16 Jul 2022 6:33 pm
I would say the thinking doesn't get much more simple.DeezerShoove » 16 Jul 2022, 5:43 pm » wrote: ↑ Plundering IS a "benefit"... That's what plunder is all about.
The consequences could be minimal, could be terrible. That's what people get confused about.
The perception is clouded because I see it as "our tax dollars at work" on some level.
We give away lots of **** to the world, we get to take some **** back from the world.
I believe the thinking doesn't get much more complicated than that . . .
The occupation of Afghanistan may have given us slightly cheaper opioid and cell phones. I would rather have foreign policy that doesn't make us hated