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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by zanny on Friday June 28, 2019 @11:23AM (#20305220)
If the US only holds its economic ground at gunpoint I don't feel justified living my dainty American lifestyle thanks to boots to the throat of peoples around the world.

Europe endures and prospers without threat of violence or economic imperialism by bomb across the globe.

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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by whatok on Friday June 28, 2019 @11:40AM (#20305441)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO
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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by jjoonathan on Friday June 28, 2019 @06:04PM (#20309137)
If you feel that your dainty American lifestyle needs moral justification, I have bad news for you.

Personally, I'll settle for having it over not having it.

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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by Nahmag on Friday June 28, 2019 @11:41AM (#20305454)
East-European states certainly do not think that they can survive without the help of the US.
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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by hn23 on Friday June 28, 2019 @07:25PM (#20309663)
Source? Last year I was more afraid of Regime Change Attempts in Ukraine at least fueled by NATO/EU. Victoria (Fuck the EU) Nuland was pretty clear the US does not give a shit if Europe burns..
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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by andonisus on Friday June 28, 2019 @12:46PM (#20306226)
Europe endures and prospers at the expense of the US military forces.
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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by hn23 on Friday June 28, 2019 @07:36PM (#20309729)
On the other hand, we take the refugees produced by US military and foreign politics. And our countries are the first to crumble into dust if there is another Dr. Strangelove.
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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by andonisus on Saturday June 29, 2019 @09:27PM (#20315838)
The U.S. ensures the safe maritime trade of goods and services around the world. Many European counties do not need to (heavily) invest in their own armed forces because the U.S. is able to provide the necessary protection. These reasons are why I made my previous claim.
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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by Fjolsvith on Saturday June 29, 2019 @09:09AM (#20312369)
The US Military didn't force you to take them.
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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by oAlbe on Saturday June 29, 2019 @06:03PM (#20315073)
Right. Just leave those refugees to cook under the sun in an overcrowded, broken down boat in the Mediterranean until they drown. Or be like Hungary: raise a fence on the border, with armed personnel at checkpoints, and hope that shooting people on sight becomes ethically accepted.

What's wrong with you people.

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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by Fjolsvith on Saturday June 29, 2019 @08:16PM (#20315654)
What's wrong with the refugees? Why can't they fix their own country instead of messing up other ones?
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