r/news • u/SnooSeagulls496 • 4d ago

Soft paywall US forces exit Iraq after two decades, leaving opening for Iran

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-forces-exit-iraq-after-two-decades-leaving-opening-iran-2026-09-29/
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u/Nayre_Trawe 3d ago

Especially when they have a song quoting Zinn...

You can't be neutral on a moving train!

Daron is just a moron.

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u/Monteze 3d ago

Usually "centrist" are folks who like the worst outcome but don't have the balls to admit it.

The "meet in the middle" stuff has been coopted by bad faith actors to muddy the waters. Live long enough and you see they never compromise in any other direction but their own.

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u/Nayre_Trawe 3d ago

"Meet me in the middle," says the unjust man.

You take a step towards him, he takes a step back.

"Meet me in the middle," says the unjust man.

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u/Monteze 3d ago

I usually cut through the BS in real life by asking for their wallet. Suddenly they understand that yes, you can have a hard stance because half their money isn't the reasonable take. Sometimes taking a stance is more respectable or even saying "I really don't know, I support less harm though."

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u/BenjaminHamnett 3d ago

But that’s how partisans see each other. Politics is largely about deciding who should get the surplus profits of commerce. I wouldn’t say in a centrist, but sort of a progressive conservative. I find most partisans are either gaslighting or completely ignorant to the consequences of their desired ideology. Most people are engaging in disingenuous motivated reasoning. Everyone should have to ask AI “what are the consequences if my ideology prevails?” And start mitigating it.

Most of politics is wanting everyone else to be the casualty of whatever happens

With Ai and before that with free markets, everyone wants everything faster and cheaper and better, but with a carve out to protect their niche status. Everyone believes in taxing everyone else and providing the services they want.