And in other breaking news: forks found in the kitchen, and dog barks at passing car.
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I would say that if you voted for him, this is EXACTLY what you wanted.
And if you didn't vote, or protest voted, then it doesn't matter because the orange child rapist doesn't give a shit what you think. Or want.
That fat tub of gonorrhoea only cares about what it wants and desires. And at the moment that disgusting thing wants war, death, and destruction.
I hope the Iranian people take this opportunity to bring about genuine change in their society.
It wasn't that long ago that they were gunned down for peacefully protesting.
If they install anything significantly different then the USA will keep bombing them until a more cooperative dictator is in charge.
american here
i fucking hate this shithole country
Canadian here.
I hate your shithole country too.
I want USA to go back to the optimism and softer values like democracy and human rights 70's style.
I know everything was not perfect, but back then we admired USA for their industry and innovation and humanism, and the moon landing was an inspiration to all, and the fact that NASA acknowledged it as an achievement of humanity.
Back then it looked like USA was a country that strived to progress, but then Reagan happened, and everything began to reverse, and when Bush was elected twice, it was evidence the American spirit that we loved was gone completely. Even Obama wanted to continue illegal intelligence, and massively increased illegal military drone attacks into Pakistan.
Obama may have seemed progressive, but in reality he wasn't really, he was just not as big a problem as the Republicans.
Jimmy Carter was the last good president of USA. After that it's just been varying degrees of bad.
100% agree, except one thing - George Bush didn't win in 2000, they stole it, and there's good evidence that there was funny business at play in 2004 as well.
More like Bush was trying to steal it and then Gore handed it to him.
Valid. Another example of Democrats being too polite to evil people.
Yes, but election fraud is just another part of the problem. Not only was the fraud made, the election result was accepted despite of it. It doesn't really change much. A president can be elected without a majority vote, and usually are when it's republicans.
The system has been made less democratic since the 70's instead of more. A bit of election fraud is no different than gerrymandering.
‘I want to go back to when the propaganda was better’
Yes of course, it was not all rainbows and sunshine, but there was a sentiment of progress, and mostly everything improved A LOT during the 70's.
And Carter was all for renewable energy, and when Reagan took over, that too ended. Renewable energy = less wars to control the oil.
If you are denying that Carter was better, and even the American population was better in the 70's, we have nothing to talk about.
We suck big throbbing donkey dick
This is why Canadians aren't reassured at all when Americans say "the people would never support a war on Canada." Like that means anything at all. When Trump says jump, there's no war crime America won't commit, and all the people will do is wring their hands and post worthless sympathies on Instagram. Trump doesn't care what you believe about your rights. Neither do the thousands of Iranians dying in your name.
That’s because ~30% (or 1 in 4) of the population would support it.
Around 2/3rds of American voters either voted or didn't vote at all, therefore accepting Trump as President.
We'll find out how things work out by end of the year in Greenland. Cheeto Chimp won't let it go without military action.
The people don't matter. That's why they need openAI. Your government needs to make serious moves now. Otherwise you're waiting on a strike or Luigi.
Can't blame you, really.
But why did Carney come out and openly support the strike on Iran?
How do Canadians feel about that? Any polling?
I'm from EU, but I've generally been impressed with Carney, but on this he completely misses the point IMO.
Although Iran is awful, supporting terrorism and oppressing their own population, this attack on Iran is not the way to do it.
Especially without a plan on how this is supposed to be finished! This attack is just destructive, and has no good ending in sight.
Couldn't agree more, sadly.
Broadly unhappy with his bending the knee. There's significant talk of anti-war protests.
People in the US are resisting, also hell no a war on Canada would never fly here.
People in the US are resisting
They are?
Where?
Yes some are resisting, but not enough and the resistance is 100% ineffective.
It hasn't stopped Trump doing anything, including ICE shooting people in the face, destroying the economy, undermining NATO, helping Russia against Ukraine.
Trump has 100% control of the executive branch, the most dangerous and powerful part of US government. And he does as he wishes, and nobody is stopping him.
Even worse 40% of the population still support him! It's not just Trump that is the problem, it's the majority of the American population.
Republicans would fucking attack Canada just to own the libs! And the dems would do NOTHING!
Lol glad you're so confident, these chodes would follow Trump into their own genocide
They still thank their terrorists. But good to know that are mad about it i guess
They don't think they need to answer to anyone. No cabinet members or generals doing the Sunday shows, just a couple of Trump's social media posts. We're pulled into war and the attitude from the executive is "what're you going to do about it?"
And from the opposition party leadership? "Tsk tsk, but ask us nicely next time"