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In reply to the discussion: The Isolationist Left Needs to Get Real. And Fast. [View all]iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)is not a mark of an intellectual.
no matter how much your school teachers got a kick out of your wit.
nobody on DU was ever for the war in Iraq. to have been here in 2002/2003 is to know that.. and to mix it in with the others you listed is a faux comparison... but way to legitimize it!
this idea that we as a nation can just cover our eyes and close our ears and everything will be okay is truly naïve.
we are a part of the world. just as the things we do effect others in the world, the things they do effect us.
no one should advocate war, especially as the first and only option to a problem in the world...
but sticking your head in the sand isn't much of an improvement...
and if the 'passive' (which is a joke.. because they weren't passive when it came to internal affairs, and rightfully so) leftist had gotten their way 100 years ago.. most of Europe would be speaking german... but hey, maybe there wouldn't have been a ww2 ? score! nah, greed and lust for control aren't traits/emotions that people just lose over night, and german ambition would have been no different..