Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "'In The End, Bin Laden Won' - Michael Moore" video.

  1.  @EhThisIsAGoodName  Good points but as to nations considering America as a threat to peace, that's not so clear. I'm Australian and certainly there would be Australians who consider that right, but as a nation that's not strictly true. The one thing that has dramatically changed is America's reputation. Prior to 9/11 POTUS was often introduced as "The leader of the Free World." Most Westerners took that with a grain of salt considering it more hubris that fact. But these days if anyone tried to introduce POTUS with that expression they would be laughed from the room. I actually went to college in America (late 80s) and was there during the time of Iran-Contra. My girlfriend at the time lamented one day about the "damage being done to the office of the President." It was an odd expression that took years for me to grasp. There was a time in America when the OFFICE not the person occupying it was a semi-sacred place that deserved RESPECT. My girlfriend was lamenting the damage being done to the office and not Reagan. I'd now contend that every President since has continued to erode that respect. Bush 1 with "read my lips no new taxes" and then came new taxes. Clinton - blowjob (say no more). Bush 2 started a war based on a lie, opened a gulag in Cuba and then signed off on torture as he threw out the Geneva Convention. Obama promised "hope & change" and was hopeless at bringing any change. What ever was left after Obama Trump simply obliterated. If there is any perception of threat its more in the "what if a worse version of Trump gets elected in future?" Almost a bigger question is - what does that even mean? Australia (like a few others) has backed the F35 as a key part of its future security. What might another Trumpist who sucks up to dictators mean for that or any other long standing cooperation or treaty. I was in Canada when Trump tore up NAFTA. I was there among Canadians as Trump literally told them to F--K OFF. Its hard to describe what that moment was like. For an Australian it was like - what's he going to do to us. We found out when China retaliated against Australian exports. So I wouldn't yet describe America as a threat to world peace, BUT I would have no hesitation in calling America an UNRELIABLE PARTNER. And that's a scary thought considering the Chinese plans for domination.
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