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Paraphrasing Winston Churchill: “You can always trust the Americans to do the right thing, after having exhausted all other options.”
by bjornsing 2y ago
Paraphrasing Winston Churchill: “You can always trust the Americans to do the right thing, after having exhausted all other options.”
- cies 2y ago[flagged]
- helpfulmandrill 2y agoWhy did they laugh? They drone kill plenty of people.
- mandmandam 2y agoJoke or not, assassinating him was very seriously discussed at the highest levels. https://www.yahoo.com/news/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-london-shoot-out-inside-the-ci-as-secret-war-plans-against-wiki-leaks-090057786.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-lo...
- throwawayffffas 2y ago"Very seriously", according to the article Trump floated the idea, and a few people suggested plans, while the lawyers said you can't do that. Which is something apparently everyone knew from the begining.
- throwawayffffas 2y agoThe first link is Hillary denying it and the second is a screenshot of a wall of text from thepundit.com, that claims sources said that she blurted out "Can't we just drone this guy." and everyone in the room laughed. Not exactly damning evidence.
- cies 2y agoThe list for the Clinton's is about as long as the list ascribed to Putin. Only for the Clinton's there's a book: https://www.amazon.com/New-Clinton-Body-Count-Suspicious/dp/B09QP6QN1M https://www.amazon.com/New-Clinton-Body-Count-Suspicious/dp/... And for Putin there's a Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_Vladimir_Putin_in_Russia#Opposition_figures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_Vladimir_Putin_i... (look for the "†" marks and read to see if you think it was natural causes or accidents)
- alt227 2y agoKillary? No prizes for guessing where your politcal allegences lie.
- cies 2y agoSo, tell me then...
- throwawayffffas 2y agoI am going to gamble and say you are "feeling the bern".
- cies 2y agoI'd say he's one of the few decent senators you (plural) have there. "there" as in I do not live in the US.
- throwawayffffas 2y agoActually with the political landscape as it is at this point of time it's not so easy to guess.
- layer8 2y agoForcing Assange to plead guilty is the right thing? To me that plea creates a bad precedent.
- runlaszlorun 2y agoAlthough often quoted as such, that’s not a Churchill quote. And the original quote itself isn’t actually about America. [1] [1] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/11/11/exhaust-alternatives/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/11/11/exhaust-alternative...