I hope is true. I don't mind, if it stops at posturing. Yes, be strong, but no, don't go on another USA killing spree.
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  6. Russia has been - and still is - locked in a culture war with Islam. I don't kid myself about Putin's religious beliefs, but I do believe he throws support behind the Russian Orthodox religion for a number of reasons. Let's not forget that in the long-ago, the Pope designated Russia as the Protector of the Church (or some such) in areas that Russia has and always will consider prime real estate on the approaches to the Mediterranean. Russia hasn't forgotten. They always have and always will chafe at having to deal with Turkey to get their ships to and from ports on the Black Sea, and Russian Orthodox Church is a wedge Russia could use to expand into those and adjacent areas. The Church is also a bulwark against demographic take-over of his country by Islam. When people talk about Russia's dealings with Iran, I would always remember that one of Russia's priorities is to NOT have Islam injected into THEIR borders by Sharia from Iran's direction. Russia wants White Christians having babies, because they don't want to lose their power to Muslim Theocrats. After decades of foolish U.S. policy in the region, Russia seems like a stable voice of reason to many countries. Maybe you don't like the Russians, but at least they won't leave you hanging out to dry, when a new administration decides to flip-flop on you, and doesn't feel it needs to honor the deals of the previous. America is very unstable in that sense, because presidents make agreements that are not ratified by the Senate, and basically rule on those matters by decree (executive order), until and unless the incoming president decrees otherwise! You can blame the incoming president, or you can blame the outgoing, for making a stupid deal, and then ignoring the will of the people as expressed by the legislature. Is it the new guy's fault, or did the old guy abuse his powers to the detriment of the nation and its international standing? But when I look at our history since WW II, I see America making lots of bad deals for itself, and then throwing its weight around, irrationally. Just not rational foreign policy, which is why Trump is making such a stir, demonstrating by simple common sense how nonsensical our foreign policy and trade policy were. I personally don't think a president should be able to make deals that last only through his term of office. If the Senate doesn't ratify your agreement, that should be the end of it, and the U.S. needs to give our negotiating partners a straight-up "Sorry, no deal." But instead, when the Senate hasn't ratified, our presidents have taken it on themselves to assure foreign leaders that we will follow the agreement, anyway, and then those foreign leaders get hung up to dry, when the next administration half-asses the agreement or even breaks it.
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