@Victor

1) you are in violation of the dot red bylaws and shit. Anytime you make a "your mom" joke, you must attach the rocks saying "OOOOOH!"

2) why are you replying to something from a year ago?!

@deeplydisturbed remember me when you get rich

I need about tree-fiddy

@First-light to be faaaair, neocons such as Dubya had the hubris to try to install a democracy in Iraq after removing Saddam.

I hadn't even finished my first tour there in 2005-06 when a bunch of us realized "these people don't want democracy, and they needed Saddam!"

For all that I still think that knowing only what we knew at the time, Saddam needed to go, he was unique in being able to keep order and stability in such a shithole. Too bad he had ambitions for conquering the rest of the Middle East, and refused to abide by the terms of his 1991 surrender.

@First-light

Nanny state is the best way to describe it

That was the term I was trying to recall last night. Too tired, too drunk, and too much on my mind lol

But yes, exactly that and for the reasons you said

@SwarmShawarma that doesn't look right

@SwarmShawarma LMAO, if you pay attention at the very end, she misses and hits her coworker's hand right as the camera cuts

And anyway, @adam-l...

In the West today there's... politics based on the Father-son

More like based on Mommy State.

@First-light

Western culture has been a big hit around the world and the other nations have so taken it to heart that they will surely adopt our position on things.

Some things have to be learned the hard way.

Arab Muslims don't want democracy (or anything close to it) or freedom.

Most of the world doesn't.

@Typo-MAGAshiv ..... besides

AI is very helpful. I have asked Grok to draw a map for me with info which parts of these islands will get under the water if the oceans will raise certain number of meters

@Typo-MAGAshiv My guess is that he's too busy doing his own thing, so he's a bit left over on Reddit?