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Doc Sportello

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14. The author isn't addressing Biden and officials

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #10)

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 06:30 PM

Mar 2022

It's directed at the public that cares and is wanting this madness to stop. If you think that a public that is rightly inflamed by the images coming out of Ukraine is just having conversations then you aren't paying attention. It doesn't take much research to show that public outrage has often led to bad policy decisions, including and most consequentially when it comes to war.

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Stay Calm America; Don't Make Decisions Based on Emotion [View all] Doc Sportello Mar 2022 OP

+1000 BeyondGeography Mar 2022 #1

K & R nt okaawhatever Mar 2022 #2

This is an excellent analysis NT MN2theMax Mar 2022 #3

Something about getting into a spitting contest with a snake Walleye Mar 2022 #4

K & fucking R. nt MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #5

Well, the desire to help others is from the soul. Caution, not helping is from the brain. In this Karadeniz Mar 2022 #6

And if it weren't for those nukes I think the West would get involved Doc Sportello Mar 2022 #7

We're between a rock and a hard place. Karadeniz Mar 2022 #8

I've read this and agree with him--but he knows we're not going to listen, LOL. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #9

But WE aren't making decisions. WE are simply having conversations. People can be as Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #10

The author isn't addressing Biden and officials Doc Sportello Mar 2022 #14

What I am saying, if YOU were paying attention, is that they can be as Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #15

Stop with the strawmen stuff Doc Sportello Mar 2022 #18

Just a reminder: the title of the article is " Stay Calm America; Don't Make Decisions Based on Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #19

Yeah, it's Stay Calm AMERICA Doc Sportello Mar 2022 #20

I haven't a clue what you are talking about. No one on DU attacked me. And I never Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #21

Nuclear powers can't fight each other directly. Basic LA Mar 2022 #11

And Russia knows that too. So... Happy Hoosier Mar 2022 #17

He voices quite well what i think many of us know. I certainly do and I can't disagree, but... hlthe2b Mar 2022 #12

Anyone with empathy is feeling at least some of the pain of the Ukrainian people Doc Sportello Mar 2022 #13

For 75 years... WarGamer Mar 2022 #16

I trust Biden and Harris mcar Mar 2022 #22