British Expats - 2016 Election

My conclusion is generally 'innocent until proven guilty'. I found it shocking that some of the GOP candidates were sabre rattling against Iran, and there is a tendency in the U.S. to demonise that country when it poses no real threat to the region.

I've long been convinced that the US "needs" an "enemy" to demonize.

Shard

Jan 17th 2016 7:53 am

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Originally Posted by Giantaxe (Post 11840366)

I've long been convinced that the US "needs" an "enemy" to demonize.

Probably. May I offer Saudi Arabia.

scrubbedexpat099

Jan 17th 2016 8:54 am

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Originally Posted by Shard (Post 11840433)

Probably. May I offer Saudi Arabia.

Pakistan?

dc koop

Jan 17th 2016 9:28 am

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No0body demonizes Saud Arabia. It is ruled by royalty and anyway if you did demonize Saudi the Queen would be very upset indeed,

Next time a Saudi prince pays a visit to Britain that deafening sucking noise you hear wont be the sound of her bathwater draining out

Giantaxe

Jan 17th 2016 1:04 pm

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Originally Posted by Shard (Post 11840433)

Probably. May I offer Saudi Arabia.

They'll be onside until we no longer need their oil.

username.exe

Jan 17th 2016 1:14 pm

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So is anybody watching the Democratic debate right now?

NBC News and available on their YouTube channel.

Kicked off with gun control, Hillary out of the blocks strong.

kimilseung

Jan 17th 2016 1:15 pm

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Originally Posted by username.exe (Post 11840637)

So is anybody watching the Democratic debate right now?

NBC News and available on their YouTube channel.

Kicked off with gun control, Hillary out of the blocks strong.

Oops, out of touch, didn't know. Thanks, starting now.

username.exe

Jan 17th 2016 1:38 pm

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Martin O'Malley doing a poor impression of window dressing on the stage.

He must know he now has less than a snowballs chance.

kimilseung

Jan 17th 2016 1:41 pm

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Hilary is sounding passionate.

username.exe

Jan 17th 2016 1:52 pm

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Originally Posted by kimilseung (Post 11840662)

Hilary is sounding passionate.

Of all of the candidates for either party she weathers personal attacks very well.

username.exe

Jan 17th 2016 1:55 pm

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Hillary noticeably exalting Obama throughout the course of this debate so far.

Bernie struggling to appear likeable. He definitely believes in what he is saying. Just buzzwords, though?

Leslie

Jan 17th 2016 1:58 pm

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Originally Posted by username.exe (Post 11840637)

So is anybody watching the Democratic debate right now?

NBC News and available on their YouTube channel.

Kicked off with gun control, Hillary out of the blocks strong.

Yep. Since the beginning.

username.exe

Jan 17th 2016 2:07 pm

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O'Malley suggesting taxing capital gains will solve our problems... not sure on that one.

dakota44

Jan 17th 2016 2:14 pm

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never mind.

dc koop

Jan 17th 2016 2:41 pm

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I don't know what Bernie and Hilary hope to achieve when all's said and done. They can talk their heads off about taxing the big corporations, gun control, Super Pacs or whatever but they'll still have to work with Congress to achieve it. Sanders is so far off politically from the GOP that you'd have to take a passenger plane to get from one end to the other.

I just see further gridlock continuing from 2016 onward.

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