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No, I would not like it to. Where did you read that?
US oil reserves are at a 40+ year low. That shouldn't be, if US is oil independant. I even read Costco started limiting motor oil purchases. It's happened before - last shortage crisis was ironically also Iran related, late 70s. Thinking it could never happen again is a bit of the head in sand effect.
Retirement, so to speak, is frikkin awesome.
Used to think it was hanging around doing nothing.
Still spend just as much shop time building stuff.
Just now it's in my home shop, walking downstairs to work instead of spending time driving to a jobsite.
Building stuff on my own timeline for customers, paying closer attention to detail, instead of multiple projects semi rushed to completion by a move in date.
And cranking the sound system without someone entering my area telling me to turn it down.
Grandkids are the best, enjoy your retirement!
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My first grandchild played a huge role in our decision to return to the Northwest. And it was definitely a great decision!
I never understood what people meant when they said that your love for your grandkids is different, and maybe even more intense, than your love for your children. I understand it now. I might not describe it as ‘greater’, but it’s different for sure and it’s pretty humbling just to be able to watch them become themselves.
Congratulations!
We also became grandparents for the first time, August 21. Beautiful girl. Ya, it hits. Kudos guys.
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Wife and I have been blessed with little babies recently. We also have 2 little grandsons that are only a month apart 1-1/2 year olds. One from my daughter and one from my Oldest son. Now my only daughter is giving us a baby girl. ❤️
Of course I’d rather live in the U.S. than Iran. But 'where would you rather live?' is a pretty useless test for whether military action or regime change is justified.
I wouldn’t want to live in Louisiana either. It incarcerates people at roughly twice Oregon’s rate and close to three times Washington’s. That doesn’t mean I think all (or even most) Louisianans are evil, that Louisiana should be bombed, or that Oregon and Washington should get to impose regime change on Baton Rouge.
You can think another government is worse than yours without concluding that anything done to that country is therefore justified.
That’s the distinction I’m making.
Ok, that’s fine , but to me , your posts on these topics always seem to come off as anti-American. I don’t know , maybe I’m the only member here that views you that way. Anyway have a good day Apple.
You’re by far not the only member that sees that and you certainly aren’t wrong.
I’ll push back pretty hard on the 'anti-American' label.
To me, being American isn’t about reflexively defending whatever our government does simply because it’s our government. It’s about advocating for what is right, even when the right answer is inconvenient, unpopular, or against our short-term interests. If we criticize Russia, Iran or China for interfering in other countries, backing proxies, overthrowing governments or killing civilians, then we ought to be willing to apply the same standards to ourselves.
That isn’t anti-American. I’d argue it's the exact opposite. Blindly excusing something because America did it is nationalism, not patriotism.
I want the U.S. to be the 'good guys' because we do the right thing, not because we simply declare ourselves the 'good guys' afterward.
It’s really not that complicated.
Big Oil is a massive global business and they will sell to who ever pays them the most for the product. Oil is not all the same so some will not work for some things. What the USA has can not do it all.
Trump might flip and end this whole world wide shortage by stopping attacks on Iran. He might do that in an attempt to get voters to stop massively hating him and vote his way in November but at this point thats doubtful
Ask him to explain who’s running things in Iran.
Our goals, and the goals of the West in general, include restraining global terrorism and controlling nuclear proliferation. I’m just not convinced the tactics used by the Trump Administration will be successful in either.
History has proven bombing campaigns alone won’t get the job done. And boots on the ground have varying levels of success. Trump’s strategy included an internal Iranian uprising that has yet to materialize. Because nothing unifies a people like a common foe.
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Too funny! Your perspective is a tad skewed.
All of our perspectives are 'a tad skewed'. That's why it's important to try to look at an alternate perspective from time to time.......
Anyon scared of Iran having a nuke should be terrified of AI….
"I don’t dispute that the Iranian government is brutally authoritarian, and I don’t dispute that most Iranians appear to want something different. But your claim that only Islamic nut jobs support it is just something you made up. Surveys consistently find a good sized minority (roughly 15–20% in recent years) who actually do support continuing the Islamic Republic."
The 15% to 20% minority you are referring to is most likely radical Islam. How do I know that? They support the radical Islamist regime, once again logic and common sense.
"Iran absolutely has plotted assassinations and terrorist acts inside the U.S., I’m not denying that. DOJ has prosecuted multiple recent Iranian-directed plots. But a foiled assassination plot is not Iran launching a conventional military attack on the United States."
You are not reading that statement I made properly. I clearly stated that Iran has NOT launched a conventional attack on the US. If Iran had the ability they would have attacked America a long time ago. Have you ever heard Iranian Islamic terrorist chanting death to America? They mean it. Of course I am aware that Iran has plotted assassinations and terrorist attacks within America as I clearly stated.
You refer to my statement as tribalism, I refer to it as common sense. While America and the rest of the free world try to make lives better for their citizens to varying degrees of success , the Islamic republic does the exact opposite. Hear about the two twins dragged from their bedrooms, put into solitary confinement, one sentenced to death and one to 30 something years in prison. Their crime? Participating in demonstrations against the Islamic government.
It's very obvious to clear thinking people who the good guys are and who the bad guys are. Your efforts to dispute that there are no good guys and bad guys (governments) in the world fly's in the face or reality. Just ask those twins.
Could you imagine the democrat party if trump did .01 of 1% of what iran does to its citizens.
Like I tell them out here in Chicago go try this bullshit overseas. Ill pay for your ticket and burials if we can even get ur body back.
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