Cogito Ergo Sum

@N17Swanson @TuckerGray1 Because Satanism promotes mental and emotional and even in some cases physical violence. It is in no way equal or comparable to Christianity or even Buddhism.

@CogitoInGa @TuckerGray1 Why? Because only Christian sponsor should be allowed?

nascar approved this?

I respect the service of everyone who fought next to me in Iraq and Afghanistan. I think Trump was idiotic with the Greenland threats. Those things do not somehow wipe away the massively higher cost US has paid for Europe than Europe has ever paid for the US. Just the training deaths suffered by US troops in Europe during the Cold War probably constitute a higher percentage of US losses vs European losses than any comparison the other way around.

About 366,000 Americans died fighting in Europe across WW1 (116,500 total) and WW2's European theater (~250,000 per DoD figures). Roughly 1,300 soldiers from European NATO allies (UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Spain, Netherlands, etc.) died in Afghanistan (~900) and Iraq (~400) combined, per coalition casualty records from iCasualties and Wikipedia. The numbers aren't even close.

I regret that some NATO allies are denying us access to our bases in their countries. I also regret that the US president threatened to invade and annex NATO countries. This ridiculous Trump policy is obviously negatively impacting our national security now. I hope both of these issues within NATO can be overcome soon.

@Mandolin__Rain @McFaul When did Cuba join NATO? What military threat was made on Canada?

@CogitoInGa @McFaul He has threatened to annex Greenland (Denmark) & Canada. He threatened Cuba ("maybe we just take it over" talk) Trump has done everything is his power to utterly wreck alliances He has done everything is his power to befriend enemies. Look his "Board of Peace", all Dictators!

Every country and every US president of both parties said they would do whatever it took to stop Iran having a nuclear weapon. Iran agreed it would not. That is exactly the kind of "poking" that everyone said it would take to stop them (aside from the massive number of innocent people Iran has slaughtered for the last 50 years). But you root for Iran because you hate Trump so badly?

@CogitoInGa @OlenaRohoza Whatever happens ... US shouldn't have any rights to poke into other country's matters. Iran is nicely teaching them.

Emmanuel Macron: “If you bomb countries because you disagree with their regime, it opens a Pandora’s box. Iran is a bad regime, but bombing doesn’t work. Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya — 20 years of interventions have produced no results. Change must come from within, from the people. We do not want to depend on China’s dominance or be overly vulnerable to the unpredictability of the United States. France does not want to be a vassal of any power. There is a ‘third path’ — uniting Korea, Europe, Canada, Japan, India, Brazil, and Australia. It’s a format for countries that do not want to depend on China or automatically side with the U.S. France is facing growing risks due to Russia’s war against Ukraine. China is trying to control supply chains and critical minerals. The United States is reshaping trade through tariffs and extraterritorial measures.”

@uffehenrichsen @McFaul @grok - how many Americans have died fighting in Europe in wars like WW1 and WW2 versus how many Europeans have died fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq?

@CogitoInGa @McFaul What was idiotic, was thinking that threatening even one NATO country would have no consequences. We went along with Iraq and Afghanistan - at great cost to ourselves - because a friend asked us to. Trump has made clear that we are not friends, and he continues to make threats.

@AlexBla17158502 @5ernieBanders @McFaul Iran killed 35,000 of its own people this year. Killed thousands upon thousands of Americans and others the last 47 years. But that is all good because it didn't threaten Greenland?

@CogitoInGa @5ernieBanders @McFaul I don't recall Iran threatening to annex Greenland or Canada.

@N17Swanson @TuckerGray1 It would not get approved. As it shouldn't.

@TuckerGray1 But if The Satanic Temple, who are atheists, not devil worshippers, try to sponsor a car…

@RJSIMRACING @TuckerGray1 Show us on this doll where the Confederate flag hurt you.

@TuckerGray1 I don't think religious sponsors and schemes were ever barred, just political and discriminatory stuff like the confederate flag

@Mandabob1 @McFaul Yeah you actually are siding with Iran when you deny US the use of our own bases and airspace we defend to even do resupply missions, much less combat. You are doing exactly what Iran wants you to do.

@CogitoInGa @McFaul Nobody is siding with Iran here either dipshit. This is a ridiculous fucking strawman you keep making up. We are merely choosing not to involve ourselves in yet another endless American war.

@Jeff82455787976 @Mandabob1 @McFaul It is juvenile to blame only one side. At any time.

@CogitoInGa @Mandabob1 @McFaul Harper was the last conservative PM in Canada and that was just over a decade ago. The problem isn’t the rest of the world, it’s the U.S. administration.

