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I'm not sure of Gary Johnson's position on this, but I know Jill Stein agrees that Saudi Arabia should not be US' partner anymore, and that US should stop armin

by mtgx 10y ago

I'm not sure of Gary Johnson's position on this, but I know Jill Stein agrees that Saudi Arabia should not be US' partner anymore, and that US should stop arming Saudi Arabia. Even Bernie Sanders wanted US to remain a partner of Saudi Arabia to "get rid of ISIS", but I don't think he ever thought it through too much.

chatmasta 10y ago
There is one mainstream candidate who is against an alliance with Saudi Arabia, and his name is Donald Trump. (But but but he's a racist!!!!)
- semi-extrinsic 10y ago
  s/a racist/completely unfit for running even a small town, let alone a large country/
  - douche 10y ago
    Yet perfectly competent at running a multi-billion dollar corporation... The cognitive dissonance is strong.
    - busterarm 10y ago
      His mom was and his children are, that's for sure.
    - hx87 10y ago
      If I ran my company with the same "competence" Trump ran his, I would have gone out of business a long time ago.
    - semi-extrinsic 10y ago
      Actually, evidence says he's not. He started in 1987 with $1 billion, and has tripled that in ~30 years. But simply putting the initial investment into index funds would have made a 13x ROI. So he's significantly underperformed the stock market. In fact, he's barely kept up with inflation. That's far from perfectly competent, any money manager with that record would be a laughing stock. http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/donald-trump-index-funds/ http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/donald-trump-index-funds/
  - shitgoose 10y ago
    One more time... 'Mexicans' is not a race. Neither is 'Muslims'.
    - GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysemy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysemy
      - shitgoose 10y ago
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit [edit: removed offensive part]
ZenoArrow 10y ago
> "Even Bernie Sanders wanted US to remain a partner of Saudi Arabia to "get rid of ISIS", but I don't think he ever thought it through too much." Sanders has built his popularity on his domestic policies. His record on foreign policy is somewhat less stellar. http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-sanders-troubling-history-supporting-us-military-violence-abroad http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-sanders-troubli...

by mtgx 10y ago

chatmasta 10y ago

There is one mainstream candidate who is against an alliance with Saudi Arabia, and his name is Donald Trump. (But but but he's a racist!!!!)

semi-extrinsic 10y ago
s/a racist/completely unfit for running even a small town, let alone a large country/
- douche 10y ago
  Yet perfectly competent at running a multi-billion dollar corporation... The cognitive dissonance is strong.
  - busterarm 10y ago
    His mom was and his children are, that's for sure.
  - hx87 10y ago
    If I ran my company with the same "competence" Trump ran his, I would have gone out of business a long time ago.
  - semi-extrinsic 10y ago
    Actually, evidence says he's not. He started in 1987 with $1 billion, and has tripled that in ~30 years. But simply putting the initial investment into index funds would have made a 13x ROI. So he's significantly underperformed the stock market. In fact, he's barely kept up with inflation. That's far from perfectly competent, any money manager with that record would be a laughing stock. http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/donald-trump-index-funds/ http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/donald-trump-index-funds/
- shitgoose 10y ago
  One more time... 'Mexicans' is not a race. Neither is 'Muslims'.
  - GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysemy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysemy
    - shitgoose 10y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit [edit: removed offensive part]

ZenoArrow 10y ago

> "Even Bernie Sanders wanted US to remain a partner of Saudi Arabia to "get rid of ISIS", but I don't think he ever thought it through too much." Sanders has built his popularity on his domestic policies. His record on foreign policy is somewhat less stellar. http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-sanders-troubling-history-supporting-us-military-violence-abroad http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-sanders-troubli...