tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post794572919392516993..comments2024-03-29T09:09:46.823+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : My head says Hillary will win and my intuition says TrumpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-14443329963183174672016-10-03T17:49:36.872+03:002016-10-03T17:49:36.872+03:00I think Johnson is more in line with what Qatar an...I think Johnson is more in line with what Qatar and the Emirates are doing - which makes it easier to bring in guest workers legally, but without giving them voting rights or an easy path to naturalization. Given the UAE and Qatar's success with such large immigrant populations, I don't see why you'd think it's a bad idea.TheVidrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344788573052372170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-82262765927770673552016-09-28T19:13:47.611+03:002016-09-28T19:13:47.611+03:00People's ignorance continually surprises me. I...People's ignorance continually surprises me. I don't think there is any right wing candidate in the election - Johnson wants almost open borders.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-69743340864773737892016-09-28T18:22:25.922+03:002016-09-28T18:22:25.922+03:00Do you think Trump, or most American foreign polic...Do you think Trump, or most American foreign policy experts, have ever heard of Aleppo, can find Syria on a map, or know the difference between Sunnis and Shi'as, Alawites and Yazidis (or have studied the history of the caliphates)? I am serious, I met someone with a master's degrees in foreign affairs from a good US university (a very smart fellow, by the way) who had no idea that the Philippines were part of the US for a half century. I've met many educated people in the US (with master's degrees) who had never heard about Romania (understandable, it's not a prominent country), who said things such as "the Swiss language" (they weren't referring to the high German dialect, by the way), and offered other pearls of wisdom. They are not stupid people at all, but the level of ignorance is staggering. I doubt this is a uniquely American phenomenon, the current era when everyone with an IQ over 60 can get a college degree means that more and more people in positions of power will likely be ignorant. That being said, Gary Johnson screwed up. (But it got him some much needed publicity, as the only candidate on the political right in this election.)TheVidrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344788573052372170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-52377863937207962942016-09-24T06:24:12.217+03:002016-09-24T06:24:12.217+03:00> American money and British persistence were
...> American money and British persistence were <br />> important but not ultimately crucial.<br /><br />Following your reasoning, I can just imagine Don Cristobal Colon roaming the shores of Palos in 1492 yelling "Have crew. Need boat to sail the ocean blue." Apparently, the poor bastard didn't know boats "were important, but not ultimately crucial" to cross the Atlantic. After all, swimming was also an option... Similarly, I reckon the Russians would've most certainly won the war armed with stones and sticks, right? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-21483614244278090902016-09-23T19:39:44.792+03:002016-09-23T19:39:44.792+03:00Yes they do and I don't blame them.Yes they do and I don't blame them.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-13281729588437246902016-09-23T15:10:48.256+03:002016-09-23T15:10:48.256+03:00"thank an American GI!"
I am grateful f..."thank an American GI!" <br />I am grateful for your comment. My father (WW2 veteran) once observed that the French were embarrassed by their liberation by the US army in 1944 and, though he had misgivings about Iraq, he noted that the Iraqis hate us for liberating them!<br />Marc Cannizzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324145080083101048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-16779089555629038712016-09-23T15:02:39.305+03:002016-09-23T15:02:39.305+03:00"The war was won by the Russians..."
&q..."The war was won by the Russians..." <br />"Ah", said the beer, "'tis I who make the shandy."<br /> Marc Cannizzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324145080083101048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-41681374396908094222016-09-23T08:08:54.399+03:002016-09-23T08:08:54.399+03:00Japan attacked USA and then Germany declared war o...Japan attacked USA and then Germany declared war on the USA. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and with the benefit of knowing what happened after the invasion of Iraq some people, like Peter Hitchens for example, and I, question whether Britain and France were right to go to war in 1939. I wish my father were here to discuss it with him.<br />The war was won by the Russians or rather by the USSR. American money and British persistence were important but not ultimately crucial.<br />Without the benefit of hindsight but just common sense I opposed the invasion of Iraq. It was unnecessary and unjust. I was not prescient enough to guess what would follow.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-66312755708051546482016-09-23T03:59:28.815+03:002016-09-23T03:59:28.815+03:00>...and sent their sons to die in unnecessary w...>...and sent their sons to die in unnecessary wars<br /><br />Betcha dollars to dimes yo' grandpa was praying on hands and knees for America to send her sons to die in an unnecessary war. <br /><br />Yup, the keyword here is "unnecessary", but did it ever occur to you that maybe, just maybe both Roosevelt and Bush might've had some reason to think those wars were necessary? Well, as the old Romanian saying goes, hindsight is always 20/20, ain't that so?<br /><br />And, by the way, if today you don't speak Russian like a native, and Pushkin is not your national poet, thank an American GI! You're welcome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-78070835946517107322016-09-22T14:52:40.026+03:002016-09-22T14:52:40.026+03:00Lower standard (compared to Hillary). Read the art...Lower standard (compared to Hillary). Read the article.Marc Cannizzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324145080083101048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-21446138806535218972016-09-21T12:37:27.290+03:002016-09-21T12:37:27.290+03:00Different standard to what? Higher or lower? Am my...Different standard to what? Higher or lower? Am mystified.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-81406326977982023482016-09-21T11:19:21.891+03:002016-09-21T11:19:21.891+03:00Like it or not, Trump is held to a different stand...Like it or not, Trump is held to a different standard.<br />The debate will be interesting not for substance but style. Oxcam take notice!<br />http://www.nationalreview.com/article/440217/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-clinton-should-be-nervous-about-debateMarc Cannizzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324145080083101048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-14885989918972977792016-09-20T11:33:00.557+03:002016-09-20T11:33:00.557+03:00Because he is much worse than either - wants almos...Because he is much worse than either - wants almost open borders. So does the appalling Jill Stein of the Green Party. Johnson hadn't heard of Aleppo, by the way. Sanders is very bad too, though better than those two.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-17754975472465570342016-09-20T11:26:44.078+03:002016-09-20T11:26:44.078+03:00you know that there are at least two other candida...you know that there are at least two other candidates <br /><br />If Clinton and Trump are such big creeps why does nobody mention Gary Johnson ?Emil Perhinschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10710579823013077273noreply@blogger.com