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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 424999" data-attributes="member: 35">The losses Russia has incurred pale in comparison to the number of innocent Ukrainians that have died.&nbsp; Politicians and defense contractors in the West have made it clear that they want perpetual war because they benefit from it.&nbsp; It&#039;s the same for all wars, which are designed to never end on purpose.&nbsp; The phony compassion from Western leaders is nauseating.&nbsp; They go on TV and say &quot;look how courageous those dead Ukrainians are&quot; as they count their profits and talk about how great the war is for Western interests.Endless wars, warrantless surveillance, elimination of Habeas Corpus, attacks on whistleblowers and press freedoms, etc. have been a part of Republican AND Democratic Administrations since the turn of this century.&nbsp; The American public got to pretend they lived in a democracy because they could vote and they didn&#039;t have the National Guard in their front yard, but our so-called &quot;representatives&quot; in Washington DC never had our best interest at heart.&nbsp; For many people, it was about grocery prices.&nbsp; Sadly, politicians routinely break their campaign promises and betray their base.&nbsp; Chuck Schumer made it clear who the Dems served in 2016 when he said they would pick up two moderate Republicans for every blue-collar Dem they lost.&nbsp; Republicans aren&#039;t any better, as they&#039;re always giving tax cuts to the rich and going after programs vulnerable people rely on.I would love to be an optimist rather than a cynic with a defeatist attitude, but it will take more than removing one wannabe dictator to fully restore our democracy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 424999, member: 35"] The losses Russia has incurred pale in comparison to the number of innocent Ukrainians that have died. Politicians and defense contractors in the West have made it clear that they want perpetual war because they benefit from it. It's the same for all wars, which are designed to never end on purpose. The phony compassion from Western leaders is nauseating. They go on TV and say "look how courageous those dead Ukrainians are" as they count their profits and talk about how great the war is for Western interests. Endless wars, warrantless surveillance, elimination of Habeas Corpus, attacks on whistleblowers and press freedoms, etc. have been a part of Republican [I][B]AND[/B][/I] Democratic Administrations since the turn of this century. The American public got to pretend they lived in a democracy because they could vote and they didn't have the National Guard in their front yard, but our so-called "representatives" in Washington DC never had our best interest at heart. For many people, it [B][I]wa[/I][/B][I][B]s[/B][/I] about grocery prices. Sadly, politicians routinely break their campaign promises and betray their base. Chuck Schumer made it clear who the Dems served in 2016 when he said they would pick up two moderate Republicans for every blue-collar Dem they lost. Republicans aren't any better, as they're always giving tax cuts to the rich and going after programs vulnerable people rely on. I would love to be an optimist rather than a cynic with a defeatist attitude, but it will take more than removing one wannabe dictator to fully restore our democracy. [/QUOTE]

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