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2016 Postmortem

reddread

(6,896 posts) Mon Apr 18, 2016, 10:50 PM Apr 2016

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which candidate in the Democratic Primary will properly contend with Saudi Arabia?

who makes you feel secure about this National Security imperative?

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which candidate in the Democratic Primary will properly contend with Saudi Arabia? (Original Post) reddread Apr 2016 OP

Nobody should feel secure about it, but... dchill Apr 2016 #1

No one, but Hillary's militant interventionism scares me Blue Meany Apr 2016 #3

I think that to her, diplomacy is a weapon to be wielded. dchill Apr 2016 #5

Not Hillary ViseGrip Apr 2016 #2

Hillary is for Hillary. pangaia Apr 2016 #4

+1 Zira Apr 2016 #9

Not Hillary! nt malokvale77 Apr 2016 #6

bernie and only bernie. nt restorefreedom Apr 2016 #7

just imagine an honest and just American foreign policy reddread Apr 2016 #8

:) nt restorefreedom Apr 2016 #12

Bernie. nt Live and Learn Apr 2016 #10

I feel comfortable with Bernie Joob Apr 2016 #11

I wonder who she had to promise to carpet bomb for the illegal Saudi money she received. nt VulgarPoet Apr 2016 #13

So what does it mean to "contend properly" with a sovereign state? Recursion Apr 2016 #14

Not sending 30,000+ people to lose life and limb for no good reason. VulgarPoet Apr 2016 #15

dchill

(38,502 posts)

1. Nobody should feel secure about it, but...

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 10:53 PM

Apr 2016

Not Hillary.

Blue Meany

(1,947 posts)

3. No one, but Hillary's militant interventionism scares me

Reply to dchill (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 11:02 PM

Apr 2016

not just because she's likely to start a war, but because she doesn't seem to know how to do diplomacy when she isn't holding a dominant position. The balances of power are shifting, largely because of the neoliberal policies she has promoted, which have weakened us an economic power.

dchill

(38,502 posts)

5. I think that to her, diplomacy is a weapon to be wielded.

Reply to Blue Meany (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 11:06 PM

Apr 2016

ViseGrip

(3,133 posts)

2. Not Hillary

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 10:56 PM

Apr 2016

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

4. Hillary is for Hillary.

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 11:06 PM

Apr 2016

Bernie is for human beings.
I trust Bernie.

Zira

(1,054 posts)

9. +1

Reply to pangaia (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 01:40 AM

Apr 2016

malokvale77

(4,879 posts)

6. Not Hillary! nt

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 11:54 PM

Apr 2016

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)

7. bernie and only bernie. nt

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 12:02 AM

Apr 2016

reddread

(6,896 posts)

8. just imagine an honest and just American foreign policy

Reply to restorefreedom (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 01:38 AM

Apr 2016

go ahead.
and get ready.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)

12. :) nt

Reply to reddread (Reply #8)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 07:59 AM

Apr 2016

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)

10. Bernie. nt

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 02:46 AM

Apr 2016

Joob

(1,065 posts)

11. I feel comfortable with Bernie

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 02:49 AM

Apr 2016

I definitely feel like with him, we won't get in unnecessary wars.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)

13. I wonder who she had to promise to carpet bomb for the illegal Saudi money she received. nt

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 08:03 AM

Apr 2016

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

14. So what does it mean to "contend properly" with a sovereign state?

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 08:04 AM

Apr 2016

I don't think anybody's found the magic beans that will make our relationship with Saudi Arabia make sense. Do you?

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)

15. Not sending 30,000+ people to lose life and limb for no good reason.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #14)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 08:19 AM

Apr 2016

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