#610254 - 05/09/1412:35 PMForeign Policy by Social Media
Barry the Pirate
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I thought that nothing out of this bunch would surprise me anymore, but what the fuck is this stupidity? What is the purpose here? What does this accomplish? Is the President's wife such a narcissist that she believes that animals will see her pout and realize they're in the wrong? Or has she just not had her picture taken recently?
Is this her first day? Does she really think that world pressure...and I use the term loosely in this case...will back down radical Islam in any form? They're not the most democratic bunch, in case she hasn't noticed.
Unless a pic comes out of the Boy King doing a rimjob on Putin, this picture sums up the abysmal impotence of Obama foreign policy.
#610264 - 05/09/1401:43 PMRe: Foreign Policy by Social Media
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Don't these people watch "24?"
It was meant to be peddling the idea of torture to gain information to prevent terror attacks and the networks behind them. I'm not sure if that panned out very well so far.
After Kiefer Sutherland got arrested for drunk driving or so and subsequently wasn't employed as Jack Bauer, torturing agent on "24," anymore, years passed, the guy got on some fitness regime and then it's off into the cellar with car batteries again. Things are critical, don't you see?
The story for the latest season seems to be incorporating more current events, like whether every country which could actually wants to have a U.S. drone base on its soil - or something to that effect.
Sparks, needles and waterboarding, yo. Events occur in real ideology.
#610265 - 05/09/1402:08 PMRe: Foreign Policy by Social Media
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Barry the Pirate
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Heehee. I hadn't thought how ripe it is for parody.
I don't think it's a matter of adults. Clinton and his group were children, and I long for those days. this group is something else. Not stupid, exactly, because Obama's the smartest man in the room. I see a pattern of not understanding what they have to power to do and not do. It's almost as if they actually buy into the nonsense celebrity idea that if you're conspicuous enough in your caring that you can somehow change the world. I remember seeing an interview with Grace Slick where she talked about believing that if you listened to the right music and read the right books that you'd change the world, and how shocked she was that it didn't happen.
It's Feel Good diplomacy. You do literally as little as you can because a sheet of paper, a Sharpie and some rudimentary writing skills are pretty easy to come across. But you feel better. And that's what really matters when you're a vapid attention whore.
Absolutely pathetic.
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#610271 - 05/09/1404:32 PMRe: Foreign Policy by Social Media
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Originally Posted By: Jigaloo
This landed in my in box an hour ago.
Didn't these people watch "Lone Survivor?" Even Navy SEALs can be defeated by their enemies. There's nothing that heroic about it; defeated Navy SEALs are most likely dead.
This was in the end credits of the film:
Jeremy Scahill knows about this. Here, at 08m:20s:
At 24m58s:, he talks about the effects on children growing up while under constant surveillance by armed drones. It's the new boogey man. Those sandlings need a firm hand.
I heard a good point on the radio earlier today. People slammed Nancy Reagan for her "Just Say No" campaign saying it was a completely useless effort with no muscle behind it. But somehow this hashtag shit is suddenly a worthy effort.
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#610483 - 05/14/1406:17 PMRe: Foreign Policy by Social Media
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Originally Posted By: NitneLiun
Barry said it before the folks on Fox News did, so I'd say it's more Fox News who is using Barry's talking points.
Well done, Barry. You're now an opinion maker.
Did you get to the part where both Brit Hume and George Will have their own twitter accounts that are filled with insipid dogshit? (probably not actually written by them to be fair).....I love Hume's goofy looking smirk in the video, if there was ever a face worthy of either sledgehammers or steamrollers.
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#610484 - 05/14/1406:18 PMRe: Foreign Policy by Social Media
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Originally Posted By: Steezo
I heard a good point on the radio earlier today. People slammed Nancy Reagan for her "Just Say No" campaign saying it was a completely useless effort with no muscle behind it. But somehow this hashtag shit is suddenly a worthy effort.
I think you're conflating two slightly different things where a rich old white cunt comes across as out of touch, much in the same way as creationists or abstinence only sex education.
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