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[CoachMiller1981]

Vindman is a god damn hero.

Absolutely he is. As a Navy Vet, it's a disgrace what the Republicans are trying to do to Lt. Col. Vindman.

 

[mr s j king]

Me: Trump put these peoples lives and careers in jeopardy just so he can get re-elected
Bigots: So what! Obama only gave Ukraine MREs and blankets!

 

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[mr s j king]

This Jordan dude is a disgrace to the real Jordan
Dude keeps fouling at half court with 11min left in the quarter

 

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[RustyShackleford]

All this winning on the global stage is getting tiring.

 

[Armada]

Who does him Jordan think he is?

 

[cragmatic]

Gym Jordan is the WORST.

 

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Who does him Jordan think he is?

 

[mr s j king]

That wide angle shot showed Stefanik looking down at her phone
She's googling how to set up a burner account

 

[aepps20]

Gym is the worst man. Wish he would've protected his players from a predator like he protects his Zaddy Trump.

 

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[Based Jesus]

All this winning on the global stage is getting tiring.

Wow that is NOT good

 

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[heelsandeers]

gym jordan is what happens when a used car salesman and a muppet have unprotected sex

 

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[KHUFU]

Why would anyone would be willing to sign up for the military, and defend this country anymore?

 

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Why would anyone would be willing to sign up for the military, and defend this country anymore?

 

[gry60]

There is a left wing leader, who is not perfect and is not universally beloved, and some of their policies and political decisions are, per se, unwise if not outright destructive but all of that is irrelevant when we introduce the element of the military removing a leader and installing a right wing junta.

This is quite the understatement, and you can't possibly handwaved putting aside the political process because the person you support is in power.

Most African Countries threw off the yoke of European rule in the mid 20th century and with it they shed the predatory white elites in their own lands. Now while Africans are still exploited indirectly by the global north through the distant but powerful specter of economic coercion, the elite institutions in most African nations are representative of the population writ large.

For this statement to be accurate, one would have to completely ignore the tribal dynamics that exist and that play an important role in the politics of many African countries. The civil war in Ivory Coast (2010?) had a xenophobic and tribalist component to it, mostly encompassed in the concept of "ivoirite," or who could be considered a true Ivoirian; in my own country, the political class draws most of its members from the president's ethnic group, which is not even the most populous, and secessionist groups in the North West and South West provinces largely identify with a single linguistic group, which has been largely ignored by the powers that be.
In an environment where most folks are the same skin color, in-groups and out-groups are determined differently; they don't just disappear.

and I can have a measure of confidence that a military intervention in the political process is legitimate

Time to include BBC Africa in your listening regimen.

The machinations you describe in your last paragraph also happen in African economies that rely on extraction of raw materials. In fact, African countries have a history of leftist leaders who ended up overstaying their welcome. Just because one defends socialism doesn't give them carte blanche to usurp power.

 

[aepps20]

Why would anyone would be willing to sign up for the military, and defend this country anymore?

And yet these clowns will claim Kaep is disrespectful to the country when they try to sully the name of a real hero.