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madaboutmd's avatar

That's it...run away rather than work from within.

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gortroe's avatar

remember that the American Revolution didn't happen overnight. it happened because enough people kept the faith. The actual numbers of IRA soldiers in the 1916-23 Irish War for Independence was only 700. Nonethless, they defeated the most powerful nation on earth. Keep the faith!

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Noam Deplume, Jr. (look,at,me)'s avatar

The IRA defeated the U.S.? Perhaps expand your reading?

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gortroe's avatar

The IRA defeated the British. Did I write otherwise? Apologies for the lapse, if so.

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Susan Steffner's avatar

Sometimes, a life depends on it.....assassination America runs deep...I imagine that is the stuff of his nightmares....I come from a long line of Eastern European immigrants...the ones left behind are dead to Chernobyl and/or the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

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gortroe's avatar

A decent US administration would have used its influence to promote peace/compromise between these 2 nations. Compromise is the way of the world, and isn't always a betrayal of one's ideals, but a response to the realities on the ground, and recognition of the rights of others as well as yourself.

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George the Zeroth's avatar

Decent US administrations (going back to the breakup of the Soviet Union) wouldn't have pushed the Russian bear into a corner and then poked it in the eye, resulting in the 2022 invasion.

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Susan Steffner's avatar

"...You have done enough. Have you no sense off decency?"

Boston Lawyer Joseph Welch to Senator McCarthy...June 9th 1954....

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