"Irrespective of whether he had troops ready to go." You do understand that an actual threat to invade and annex another country 100% of the time requires massing troops to do that." Putin could hold press conferences all day threatening to attack Ukraine. That would be wrong of him but was posturing until he sent the troops to the border. And just like I said to my fellow conservatives who did not want to back Ukraine and apologized for Putin because they hated anything Biden did including supporting Ukraine, Europeans should not be idiotic and back dictators in Iran just because you hate Trump.

@CogitoInGa @McFaul Irrespective of whether he had troops ready to go, he verbally made threats on both fronts. It’s not about hating trump, it’s about trumps words and actions. He is torching relationships with all of the major allies the USA has. He is causing long term damage to the USA

@Ohdannyboyd @OlenaRohoza You meant to say, "what an accurate assessment of history that isn't covered with the Leftist bullsh*t flowing through social media these days."

@CogitoInGa @OlenaRohoza Wow. What a flatfoot view of history.

@Mandabob1 @Jeff82455787976 @McFaul Can you a single thing Europe has done wrong? Just one thing? Because if you cannot do that you are not serious.

@CogitoInGa @Jeff82455787976 @McFaul Jfc, will you lot just fucking stop with the idiocy. The Tories in the UK make Thatcher look like a fucking leftist. You have NO idea what Europe is like. You just parrot bullshit you read on Twitter. Meloni isnt a conservative by the way, she is further right than that.

Of course it has something to do with Trump. But of course it also has something to do with how Europe has behaved too. It is a childish take to scream "IT IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" And even if you were right that Europe is the beaten spouse, Europe doesn't get off the hook by moving out and shacking up with the pimp down the street. Helping Iran is galactically stupid to Europe's own interests.

@CogitoInGa @McFaul No, it has nothing to do with Trump being conservative. Ffs half the countries in NATO are tun by conservatives. It is because of HIM and HIS actions. Actions YOU voted for. Again, stop fucking whining.

Mulroney was a conservative. Thatcher was a conservative. Canada and Europe have not elected conservatives like than in 40 years. Europe has become a hot mess stew of soft Leftist globalists combined with massive growth of Islamist immigrants making the political dynamic so anti-American conservative I barely recognize Europe anymore. But when Trump even loses Meloni in Italy? Yeah he has contributed to it too.

@CogitoInGa @Mandabob1 @McFaul Plenty of conservative presidents have had great relationships with allies. Reagan and Mulroney were great mates, as was Reagan and Thatcher. Both Bush’s had strong relationships with European allies, Canada and Australia. It’s not conservatism, it’s trump and his bullshit

The original claim was "attack and annex." For crying out loud can anyone read and focus on what is said. Please show me the satellite photos of US forces massing on the Canadian frontier. And he definitely issued verbal threats to Greenland (and was a clown to do so) but we didn't exactly have the 82nd Airborne on stand by. Or do you hate Trump so badly you are going to knee jerk your way right into cheering for Iran?

@CogitoInGa @McFaul And the 51st state talk? Another NATO member. Trump has made a complete mess when it comes to ally nations.

Long before Trump asked for help re opening Hormuz, European countries already said we could not use *our own bases paid for by US taxpayers to defend your continent* or even the airspace *we defend for you* to attack a country that has killed Americans for 47 years and was openly defying all of us in negotiations that they were going to build a nuclear device. Trump's plan is better than you say but even if as idiotic as you say is way the hell better than sitting on your hands and trusting the Iranian mullahs, which is the European "plan."

@CogitoInGa @oscilloscoping @McFaul He acts like an idiot, yes. And this is the natural consequence of electing an idiot. Your allies tell you to fuck off when that idiot starts a war he has no idea how to end. Trump shat the bed, he can clean it up. We are not his mother.

It has plenty to do with Trump being conservative. And Trump has definitely made it worse by being idiotic way too much of the time. But only silly hyperventilating Leftists cannot find a single thing to criticize about how Europe has behaved. Decades of under spending on defense. Total reliance on US to defend your own continent. Would have already been overrun by Russia if not for US troops and taxpayers. Ukraine would have been carved up by now if it was on Europe to support it alone. There is no blameless party in this. De facto coming down on the side of Iran is not the solution to the situation.

@CogitoInGa @McFaul It has FUCK ALL to do with being conservative or liberal. You will remember that the UK and others followed Bush to Iraq and Afghanistan. Trump has weakened your relationship with your allies to the point where they are no longer interested. Stop whining, its what you wanted.

@washingtonpost If they came here illegally they have broken the law. You do realize that, right?

Trump officials indicated that federal immigration officers would take a more targeted approach after Minneapolis. However, new data shows large numbers of immigrants with no criminal history are still detained. wapo.st/3O7CDXg