@thor @wildgoose

I don't think the West brought on colonialism; Genghis Khan did that.

But, the West suffers for telling others what to do in ignorance of who they are and what they need.

That was the lesson of the Vietnam experience, I think: the solutions that work in suburban America may not work so good in other nations.

Same with "nation-building" in Iraq, from GWB who apparently slept through history class.

@amerika @thor @wildgoose

Look at Iran, we tried to make it more western back in the 60's and that failed we ended up with what we have now.

We are assuming Iran wants nukes, I get the feeling it wants to provide power for it's people, not sure if uranium enrichment is all about making weapons grade material, but separating used material so it can be re-used in reactors.

@zleap @thor @wildgoose

There are reasons to distrust Iran with nukes. The Arab world seems unhealthily fixated on Israel.

I think it's something that should be handled regionally.

Western people as the world police is not fair to anyone, lease of all Westerners.

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@amerika @thor @wildgoose

As we are not PC / Woke here, the next time someone from the church tries to lecture about morality and ethics, remind them of the child abuse that has taken place under their watch,

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