John Pilger: Why Hillary Clinton Is More Dangerous Than Donald Trump

[TalkingDog]

It's the WARS, stupid.

https://newmatilda.com/2016/03/23/john-pilger-why-hillary-clinton-is-more-dangerous-than-donald-trump/

The following is an edited version of an address given by John Pilger at the University of Sydney, entitled ‘A World War Has Begun’.

&quot Hillary Clinton) embodies the resilience and violence of a system whose vaunted “exceptionalism” is totalitarian with an occasional liberal face."

[blm]

1. Trump promised his voters he'd be the toughest, most militaristic president

this nation has ever had. He also wants to nuke ISIS strongholds. He also said there would be NO LIMITS on his use of torture and extend the pain to family members who would also be marked for death.

Why is Pilger pretending that Trump didn't promise these actions?

[auntpurl]

3. Torture that would make Gitmo seem tame, he said. And he included terrorists' families, including

children.

[cali]

2. Bullshit. Donald Trump breeds hate. And this is a guy with no

self-control who takes everything personally. His temperament makes him by far, the more dangerous.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Wow, the old capitalist encirclement theory.

"In Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia – next door to Russia – the US military is deploying combat troops, tanks, heavy weapons. This extreme provocation of the world’s second nuclear power is met with silence in the West."

Uncle Joe Stalin was so concerned about capitalist encirclement he entered into a peace treaty with Hitler to invade and divide Poland.

[Dem2]

5. So Trump bringing back torture and nuking the Middle East is "no biggie"?

This Pilger person is a raging idiot - thanks for bringing this idiocy here.

[moriah]

6. Not clicking unless you can add more info about why this isn't merely Trump-Humping. Nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. You will miss his allusion to capitalist encirclement then.

[moriah]

10. Is it something I should value seeing more than a re-run of the old Twilight Zone?

It seemed like that would be both more productive and entertaining, at least based on the article title.

[MattP]

7. So some journalist thinks you should vote Trump

Why are you posting that shit here?

[Nonhlanhla]

9. Carrying water for Trump this morning, eh?

Free Republic is over there - to the right. You seem lost.

[auntpurl]

11. This post was a 6-1 leave.

The primaries cannot end soon enough on DU. Sigh.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Should we presume the people that voted to let it stand and are recommending it will vote for Trump?

[auntpurl]

13. Dunno - I didn't get to read the jury comments.

I alerted after it was already alerted on, so I only got the results, not the comments.

But judging by the contents of this post, and its blatant support for Trump, I'm not sure why any DUer would let it stand, unless they aren't Democrats and probably will vote for Trump.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. I don't know how I would have voted...

I think threads like this smoke people out so they have some redeeming value. I don't believe it can be logically disputed a pro-Trump contingent is in our midst.

[auntpurl]

16. They sure do help me curate my ignore list!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. My ignore list is in the hundreds. I wonder if I have made that many ignore lists. Sure hope so.

[auntpurl]

19. I have about 20, max.

I haven't counted, but I think it's about 20. And the difference it has made to my enjoyment of this website is remarkable. I'll do a full amnesty after the primaries are over on DU, but during this period I just don't need the anxiety.

I guess I must be on some ignore lists for my views, but I hope not for any rudeness. I try to be polite always, even when I am engaging with people who are decidedly impolite to me.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. And, they wonder why some of us won't vote for either of them.

[katsy]

18. Pilger's a fucking idiot if he believes that.

Becuz a trump Supreme Court will roll back civil rights and bring the fucking wars home to women & minirities the likes we've never seen.

I'm a SBS supporter but I don't think a HRC White House will act unencumbered. Congress will have a say in military actions. And if elected, after 4 or 8 years we can change course easily with a less hawkish candidate.

What we can't do is unappoint right wing SC justices. That's potentially a lifetime of unraveling hard earned constitutional rights.

A chance HRC may blow up the world vs trump will certainly blow up this country?

Our chances are better with HRC.

On edit: pilger didn't take into account trump wants everyone to have nukes. Duh

[auntpurl]

20. Sensible post.

[Nye Bevan]

21. Pilger is the perfect example of someone who is privileged enough to believe that.

He is not being threatened with "some form of punishment" for reproductive choice. He doesn't have to worry about health care. Sticking it to Hillary by supporting Trump for president is really not that big a deal for someone like him.