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Corrik7 posted...

red sox 777 posted...

And CNN's usual thing is to publish clickbait and misleading centrist stuff that makes them look objective while refusing to give a voice to good arguments for anyone other than centrists.

CNN and Fox's usually thing is to post off the grain opinion pieces to act like they are impartial and for their main user base just to criticize. It is kind of why they need generally a rotating base of writers for their opinion pieces because not many are going to want to get perpetually criticized to the end of time on anything they write.

But, why would the off the grain piece be typical of a CNN piece? It is precisely there to not be typical.

And, yes, you seem very taken with remaining in the Syria conflict, when there is no end game to it. I can see many of the liberal minds in here being for remaining because they were probably for Hillary and her no fly zones which would have likely led to war with Russia in the area, but someone who opposed Hillary for probably this reason but who also wants to in perpetuity stay in a region to try and police divides that have existed for many decades before we ever even entered the area seems silly to me.

My view is that the United States should follow the British Empire model of projecting strength not through having our military everywhere, but by being able to send our military anywhere, and been viewed as extremely reliable a friend. The British were able to rule a third of the world with a standing army of 250k in this way. Now, since we don't (or shouldn't) seek hegemony, our goals should require even less resources than the British Empire used.
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