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WarGamer

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31. Not really...

Thu Oct 12, 2023, 12:50 PM

Oct 2023

Neoconservatism, in the American sense is a post WW2 thing requiring a US-centric world that really escalated after the fall of the Wall and breakup of the USSR.

Neocons believe that the US is always right and has the right and/or obligation to spread American style policies worldwide.

A neocon is an American tourist in Naples with a MAGA hat on eating a glorious Napoli pizza and yelling how Dominos Pizza is better back home.

The goal for all people on this Earth is a multi-polar planet living in peace.

That's not going to happen with an American bully taking on the world every other day.

Am I a tankie, lol?

I thought I was just a consistent progressive.

PRIME EXAMPLE of neocon foreign policy in action?

Shrub the War Criminals Middle East policies.

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The Prime Minister of Israel has released some of the photos some on DU are in denial about. [View all] Tomconroy Oct 2023 OP

Link doesnt work. honest.abe Oct 2023 #1

Works for me. Guess you need to go directly to the PMs Tomconroy Oct 2023 #4

Ok maybe I dont want to see them anyway. honest.abe Oct 2023 #5

Nailed it dead to rights with your last sentence. BannonsLiver Oct 2023 #2

"Tankies"? What does it mean? Hekate Oct 2023 #8

Here you go. BannonsLiver Oct 2023 #9

TYVM. It's not a term I'd heard before -- Hekate Oct 2023 #22

Here's a tankie Mosby Oct 2023 #40

Skepticism isn't the same as denial. maxsolomon Oct 2023 #3

The reason people are sensitive about it in this case is Johnny2X2X Oct 2023 #37

Good points. maxsolomon Oct 2023 #38

You're right atreides1 Oct 2023 #6

Marxism has always been and always will be deeply immoral. Mosby Oct 2023 #7

Good Lord.... The Magistrate Oct 2023 #11

My sentiments exactly nt redqueen Oct 2023 #12

Fascism, created by the state or the proletariat is immoral. Mosby Oct 2023 #14

Whatever The Magistrate Oct 2023 #15

LOL inthewind21 Oct 2023 #46

"Frankly no different than qanon and Maga" ! speak easy Oct 2023 #16

No, no Dave says Oct 2023 #17

The OP mentioned them Mosby Oct 2023 #35

I did not know that. Now I know, thank you. Dave says Oct 2023 #50

Fascism is not a catch-all descriptor for an authoritarian society. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2023 #42

I don't get hung up on words. Mosby Oct 2023 #43

"I don;t get hung up on words" inthewind21 Oct 2023 #48

Ok. Mosby Oct 2023 #51

I like people to understand me when I say something. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2023 #52

I didn't explain myself very well Mosby Oct 2023 #53

I'm a Marxist and I've always felt welcome here n/t leftstreet Oct 2023 #13

wtaf does any of this have to do with Marxism obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #26

That was a bit of an exaggeration. Mosby Oct 2023 #34

Wtf does marxism have to do with this? jcgoldie Oct 2023 #30

The OP mentioned them Mosby Oct 2023 #33

There are Stalinists here at DU? leftstreet Oct 2023 #10

No -- the OP just wants to smear DUers not toeing teh line he has drawn obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #28

What's a tankie? WarGamer Oct 2023 #18

It Hasn't Been In Wide Circulation Long, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2023 #19

Thanks Magistrate... so the opposite of a tankie is a Neocon WarGamer Oct 2023 #21

No, the opposite of a tankie is a thinking person getagrip_already Oct 2023 #24

Not really... WarGamer Oct 2023 #31

Love this post malaise Oct 2023 #36

Ethnocentrism inthewind21 Oct 2023 #49

That I Couldn't Say, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2023 #29

"Tankies" is leftist space language AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #23

You are very wrong there.... getagrip_already Oct 2023 #25

Huh? That is definitely not it AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #39

NSFW TAG PLEASE! AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #20

Give me a break with the "Tankies" thing obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #27

Stop your drama; no one is in denial. demmiblue Oct 2023 #32

As I say, the best propaganda is true. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #41

Twitter has always been a cesspool, but the comments on the original post are ... BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #44

I haven't looked at them yet. BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #45

I remember looking at the film of Daniel Pearl's murder TexasBushwhacker Oct 2023 #54

War is cruel. It always has been, and always will be. Stuart G Oct 2023 #47