Comments by "schloops" (@schloops8473) on "Donald Trump Wants To Restart A National Registry For Muslim Countries" video.

  1. The ME refugees are NOT fleeing Obama's rare bombs. The freaking Iraq war followed by isil and so on when the US disengaged put them on the roads. Syria's ugly war put them on the roads too, on top of the economic problems of the area. The area had been destabilized. From there on, he could have: * completely gone out (check how that went in Iraq) * completely gone in (check how that went in Iraq) * helped the local govs flush out and exterminate the extremists as he mostly has done, and that at least has some hope of getting better and ending with the local govs being able to control their ground alone. I have problems with Obama's focus on getting rid of Assad when what really mattered should have been finding an end to the misery of the populations there. At one point Assad's future should have become a point of secondary interest. Apparently, it would have more to do with US military interests in the area: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37685-the-war-against-the-assad-regime-is-not-a-pipeline-war. Let me make it clear: the US, under Obama, has NOT been bombing the shit out of the ME, pushing the civilians on the roads. I'm fine with the US helping the locals get rid of extremist groups. The US morality took a dive as soon as oil companies dictated the agenda over there. And we all know what party treats them as royalty. GWB had Dick Cheney from Haliburton and trumpy will have Rex Tillerson of Exxon as SoS. A vote for republicans is a vote for shitting all over the ME and then play dumbfounded that refugees are knocking at the door. But eh, republicans have found their defense: "Muslims are terrorists and hate our liberty". I'd resettle those refugees on GWB, DC, trumpy and RT's properties. Nowhere is this saying dems are anywhere near clear on this, but the main culprits are republicans, and no amount of benghazigate, pizzagate and so on will manage to hide it.
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  2. Jonathan C. I just want to make sure nobody forgets under what party huge amounts of bombs were released and infrastructure decimated... and that would be the republicans. The last waves of emigration were not due to recent US bombings but the results of crap done under GWB. This being said, I'm not happy about the US stubborn objectives in Syria under Obama. I hate assad's guts, but at one point, Syrians need a country that isn't in shambles more than utopism. So I'm not mistaken: the US has indeed been one of the big forces that created terrorism in the ME, but once the crap has been done, the US can't behave like a 5 year old as Jimmy Dore is advocating for. A sudden retreat has it's costs too, as we've seen. I actually like the Obama way of helping the local govs while slowly lowering the US footprint in the area and having the locals govs hold their ground (helped at first). Sadly, with the repubs in office, crap is going to be flying all over the place again. Frigging mass murderers.
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  3. Jonathan C. I don't mind critics of the dems... what I don't agree is false equivalencies.
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  4. Jonathan C. Oh, both of us here... "my" ideas are taking a beating and will for a while, sadly. Corruption is endemic, and not just in the US. But on top of that, truth is not even looked for, in a world where absolutely ridiculous ideas spread unhampered because we haven't adapted to the internet yet. We're in for a world of troubles. And yah, one day it will get better. China's workers pay going up (has already a lot) will give some respite to less educated (I mean no phd and stuff) workers. But mostly, we don't need everybody working 10 hours a day anymore and should be moving towards a different kind of society.
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