Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Vox" channel.

  1. Obama scuttled sanctions so he could cut a deal.
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  2. Yup. Things have gotten better in Iran, since Obama. We'll see how things go. I think that to the extent they are bad actors, Trump will try to re-impose real sanctions.
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  3. littleferrhis: There is truth to what you say. There's also an amorality to what you say that underlies such dealings with foreign sovereignties. I oppose fomenting foreign insurrection by U.S. or anybody else on the world stage. If everybody wants us to get along, and maybe one day there be a world order, it needs to occur willingly. People need to settle their own disputes, without outsiders tipping the scale. So while I agree with your calculation, in the first instance, I think achieving stability and better outcomes for more people, Syrians are better off duking it out with Syrians, and Iranians are better off duking it out with Iranians. All outsiders contribute is more violence and bloodshed, in the final instance. Having settled their differences, and treating their people more fairly, trade agreements may be forged, to mutual benefit. We've gotta stop thinking about winning and losing and start thinking about "What's to our mutual benefit?" Flip all questions until they are framed morally and rationally.
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  4. David Hogg is an ignorant shill.
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  5.  @GK-yh9yh  There's nothing wrong with people being able to find and purchase products that they desire, starting with food, clothing and shelter, but man does not live by bread, alone. And who am I to say what someone else shouldn't have? "Consumerism" is kind of a buzzword. People shouldn't be ashamed of having nice things. I think more people should have more nice things. But mindless greed and pursuit of toys? If that's what you mean, then OK. I do miss the days before everything was done up with plastic wrap. 3 lbs of ground chuck, please. And old Jim Kintner would shovel 3 lbs on the scale and zick-zick-zick, hand Mom her 3 lbs of ground chuck, wrapped in butcher's paper, taped closed with butcher's tape. We went to the dairy and got our milk in re-usable glass jugs. You got a deposit back for returning them, but they were also just really nice containers! We had a bunch of them collected, and would fill them with spring water in the summertime. I'm pretty surprised and disappointed at the plastic packaging we use. I thought the generation in charge cared about the environment.
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  6. Yes, there isn't much meat in the reporting from Iran.
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  7. Very consequential, and almost all of the consequences were negative.
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