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November 13, 2015 at 9:17 PM #21775

scaredyclassic
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Where’s the smart money monday? Short the euro? Is the eu over

Wtf. Maybe we need to just get some dictators ensconced in the middle east. This is too much. No more freedom.

I’m not antimuslim, but this has got to fuel the fire. Trump in 2016? I’m pretty damn liberal but even I’m edgy.

Probably good time to get a discount vacation pkg to france.

November 13, 2015 at 9:20 PM #791314

ltsddd
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I would short Europe. Not sure if the problem could ever be fixed.

November 13, 2015 at 9:23 PM #791315

scaredyclassic
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Is this another 9/11? Can’t tell. Shorting seems obvious but obvious is often wrong.

November 13, 2015 at 9:37 PM #791316

scaredyclassic
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No more refugees will be allowed into europe. They’ll be shot at the border. Short turkey? This must have some economic effect.

Arabs are super misogynists. They trwat their women like crap. Its definitely not subtle or difficult to perceive. Stock play there?

If saddam hussein could’ve just not invaded Kuwait or been less of a dock about inspections, assad could be in syria, the Iraqis could be under the thumb of saddam, and everything could be cool. Stupid humans

November 13, 2015 at 9:54 PM #791317

ltsddd
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what would Karl Marx do? We all know what the disciples of chairman Mao did. Operations strike hard – quite effective.

November 13, 2015 at 10:40 PM #791319

svelte
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Life is so complicated. My lord.

What is the correct stance on immigration? On religion? On gun control? On freedom of speech? On mental illness?

They are so intertwined and so crucial.

We’ll feel our way forward not as a political party or a religion or a country. We’re going to have to feel our way forward as a planet. It’s not going to happen overnight. It’s not going to be easy.

But it is going to have to be.

My sympathies to the French. They’ve always treated my wife and I like royalty when we visit. How my heart cries out for you.

November 13, 2015 at 10:59 PM #791320

flyer
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Imo, as these horrific events continue to happen, more and more borders will be sealed, making immigration even more difficult for all.

Aside from the political and financial aspects, we also feel a strong connection to France. My wife received one of her degrees from the Universite
Paris-Sorbonne, and we spend time there almost every year. A very sad day in Paris.

November 14, 2015 at 7:05 AM #791318

enron_by_the_sea
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If GWB did not invade Iraq to find non existent WMDs, this day would have been avoided.

Sadly the architects of that strategy are still advising many presidential candidates and version 3.0 of that team is coming to to “keep America safe” soon.

November 14, 2015 at 8:08 AM #791326

scaredyclassic
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So, short the EU?

November 14, 2015 at 10:06 AM #791330

njtosd
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[quote=enron_by_the_sea]If GWB did not invade Iraq to find non existent WMDs, this day would have been avoided.

Sadly the architects of that strategy are still advising many presidential candidates and version 3.0 of that team is coming to to “keep America safe” soon.[/quote]

Hmm – you could also say that if Saddam Hussein had never invaded Kuwait there would have been no need for a truce allowing inspections for WMD (that Hussein later decided not to honor because he didn’t want Iran to know that he didn’t have them).

Perhaps we shouldn’t have intervened in Kuwait? And so on and so on. The middle east has been in a state of unrest forever. I think Trump’s wall should be built around that area.

November 14, 2015 at 10:10 AM #791331

spdrun
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Why was Kuwait our problem? Oil? If we want lower energy prices, we should be building nuclear power plants and pushing renewables, not meddling in an already dangerously unstable area.

November 14, 2015 at 10:19 AM #791332

FlyerInHi
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The French recently did conduct air strikes in ISIS.

The Iraq invasion wasn’t the problem as much as the change of establishment we produced in Iraq. The elections we designed elected a Shiite government close to Iran (because Shiites have loyalty to Iran, also a majority Shiite country, who protected them for decades)

We and our allies then felt “oh shit” and started arming the Sunnis. And that created ISiS. Meddling by the west produced a situation that became out of control. Where do you think all the weapons come from?

Stay out of it and let the chips fall where they may. Then make friends and trade with everyone.

November 14, 2015 at 10:27 AM #791333

ltsddd
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supposedly one of the attackers was a Syrian “refugee” that came over via Greece just this past October. May be that’s just one bad apple.

November 14, 2015 at 10:41 AM #791335

FlyerInHi
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And guess who gives money to Sunni religious conservatives? Saudi Arabia in a deal to protect the corrupt royal family.

One day Saudi Arabia may fall to revolution. Egypt already had but for the military coup we supported.

I don’t think we have all military power, money and time to rearrange the pieces to our liking. We should be the neutral party. And so be it if Iran become the regional power. They should be by natural size, population, and history.

November 14, 2015 at 10:41 AM #791334

enron_by_the_sea
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[quote=njtosd][quote=enron_by_the_sea]If GWB did not invade Iraq to find non existent WMDs, this day would have been avoided.

Sadly the architects of that strategy are still advising many presidential candidates and version 3.0 of that team is coming to to “keep America safe” soon.[/quote]

Hmm – you could also say that if Saddam Hussein had never invaded Kuwait there would have been no need for a truce allowing inspections for WMD (that Hussein later decided not to honor because he didn’t want Iran to know that he didn’t have them).

Perhaps we shouldn’t have intervened in Kuwait? And so on and so on. The middle east has been in a state of unrest forever. I think Trump’s wall should be built around that area.[/quote]

History has already judged GWB’s second Iraq war as purely a war of choice, based on manufactured phony evidence and conducted in an incompetent fashion. The verdict of history on that war is clearly written! People can bury their head in sand and pretend that some other alternate reality exists. I can’t change somebody’s wishful thinking. But history books on the second Iraq war are finished now. They are never going to look at GWB kindly. They will never say that Saddam caused it by invading Kuwait!
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