Donald Trump

[domalino]

The only surprising thing is that it's taken him 3 years to start a war.

 

[Blue Hefner]

Civil war in Iraq?

No. They said the Iranians may gather around their flag but also this guy controlled a lot of the militia across the region I.e Iraq, Syria etc and they may look for revenge. They also said that if the state of Iran targets American buildings such as embassies(which they can as missiles are apparently in striking distance) then all bets are off

I know next to nothing about Iran but I would think the second scenario is akin to suicide - I imagine the state will talk of peace but the militia they support will try to retaliate

I don’t know but surely there is no appetite for all out war in either country?

 

[Dubai Blue]

Not the best news to wake up to. Trump is a fucking lunatic.

 

[blueinsa]

The only surprising thing is that it's taken him 3 years to start a war.

Has war been declared?

 

[Bigga]

You are effectively wanting to dictate exactly what someone should be allowed to earn, based on arbitrary figures
set by yourself, this has been the folly of leftists world wide, who simply fail to envisage the outcome of such actions.
Billionaires are not suddenly awash with cash by accident, they prosper by taking risks, growing their companies, working
very hard and employing ever more people as the business grows. Whilst this is happening, they are also, by dint of this growth,
paying ever increasing tax into the States coffers.
So, this billionaire, after building his company over a few years, suddenly gets told that, as his wealth has hit $10 billion, that's
more than enough for anybody, pay tax on it now, and have a healthy $8bill in the bank, any future earnings are, from now,
going to be taxed at a far higher rate, as obviously, he doesn't need any more. From that moment, he starts to contract the business
to keep his earnings at the previous level, staff are shed, and the business stops growing, why work simply to pay the majority of
your profit/income in tax?
Result, lower tax take, unemployment, etc; etc;
If tax rates increase beyond a certain median, reduced tax take ensues, I'm afraid you're still living in an economic
fairyland that believes it won't, simply because it sounds, superficially, fair.

Watch the 'Patriot Act' video and you see'll see why billionaires would rather give to charity to avoid paying tax.

 

[SWP's back]

Civil war in Iraq?

World war all over

 

[SWP's back]

Has war been declared?

Seriously, all that’s going on and that’s your concern. The semantics of it.

Put it this way, if Iran assassinated Pence in France, would you and/or the US be considering an act of war?

 

[blueinsa]

Seriously, all that’s going on and that’s your concern. The semantics of it.

Put it this way, if Iran assassinated Pence in France, would you and/or the US be considering an act of war?

War hasn't been declared though has it?

Its an important fact worth pointing out at this moment in time.

Iran isn't going to go to war with the US.

This tit for tat killing has been going on for years and will continue to do so.

 

[domalino]

Seriously, all that’s going on and that’s your concern. The semantics of it.

Put it this way, if Iran assassinated Pence in France, would you and/or the US be considering an act of war?

His reaction to the whole affair has been beyond bizarre.

His first reaction was "here come the Hezbollah cheerleaders" when to date, he's the only one who's brought them up, then he's questioning why the guy is in Iraq, then tried to equate this to drone strikes under Obama & now starting semantic debates.

He's so deeply embedded with his Trumpism that he can't just bring himself to acknowledge that assassinating Iran's de facto #2 is a bad thing.

 

[SWP's back]

War hasn't been declared though has it?

Its an important fact worth pointing out at this moment in time.

Iran isn't going to go to war with the US.

This tit for tat killing has been going on for years and will continue to do so.

This is the most significant event in the Middle East since the US invaded Iraq. It’s nothing like any event since that time.

The was no war declared within 10 hours of Archduke Ferdinand being assassinated either.