Julian vs. Hillary

[Derec]

The Falklands was because a woman was trying to prove she had balls.

No, it was because Argentina decided to invade a UK territory. If China were to invade Guam during a Hillary presidency, would US response be only because "a woman decided to prove she had balls"?

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Cause I ant' a scard of no smart woman.

What does that have to do with voting for Hillary?

 

[Derec]

She's a former US Senator,

As were 99 other people during that time.

was Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013,

Which has been a terminal political position since the 19th century

was the First Lady of the United States of America from 1993 to 2001, and First Lady of Arkansas from 1983 to 1992.

Being married to a politician is not a qualification.

She has served on the Board of Directors of WalMart, TCBY, and a few legal funds and advocacy groups. Her first job in Washington D.C. was as a congressional legal counsel during the Watergate years. She has excelled in both the public sector and the private sector.

In other words she is a lawyer. Which are a dime a dozen in Washington.

If all ^this^ puts her somewhere in the midfield, I'd love to see you list the qualifications of someone you think was top tier when he was his party's nominee.

How about George HW Bush?
House of Representatives, UN Ambassador, RNC chairman, de facto ambassador to China, Director or Central Intelligence, and finally vice president. Note that none of these are 'he was married to Barbara'.

 

[laughing dog]

I did edit to add Mitt Romney as a comparison even before seeing your post. But Cruz and certainly Trump are very different. Cruz is an ideologue whose campaign nobody would accuse of being "Camp Weathervane". And while Trump turns things up to 11 (or perhaps even 12) they are different things than what people especially dislike about politicians.

So why not the massive butthurt?

In 1968, why would anybody be butthurt about Nixon?

Why would anyone by so butthurt about Hillary Clinton 5 years ago or now?

I know what you think is different. I just don't agree that that plays a role. I think her gender actually helps her. If she was born Hildebrand Rodham instead of Hillary he'd never be even a US senator.

Of course you feel that is true. But it doesn't explain your massive butthurt about her. Your OP (which has legitimate core) is filled with irrelevant snipes at her character, something which does not happen when you deal with other politicians.

 

[untermensche]

No, it was because Argentina decided to invade a UK territory. If China were to invade Guam during a Hillary presidency, would US response be only because "a woman decided to prove she had balls"?

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Cause I ant' a scard of no smart woman.

What does that have to do with voting for Hillary?

It was a defense of a colonial possession. Half way across the planet.

It was not a legitimate defense. England did not legitimately own it.

And of course peaceful means were available and compensation was available.

But some insane woman trying to prove she was tough wanted war.

 

[Arctish]

People who give their lives in the cause of American security just dont matter. Whether they be the poor kids you send into war or CIA agents. Who else would get away with this?

Did Clinton’s Emails Expose CIA Agents?

These are facts. You can look at the source documents yourself. This is not opinion, conjecture, or rumor. Hillary Clinton transmitted the names of American intelligence officials via her unclassified email.

Let me know when possible security breach that could have happened as a result of Clinton's decision to store her e-mails on a private server approaches the level of deliberately outing Valerie Plame.

 

[Jarhyn]

People who give their lives in the cause of American security just dont matter. Whether they be the poor kids you send into war or CIA agents. Who else would get away with this?

Did Clinton’s Emails Expose CIA Agents?

Let me know when possible security breach that could have happened as a result of Clinton's decision to store her e-mails on a private server approaches the level of deliberately outing Valerie Plame.

Wait, so the crimes of another person being worse suddenly absolve Hillary of her crimes and indiscretions?

 

[Harry Bosch]

Let me know when possible security breach that could have happened as a result of Clinton's decision to store her e-mails on a private server approaches the level of deliberately outing Valerie Plame.

Wait, so the crimes of another person being worse suddenly absolve Hillary of her crimes and indiscretions?

Where did Arctish say that? HRC is held to a higher standard. Trump is a crooked and gets away with far more than HRC.

 

[Derec]

It was a defense of a colonial possession. Half way across the planet.

It's an overseas territory. Like Guam. That doesn't give Argentina any more right to invade it than China has the right to invade Guam. Even if mainland China is closer to it than mainland US.

It was not a legitimate defense.

Of course it was a legitimate defense.

England did not legitimately own it.

Not England per se. It's a British overseas territory. The population overwhemingly voted to maintain that status.

And of course peaceful means were available and compensation was available.

