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Ted Cruz : "I dont know if sand can glow in the dark but we're going to find out"
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Sick. Reckless. Stupid.
And it doesn't sound like the San bernardino neighbors had very compelling evidence. However they say the guns were purchased from Cheaper Than Dirt right down the street here in Texas. Something he might want to look into
And it doesn't sound like the San bernardino neighbors had very compelling evidence. However they say the guns were purchased from Cheaper Than Dirt right down the street here in Texas. Something he might want to look into
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Honestly, that poster should have run for the Republican nomination, he would be ahead of Jeb! right now.
It's amazing to me how angry some people are about the loss of 14 lives but they really don't seem to care any about how many innocent people would die with carpet bombing a nation or how many of even our own soldier would die from any resulting war.
Edit: That probably came across harsher than I intended. What happened sickens me as well. But I think all innocent life is precious. The same people going on about this latest event don't seem to give a second thought about people that die everyday from gun violence like that 7 year old girl just recently. How many of those same politicians spoke out about that?
LUFTRAUSER
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(What a thread that was...)
Has this "wipe them from the earth" approach ever actually worked the way we wanted?
I mean, the things we wipe from the earth are a result of climate change, not military power. Maybe Cruz should ask for the acceleration of the biosphere getting warmer, so ISIS can be caught in a barren landscape.
I mean, the things we wipe from the earth are a result of climate change, not military power. Maybe Cruz should ask for the acceleration of the biosphere getting warmer, so ISIS can be caught in a barren landscape.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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It worked with the Empire of Japan, but that was a state and not nearly as flexible as ISIS is so we can't bomb this away.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-acti...s-pro-cruz-sandy-hook-ad#.VkHmgwH4aoE.twitter
Vincent Alexander
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Seriously. I don't think these idiots realize that their words are enough to spread fire over there. It's hard to tell if these politicians are real anymore or just acting it up. I'm convinced it's an act they forget, and it turns into the real thing in their heads.
Nutjobs
That and this is rooted in belief. So long as you have enough people buying into the canon, you're getting members. It's why Europe is full of homegrown ISIS enthusiasts.
Hellwarden
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Man, Cruz is really pumping out the crazy lately huh?
Bam Bam Baklava
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So basically his strategy is identical to Obama except more bombs? Interesting.
Historically it's happened plenty of times. Go ask Khwarismians how they did fighting the Mongols. However, it's never happened in the modern era. Democratic governments and global communication tend to not lend themselves to the bloodthirsty imperialism that fueled the absolute destruction of cultures from existence. Also, it tends to invite global coalitions and world wars to stop you when you try it.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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He's said this for a while. He just wants Obama to bomb more indiscriminately.
Ghostmaster
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Well...it's not like Native Americans are ever going to rule the Americas again.
Granted diseases had a huge role in that, but it's not like chemical weapons don't exist nowadays.
The Technomancer
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I don't think Cruz thinks most of ISIS speaks English
...and doesn't think much further than that
(What a thread that was...)
Was talking to my stepfather this very day about what happened and his response: "We should just nuke them all. The whole region. Every single one of them. It's the only way".
We gave that guy a hard time which he deserved sure, but his thinking is not unique, it's shared by, I would argue, a decent amount of people.
He's up in the more recent polls, so he's going all in.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Smokey_Run
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Doubling down on stupidity like Trump and it's working for him too.
Chie Satonaka
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Ted Cruz is a lot of things, including a trashbag human being, but he's not stupid.
He's very aware that there could be repercussions for his rhetoric. He just doesn't care.
Well it's working for Trump. Doubt Cruz will be the last. The December 15th debate should be interesting.
exmachina64
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On the contrary, his rhetoric fuels ISIS's propaganda machine and their response to his rhetoric helps his cause.
Complex issues and the nuanced approaches required of them are generally beyond the average person that doesn't pay constant attention to information from non-partisan sources.
Yep. So a lot of Americans and a lot of Voters and a lot of Trump/Cruz supporters. All they care about is they perceive a problem. If 25 million people have to die so they never have to think about it again, ah well, them da breaks.
univariate
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That's blatantly offensive. I mean, sand? really? is that necessary? Fuck this guy
LUFTRAUSER
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After WWII, 13% of Americans were in favor of killing all Japanese people on Earth -- men, women, children... all of them. 13%.
I guess he's one of those people that thinks literally the entire Middle East is nothing but deserts.
Vicetrailia
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Only appealing to the voting base, and they masturbate to this shit. That said, he's a slimy snake oil politician like the lot of them.
univariate
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I don't think he does. He's just exploiting that desert stereotype because his supporters eat that shit up. Shame on him.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
(What a thread that was...)
Armchair generals are the worst, including presidential candidates.
exmachina64
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I can't blame them in a sense because twenty-five million people in a region is an impossibly large number for the mind to comprehend similar to the number of Muslims globally or the population of the entire United States.
Americans were largely shielded from seeing the effects of nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki and post-war political culture reinforced that doing so was necessary. I can only imagine a similar outcome if the U.S. nukes Syria and Iraq. We'll all eventually die and subsequent generations will be taught it was the right decision.
More like it would be time to leave if you live in the ME.
RustyNails
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Ted Cruz posts on gaf confirmed.
Ghostmaster
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Unfortunately it's slowly shaping to be the face of the world, the right is on the rise again, the left is acting too slow.
It is one of the inevitable cycles of history, we just have to hope that not all the right wingers in the west and east turn out to be crazy and delusional like Cruz.
Ziltoidia 9
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The reason we haven't just bombed it to hell is because there are a lot of innocent people in the cities. It would be one of the biggest human crimes ever to decimate millions to kill 30k.
Gordon Shumway
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Holy shit. The title had me curious..that fucking shit stick is a lunatic. Send his ass back to Canada or Cuba or somewhere the hell outta here.
Not sure there is much of a point honestly. If you cut off the head, another will replace it.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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meanwhile we cant let iran have nukes because they might use them irresponsibly
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