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Impenitent wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 11:31 pm this war started with the peanut farmer...

-Imp

That's sort of just a lie really isn't it?

Lewis, Rick. "Sticks and Stones." Philosophy Now, February/March 2018, Issue 124.
Shaikh, Abdullah. "Cicero and the Ideals of Virtue." Philosophy Now, February/March 2026, Issue 172.

puto wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2026 10:43 am Lewis, Rick. "Sticks and Stones." Philosophy Now, February/March 2018, Issue 124.
Shaikh, Abdullah. "Cicero and the Ideals of Virtue." Philosophy Now, February/March 2026, Issue 172.

So what are your thoughts on "realists"? Should a president be able to get us involved with "conflicts" at his own whim and discretion (assuming a president happens to have any discretion)? Or should Congress, which a bit more directly represents the will of the American people, make those decisions?

Are you a "realist" or were you simply quoting what "realists" believe when you said that "realists" draw a distinction between war and "conflict"?

FlashDangerpants wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2026 10:15 am

Impenitent wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 11:31 pm this war started with the peanut farmer...

-Imp

That's sort of just a lie really isn't it?

so much a lie, it has it has its own wiki page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis

-Imp

Impenitent wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2026 2:35 pm

FlashDangerpants wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2026 10:15 am

Impenitent wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 11:31 pm this war started with the peanut farmer...

-Imp

That's sort of just a lie really isn't it?

so much a lie, it has it has its own wiki page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis

-Imp

That's just stupid.

“Life is tough, it's tougher if you are stupid,” John Wayne.