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The Republican-led Senate voted decisively to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 election by approving a wide-ranging sanctions package that targets key sectors of Russia's economy and individuals who carried out cyber attacks.
Senators on Wednesday passed the bipartisan sanctions legislation 97-2, underscoring broad support among Republicans and Democrats for rebuking Russia after U.S. intelligence agencies determined Moscow had deliberately interfered in the presidential campaign. Lawmakers who backed the measure also cited Russia's aggression in Syria and Ukraine.
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Everyone hates me because I'm paranoid.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by KGIII on Thursday June 15 2017, @02:25AM (3 children)
I have stood guard while children risked death, just to get food aid from the UN.
I have been in Somalia, while enlisted and as a civilian. The second time was for the same reason, to help.
I have met actual armed members of the now defunct FARQ.
I have changed the diaper on a child who had no chance of surviving.
I have been to Rawanda, as a civilian. Again, I handed out food, toiletries, and tried to give them hope.
I can go on. It's a pretty big list of places that are horrible, and worse than the US is ever likely to be.
In all those places, in all that horror, in all that struggle, you got sincere smiles. That's not even the important part. The important part is that they still sang songs, danced, played music, and retained both dignity and resistance. In all those experiences, I never even really hated anyone.
A snippet of lyrics...
When I was over there, I thought lord what am I doing here?
Trying to kill somebody or die tryin'.
But the thing that scare me most is when my enemy came close,
I could see that his face looked just like mine.
Life is too short and precious to hate. Hate is a very, very powerful emotion. I suspect it's biased because of the people that I tend to communicate with, but I see more hate from the Left than I see from the Right.
It used to be that at least on party paid lip service to being better than the other side. Yet, here we are. Here we are with people advocating death. Here we are with people making unreasoned choices. This thread is a fine example.
And no, I am not non-violent. I don't believe we will ever have peace.
Marginally related, I sometimes wonder what I'd do if it reached the point of civil war. On one hand, I spent eight years as a Marine and I feel kinda obligated to help. At the same time, I have ample resources, citizenship of two countries, and can take care of my loved ones in perpetuity. And, frankly, I'm no longer certain that the majority citizens are worth risking my life. I am not that altruistic, but this thread is one of the better threads to demonstrate why I am as certain as I once was.
Sorry for the novella, but it just doesn't fit well on a bumper sticker.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 15 2017, @04:33AM (2 children)
I found this interesting, informative, and insightful, and so I figured an anonymous reply would do your post more justice than a single-point mod....
(Score: 2) by KGIII on Thursday June 15 2017, @02:28PM (1 child)
I'm not in it for mod points. ;-)
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 15 2017, @11:09PM
You are totally self-absorbed tho. You should get something to do with yourself, keep busy, stave off dementia etc.