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Graham wrote on 5/10/2025 11:10 AM:
> On 2025-05-10 9:29 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2025-05-10, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2025-05-10 4:51 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>> On 2025-05-09, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-05-09 5:41 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>> On 2025-05-09, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's not just one deranged man. There is a pattern of it. The 
>>>>>>> Trumpster
>>>>>>> is an extreme example of it. Let us not forget that enough Americans
>>>>>>> voted for him that we one the election.  The vast majority of people
>>>>>>> outside of the US view him as a raving lunatic. Americans voted 
>>>>>>> for him
>>>>>>> to be their president.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Only one deranged man is in a position to keep changing US policies.
>>>>>> Everybody else is just along for the ride.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> He is not the only one. Go back a little over a hundred years when the
>>>>> US had an isolationist policy and would not get involved in WWI until
>>>>> our mutual enemies menaced the US and finally did the right thing.  
>>>>> The
>>>>> US, IMO had way too much influence in the formulation of the treaty of
>>>>> Versailles but Wilson got his way. Then the US refused to ratify it.
>>>>> Back to the isolationism as Germany rearmed and threatened again they
>>>>> would not fully support its former Allies..... until Japan attacked 
>>>>> them
>>>>> and Germany declared war.  After the war they would not support France
>>>>> against the Vietminh. They supported a plan to have a vote on 
>>>>> Vietnamese
>>>>> reunification. They were all set for a democratic vote... until they
>>>>> realized the communists would win  followed by years and years of
>>>>> American involvement before abandoning their Vietnamese allies.
>>>>>
>>>>> They backed Saddam Hussein when he was fighting Iran. They gave them
>>>>> satellite intelligence on Iranian positions to help them enhance the
>>>>> targeting of the enemy forces.  After about a decade Saddam was the 
>>>>> bad
>>>>> guy that they allowed to invade Kuwait before going in to evict him 
>>>>> from
>>>>> Kuwait. Then about a decade later invaded Iraq to rid Saddam of the
>>>>> alleged arsenal of WMDs that weapons inspectors insisted did not 
>>>>> exist.
>>>>>
>>>>> Face it, American foreign policy is like tumble weed that changes
>>>>> direction with the wind.
>>>>>
>>>>> As I pointed out, it was Reagan who pushed  for NAFTA. It was
>>>>> implemented under Bush..... both Republicans. Then it was the Moron 
>>>>> who
>>>>> insisted it be renegotiated, and now he doesn't like the deal he
>>>>> negotiated. Sure, he may he the one who is doing it this time, but 
>>>>> is is
>>>>> part of a pattern with the US.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, you're right, Dave.  The U.S. is responsible for every shitty
>>>> thing that ever happened in the world.  No other country bears
>>>> any responsibility.
>>>
>>>    Really? That is your read on things.
>>
>> That is my sarcasm on things.
>>
>>> The US has done some good
>>> things, but you guys need to get over yourselves. You are not the only
>>> democracy in the world and you
>>
>> Me?  Cindy Hamilton?
>>
>>> act as of you are the only country with
>>> individual rights, even as we are wondering what happened to them these
>>> days. I pointed out a series of major policies that the US has flip
>>> flopped on.
>>>
>>> We have this current trade war bullshit that the US started. Your leader
>>> has decided that Canada and the US have been taking advantage of under
>>> the current North American free trade deal, the deal that Trump demanded
>>> and got just 6 years ago. T
>>
>> I think we both agree that Trump is a senile, narcissistic asshole.
>>
> Cindy, you are too generous!

Well, she's honest.  Officer dave is not and never will be.