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  Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

  more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

  will the taliban behave differently this time ?

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  Simon

  Wondered when you'd show up to post your China propaganda piece.
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  How would you respond?

  by Iamallcool in

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  if you tell a jw that he or she is in a cult and they asked you why do you say that?

  how would you respond?.

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  Simon

  I don't think telling someone they are in a cult is helpful - what do you imagine it's going to achieve? They have to realize it for themselves.

  The best way to do that is to describe the thought processes and practices of other, similar, high-control groups and let them connect the dots to draw their own parallels.

  Remember, it's easier to fool someone than to convince someone they have been fooled.
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  Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

  more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

  will the taliban behave differently this time ?

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  Simon

  They did withdraw in secret. If they plan was to withdraw on Sept 11 and they slunk away in the night leaving people who depended on them, then it was in secret and it was disorganized.

  No one with a half-functioning brain can describe what has gone on as a "good plan" or any kind of plan at all. It's a debacle and you ARE attempting to paint it as no big deal and something Trump planned, which is a complete and utter lie.

  No more fake news please.
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  Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

  more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

  will the taliban behave differently this time ?

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  Simon

  Trump was all for getting out of Afghanistan

  Again, it's not the leaving, it's the manner of the leaving and lack of planning and organization.

  Give it up in your lame attempts to suggest it was Trump's fault because this is all on Biden.

  And if you are one of the few who voted for him (no way was it ever 85m) or took advantage of the fraud to support him being declared the winner, then this is all on YOU.

  All the suffering. All the beaten women. All the raped children. All the tortured murdered men. YOU caused it, YOU helped make it happen, because elections have consequences and stolen elections to install corrupt and senile incompetent assholes have the biggest consequences of all.
  
  
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  Taking The Knee 14 months after George Floyd's death

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  taking the knee became popular among sportspeople immediately after the death of george floyd in may 2020.. most football (that's soccer to you yanks) players are still taking the knee before matches more than a year later.. what has it achieved?

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  what do expect it to achieve in the future?.

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  Simon

  Sure, genuine racism should be fought, I'm with that. Those morons who racially abused Saka and Rashford on social media - give then lifetime bans, get the police involved, whatever.

  They should publish all details of all incidents, not just selected ones to prove the problem, so we can see how many and what proportion are genuine incidents and how many are fake. Because I wouldn't be at all surprised if BLM types were some of those sending them. Often activism has a habit of making adherents become the perpetrators when they want to amplify the problem they face in a misguided way.

  Also, what a stupid approach it all is. If you were being bullied as a kid, what is the one thing you wouldn't do? Let people know that something bothered you ...

  When instead you publicly bemoan the mean words you show that it bothers you and then what are people going to use?

  People use words to hurt, and will use whatever words they think hurt most, usually the most obvious. If they want to insult someone who's fat, they don't call them stupid, they reference the most obvious physical attribute that they are likely most sensitive about.

  So announcing what insults you the most to the world ... what do people expect the response will be?
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  Taking The Knee 14 months after George Floyd's death

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  taking the knee became popular among sportspeople immediately after the death of george floyd in may 2020.. most football (that's soccer to you yanks) players are still taking the knee before matches more than a year later.. what has it achieved?

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  what do expect it to achieve in the future?.

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  Simon

  My point of view is this: I think taking the knee is a poor way to fight racism. It doesn't really achieve anything, save for dividing us based on skin colour, as Punk pointed out.

  It is designed to increase racism, same as BLM - that is their goal.

  The simple fact is that so many incidents of "racism" turn out to be faked - black people painting swastikas and slurs etc... it's clear that the incidents of genuine racism don't meet the demand for it.

  The demand comes from those who want to be victims, because it's become a lucrative game.
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  Taking The Knee 14 months after George Floyd's death

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  taking the knee became popular among sportspeople immediately after the death of george floyd in may 2020.. most football (that's soccer to you yanks) players are still taking the knee before matches more than a year later.. what has it achieved?

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  what do expect it to achieve in the future?.

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  Simon

  'What Killed Michael Brown' is a good documentary, if you haven't seen it.

  Unless the conclusion is "Michael Brown", it's BS and I'll skip it.
  
  
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  Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

  more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

  will the taliban behave differently this time ?

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  Simon

  Russia and China are doing remarkably well under the Biden administration, you have to wonder exactly what they have on him. I'm guessing, going of the reprobate piece of shit excuse for a son he produced, that they have plenty. Biden is the epitome of a corrupt, sleazy, shameless lying politician filling his pockets and selling everyone out for his own gain at every opportunity. I bet he even steals the pens.
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  The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is completely Joe Biden's fault, nobody else's

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  so, there's been a lot of talk on social media, blaming trump for the current crisis that began at the weekend.. it's a load of bullsh!t from deluded people who are desperate to blame anyone but joe biden, the idiot they voted for or at least wanted to win last november.. there is only one person, just one person, to blame: joe biden.. he has the heavy burden of making tough presidential decisions.. and after this debacle, it's reasonable to ask if he's up to making such decisions..

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  Simon

  After 20 years, Afghanistan’s own government and military couldn’t stand up for itself to defeat the Taliban. But yeah, no one to blame but Biden

  Biden knew, and had forces abandon everything anyway leaving chaos behind. It's all on him.

  The previous 20 years of lies are on the military and their cheerleaders in DC and in the media.
  
  
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  Taking The Knee 14 months after George Floyd's death

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  taking the knee became popular among sportspeople immediately after the death of george floyd in may 2020.. most football (that's soccer to you yanks) players are still taking the knee before matches more than a year later.. what has it achieved?

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  what do expect it to achieve in the future?.

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  Simon

  I judge people by who they pick to be their heroes. Black people need to make better choices.