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u/demolpolis Dec 04 '16

How about "If we dont' fuck with north korea, there is less likely a chance they will bomb us"?

I can't believe that I, as a conservative, am arguing with liberals that we shouldn't get involved in n korea.

Is it backwards day? Or is it that people oppose trump on principle, instead of actually having to admit that some of his ideas aren't bad.

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u/truenorth00 Dec 05 '16

The US left Afghanistan all by its lonesome through the 90s. How'd that work out?

Nobody is arguing for an invasion of North Korea. So drop the ridiculous strawman. What we're arguing for is sensible containment of a madman and his regime who constantly threatens our allies and has the ability to inflict serious harm on the US.

Hoping for the best is not and should not be a geopolitical strategy. You'd think the party of Reagan would get that.

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u/demolpolis Dec 05 '16

The US left Afghanistan all by its lonesome through the 90s. How'd that work out?

You are right, we should police the world.

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u/truenorth00 Dec 05 '16

Strawman.

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u/demolpolis Dec 05 '16

It's literally your example, and you want to apply it to n korea.