Argentina initiated hostilities, the responsibility for military escalation is on them.

But some insane woman trying to prove she was tough wanted war.

- Argentine Junta wanted the war to detract from domestic issues.
- Is the butthurt leftists have for Thatcher because she is a woman? I mean I do not see that much hostility toward other Tory PMs.

 

[Axulus]

No, it was because Argentina decided to invade a UK territory. If China were to invade Guam during a Hillary presidency, would US response be only because "a woman decided to prove she had balls"?

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What does that have to do with voting for Hillary?

It was a defense of a colonial possession. Half way across the planet.

It was not a legitimate defense. England did not legitimately own it.

And of course peaceful means were available and compensation was available.

But some insane woman trying to prove she was tough wanted war.

So now you disavow democracy? The residents in the Falklands voted overwhelmingly to remain with the UK.

What you seem to support is dictatorship, a dictatorship of your own opinions.

 

[Arctish]

Let me know when possible security breach that could have happened as a result of Clinton's decision to store her e-mails on a private server approaches the level of deliberately outing Valerie Plame.

Wait, so the crimes of another person being worse suddenly absolve Hillary of her crimes and indiscretions?

No. But the author of that article was really stretching things trying to gin up a charge against Hillary Clinton, claiming her decision to store her e-mails on a private server was the same as violating "National Security Act of 1947, the CIA Act of 1949, various laws that govern undercover/clandestine CIA officers and, potentially, the Espionage Act of 1917". I think he's just scaremongering. He's certainly blowing things way out of proportion when he compares Clinton's handling of her e-mails to John Kiriakou handing over classified information on a specific covert operative on a specific covert mission to a reporter.

I'm going to use the outing of Valerie Plame as a benchmark. Let me know when Clinton's alleged failure to properly secure her e-mails nears that level of violation the Espionage Act.

 

[Deepak]

That Falklands vote is only if you count anchor babies

 

[Derec]

That Falklands vote is only if you count anchor babies

Falklands have been British 150 years before Argentine Junta decided to invade them.

The only reason people like untermensche side with Argentina on this one is because Spanish-speaking countries rank higher than English speaking countries on the progressive value scale.

 

[J842P]

No, it was because Argentina decided to invade a UK territory. If China were to invade Guam during a Hillary presidency, would US response be only because "a woman decided to prove she had balls"?

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What does that have to do with voting for Hillary?

It was a defense of a colonial possession. Half way across the planet.

It was not a legitimate defense. England did not legitimately own it.

And of course peaceful means were available and compensation was available.

But some insane woman trying to prove she was tough wanted war.

What is insane is you, of all people, defending an invasion by a military dictator to prop up his military junta amidst political and civil unrest.

 

[Derec]

What is insane is you, of all people, defending an invasion by a military dictator to prop up his military junta amidst political and civil unrest.

I already explained it. Spanish-speaking country >> English-speaking country. Everything else is irrelevant.

 

[Ford]

What is insane is you, of all people, defending an invasion by a military dictator to prop up his military junta amidst political and civil unrest.

I already explained it. Spanish-speaking country >> English-speaking country. Everything else is irrelevant.

So white colonialists > brown people who were subjects.


Gotcha.

 

[Derec]

So white colonialists > brown people who were subjects.

There were no "brown people" there. The islands were uninhabited before Europeans got there.

 

[Ford]

The islands were uninhabited before Europeans got there.

North America was similarly uninhabited, according to Manifest Destiny.


Oh, a few "savages" at the fringes of white settlements, but otherwise just land for the taking.

 

[Derec]

North America was similarly uninhabited, according to Manifest Destiny.

Look, you are entitled to your own opinion but you are not entitled to your own facts. Regardless of what you would like to be true, the islands were uninhabited when Europeans got there.

Oh, a few "savages" at the fringes of white settlements, but otherwise just land for the taking.

Not even that.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Wiki:

Both the British and Spanish settlements coexisted in the archipelago until 1774, when Britain's new economic and strategic considerations led it to voluntarily withdraw from the islands, leaving a plaque claiming the Falklands for King George III.[26]

Yup, plaques determine everything.

 

[Derec]

Yup, plaques determine everything.

Apparently so. After all, British had control of the islands since 1833 and vast majority of the inhabitants want to continue being a British overseas territory.

Note however, contra Ford, that both Britain and Spain are in Europe.