in your opinion, is the Republican Party too Islamophobic?

[The_Doctor]

I don't think opposing radical Islam is a problem for the West. Right behind Moscow threatening the West's freedom is the radical Islamic problem. The problem is the GOP doesnt have a comprehensive solution to the problem.

[The_Doctor]

I don't think opposing radical Islam is a problem for the West. Right behind Moscow threatening the West's freedom is the radical Islamic problem. The problem is the GOP doesnt have a comprehensive solution to the problem.

Build a wall, repeal Obamacare, abolish the IRS.

I meant to the radical Islam problem.

[The_Doctor]

I don't think opposing radical Islam is a problem for the West. Right behind Moscow threatening the West's freedom is the radical Islamic problem. The problem is the GOP doesnt have a comprehensive solution to the problem.

Build a wall, repeal Obamacare, abolish the IRS.

I meant to the radical Islam problem.

If we had a flat tax, we could have 4% annual economic growth. Supply-side economics solves all problems. Ronald Reagan defeated the Soviet Union through tax cuts, there is no reason why we can't do the same against radical Islam.

um Reagan defeated the Communists by a military buildup they couldn't compete with and intervening in areas like Afghanistan and Nicaragua where he forced the Soviets to cede precious time and blood. Ultimately they dissolved and Reagan helped pave the way by boosting Gorbachev through glasnost.

Doesn't solve our radical Islam problem.

C trolling.

[The_Doctor]

Are a bunch of alt right people actually complaining about how Ronald Reagan defeated the commies? Lol

[The_Doctor]

Reagan sent the deficit skyrocketing too, but it pissed the Russians off so it must be good!

I don't see a problem with how Reagan beat the Evil Empire. The deficits were solved in the 1990s through the peace dividend. Reagan used the buildup to weaken the Soviets which was a great strategy.

[The_Doctor]

sh*tthatneverhappened.txt

I must be imagining the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 then and the changes that it underwent in the 1980s that led to its demise.

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You missed the part where the Commies admitted Reagan's buildup forced them to compete and eventually capitulate as their economy was too weak to sustain the American pressure.

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The Soviet economy was nothing like what it was in the 1940s, and Reagan astutely notes this in his 1982 address to the British Parliament. He understood that the Evil Empire was weakening by the 1980s and knew economic and military pressure on them would weaken them further. By the 1970s the Soviet economy was falling further behind us and doing so at a rapid pace.

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That wasn't the aim, ever. It was to bleed the Soviets dry as they had to spend resources to keep up the proxy wars. We didn't care about the citizens, we cared about creating pressure on the Communists. It worked well when the Soviets were forced to withdraw from Afghanistan in 1988 as a result of us arming the resistance.

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All of it is correct, naturally.

[The_Doctor]

That's been the case even before Trump, especially during the Bush presidency. The disturbing hatred of everything foreign (be it Muslims, Russians, Germans, or whoever) is basically a sign of their fascism and racism which they aren't even trying to hide. Of course this is true regardless of political party and especially for #NeverTrump Republicans, who had no problem bombing brown people when they were in power but now act like they're holding the moral high ground.

How are we racist? W backed the war in Iraq to spread democracy as an answer to totalitarianism. His ambassador to the UN was a Muslim may I remind you and W never appropriated Trump's language on “brown people.”

I mean the Muslim ban was ridiculous and I backed letting in Syrian refugees. I assume this is somehow calling me racist as I'm a major #NeverTrump Republican.