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Still yep.
Nov 13, 2016 5:20 AM
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Still yep.
GhostofKittyLincoln
War is a racket. -Smedley Butler
Indigenouscunt
Afghanistan may not have oil, but they have a lot of heroine.
IIPhoenixII
Sometimes for oil, sometimes as a political distraction & sometimes to destabilise. Either way the common man always pays the highest price
5tradivariuS
Thank you, this is the only right way
Zippla
Operation Iraqi Liberation.
LonelyBrannigan
I agree with the message, but wrong meme: that's totally your business.
AlabasterSexington
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/01/04/donald_trumps_first_tv_ad_of_the_2016_campaign.html
Dasein18
But democracy and capitalism
SluntBiggums
Infantry guys have a hard on for fighting. They don't care where, they just want to kill things.
bigstankussupremo
OMG IT'S TEA LIZARD
wadenelson1
Or to places like Vietnam to "stop Communism!"
Steelwhip
good thing were not fighting wars in the middle east for oil then
inboxmefoxes
Don't perpetuate this myth. Almost all of our oil is Canadian or domestic, we get very little from the ME.
guitarhero1000
Saudi Arabia isn't at war though.
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TemetNosce000
Technically
Armourhotdog
Because everything is so black and white.
dagdegan
Yes. Goddammit I'm glad this made it to the front page. Every time I say it it gets down voted on reddit. You put it in the perfect meme ;)
mEnTL32
Oil companies must be loving that Afghanistan windfall
PsychopompGecko
Hate to say it, but get ready for more of it given who our next president is.
gspot
mnatheist
No more wars. No more dead children. No more wounded warriors. Not on my dime. Not in my name. #BringThemHome #endthedraft
Cavalrysword
Humans have been at war for more than 10,000 years. It won't change. If you don't prepare to win, you are preparing to lose.
CheeseburgertheSinister
I honor veterans by respecting the ones we have, and wishing we'd stop making so many.
iDigDinos
That's a bomb ass plan to me!
PeterMus
My GOD they're burning the flag! The flag made in child sweatshops in china. How can you burn liberty?!
AWESOMEBOT
Best way would be to improve the VA.
zetsubus
We've been predominantly energy independent for a while. How about learning why we actually fight these before spewing falsities online
inboxmefoxes
We get practically none of our oil from the Middle East. We haven't for years. Most of it is Canadian or domestic.
BatmanAndCradleRobin
its not YOU who gets it, its the oil companies.
rossimus
You're partially right, but the strategic value of the ME is still about resources. As soon as we move on from them, the ME won't matter.
MarkVigil
If the wars are for anyone, it's defense contractors
creamiestGreen
tell that to HRC
Ravenbreaker
Good thing we got Trump then. Time to come home, raise the bridge and be at peace. Tend our own wounds for a change.
highestoffives
He's has oil company executives on his team I seriously doubt it
inboxmefoxes
One of the picks for Trump's interior secretary is literally an oil executive.
Ravenbreaker
Took an oil executive and made em a secretary. (Obvious joke)
HtownFreethinker
Serious question ; can someone tell me why is the reason we sent so many soldiers to fight and die in Vietnam?
Mithi
Proxy war against communism.
HtownFreethinker
Oh yeah, if we don't fight them there, soon we'll be fighting them here, same as in the "war against terror"
inboxmefoxes
It was part of the red scare of communism, the completely absurd idea that we could go in and stop its spread.
HtownFreethinker
Too bad young men had to pay with their lives for our American stupidity!
crazyhornedlizardlady
Truthfully I think we honor veterans in the stupidest ways. No dont burn the flag its offensive to veterans? But leaving them homeless isnt?
DickDastardly404
If they diverted a tiny fraction of that military budget to supporting veterans coming home they could make such a fucking difference
LadyMoto
It's so expensive to house homeless veterans, we don't have money for that.. but we found all this room in the budget for refugees..
FullCrimsonic
Believe it or not but it would cost less to the taxpayers to house the.
Moonset
I think you a word here.
SergeantSalsa
But it's sooo much easier to have a toast, post a pic and wave a flag
storebrandproductmascot
Our political leaders on both sides of the aisle have taught us that symbolism and empty talk are more important than results.
sumowoman
"Hot air! Hot air, everyone! Get your hot air right here!"
1234canIhavealittlemore
Protecting a piece of cloth does not cost money.
crazyhornedlizardlady
True and I can sit back in the armchair and watch. Really speaks out against American Laziness right?
derpaderps
It's not about what is. It's about what appears to be. SJWing 101
Mankytoes
Come on, the people who posture about veterans aren't the same people you call "SJWs".
derpaderps
They're all in the same bucket to me. Throw the biggest fit over a flag but vote no on vet funding? F those people. I know plenty
Mankytoes
Maybe it's different in America, in England empty posturing over the military is usually a right wing thing.
derpaderps
Oh yes, that's true as well. I see what you mean now with my terminology. You wouldn't call them it, but their mentality is similar is all
mondanmondan
Well we're trying to get home grown oil but the liberals are fucking that up for us.
1Hungry1
The only reason we buy foreign oil is to keep those countries from collapsing and creating a power vacuum
Cavalrysword
Plenty of conservatives suffer from NIMBY as well. Everybody wants to go to heaven, nobody wants to die.
inboxmefoxes
Most of our oil IS domestic or Canadian. We have huge amounts of it. Don't keep believing this myth of our oil being from the ME.
justme123
I'd rather we focus on renewable energy sources so we aren't dependent on oil.
Cavalrysword
Think Thorium.
CajunTexasViking
Oil as an industry will always be needed for the foreseeable future in the same way as crops. Oil is vital for the future right now.
justme123
The key there is right now. That's why I'd like for there to be more investment in it. I'm not deluded into thinking it'll happen overnight
mondanmondan
Cool. How's that going for you?
justme123
Not well... lol
sunnytater1
Mainly because... nevermind, too much arguing with people on here lately
justme123
Haha, no worries. Especially with all the politics going on, I'm too tired for even the healthy debates.