Comment on US forces seize Russian-flagged oil tanker. Whats the goal here? by wfgopack

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wfgopack · 1/12/2026, 6:04:39 PM · permalink

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q2025 · 1/13/2026, 2:59:17 AM · permalink

Theoretically, its great that there's no real enemy. But practically, we're seeing the evil and danger of a unipolar mindset. Monarchy, communism, capitalism, dictatorships, hybrid autocracies, homogenous societies, multicultural melting pots.... I can't say any one is good or bad. It always depends on who's driving the car. At times, a well maintained Ford might be more appropriate than an abused Bentley and sometimes enemies are safer than friends. In todays world, I definitely would have preferred to see a greater pushback by Russia and China to maintain balance and humanity. But we play with the cards we are dealt.   
  
Also, I dont think you ever have a case of X is 100% our greatest ally or Y is the eternal evil empire. That's only for the newspapers and media. Usually its much more complicated. So you have the only democracy in the middle east being the only genocider and pedophile enabler. Meanwhile all the muslims are living under dictatorships and kings... but only because every single one of those dictators and kings has been forcefully imposed on muslims by the same west that criticizes them. Europeans are Americas greatest ally, but most of them consider americans to be uncultured cowboys and treat them with disdain, even contempt, in private.   
  
My general rule is that governments are evil and in cahoots with each other, while the pubic are usually good people, but misled, misinformed and disorganized.   
  
I'm not american. I dont have a passport and I'm not a pale face 😛  
But I did grow up with the american dream.... with happy days and the wonder years and friends and springsteen. I was always the cowboys while the other brown boys were the indians 😂 Plus, 6 of my uncles and aunts, 18 of my cousins and all their kids are american, as well as dozens of extended family members. Technically, some of the kids in our family are 3rd generation amerians so that makes them more american than trump who's only second gen American.   
  
More over, Im a human who always thinks about whats best and what's fair for all humans. I'd never favor or be biased towards one ethnicity or religious group over another, especially my own. However, given that some countries, religions and mindsets have an oversized role in what happens to the rest of us earthling dingalings, I like to know whats going on around me and have been awake for longer than many.

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wfgopack · 1/13/2026, 4:27:51 AM · permalink

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