Can We Now Consider America To Be An Enemy of Western Political Thought ?

[summerisle]

And, ignorant of history in the extreme.

 

[Rita_Poon]

western political thought?

 

[summerisle]

western political thought?

The accepted conventions in the Western world post WW2 : the importance of the rule of law, democratic accountability, the crucial role of alliances between friendly countries, not having a nut job as head of your country, etc, etc.

 

[Rita_Poon]

The accepted conventions in the Western world post WW2 : the importance of the rule of law, democratic accountability, the crucial role of alliances between friendly countries, not having a nut job as head of your country, etc, etc.

I was pointing out the obvious.

 

[chrismpw]

They always have been an enemy of rational logical thought.

As a nation that is. Sure there are plenty of intelligent minds in the likes of nasa and those creating great comedy - but as a nation they're drowned out by the klaxon like honking of the unjustifiably over confident dim witted majority.

 

[bluenotred]

I am in Canada, the answer is yes.

 

[marnie]

They always have been an enemy of rational logical thought.

As a nation that is. Sure there are plenty of intelligent minds in the likes of nasa and those creating great comedy - but as a nation they're drowned out by the klaxon like honking of the unjustifiably over confident dim witted majority.

NASA..............Half their ideas came from Germans.

 

[Old Blue 2]

And, ignorant of history in the extreme.

She is absolutely THICK!

 

[NeilMorepies]

Yup, Trump has now gone beyond the rule of law.

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Unopposed fascist dictatorship, exactly like he said he’d do when running for President. And they still voted for him.

 

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

NASA..............Half their ideas came from Germans.

Almost all of their rocketry research came from Wernher von Braun and his team. He had the pick of the Allies to go to after the war to continue his work and chose the US as they had the largest budget and were happy to overlook the atrocities committed by him and his team. Make no mistake, he was responsible for 10s of thousands of deaths at Peenemunde building V2s. He was also a member of the SS, though he claimed that this was because they had the best horse riding school.

I firmly believe the Apollo programme was mankind’s greatest achievement, however the fact that von Braun never faced proper scrutiny for the blood on his hands has always stuck in my craw.

 

[SerenityNigh]

And, ignorant of history in the extreme.

Ok but don’t blame us all! There are very good people on both sides.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

And, ignorant of history in the extreme.

So great, we know she watched A Fish Called Wanda...wannabe clever bimbo.

 

[FCBarça]

WH Press Secretaries are consistently the propaganda arm of the administration and I don’t recall any of them lying and manipulating anymore than those that came before them. Obviously, Trump’s press secretaries will set that bar even lower

 

[magicjuan]

I'd expect her previous job to be carrying cardboard numbers around a boxing ring

 

[tonyhorne]

And, ignorant of history in the extreme.

The portraits of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, to this day, still hang in Philadelphia to honour the role played by France in gaining independence for the United States ...