Thread: An alternative view of the USA & some other countries

I usually dont agree with Hanna. But in this case i agree. I dont understand why we(the US) need 30k troops in S Korea. The South Koreans are rich enough and can take care of themselves now. I could not believe the base i was stationed at as a child (in Germany) was just shut down 2 years ago. Seems to me its like 15 years and probably 75 million $'s too late. The only reason for the base i was stationed at to exist was to blunt a USSR attack. Seems pointless when there is no USSR. For that matter i dont understand why we are still in NATO. We usually end up doing 70% of the dying on NATO outtings. Sound like a bad deal for the US. Outside of Afgahnistan i dont see any pressing reason for having bases anywhere other then in the US.

It's not that I approve or disapprove of the US bases. It's just been many times already that Hanna threw the "brainwashed" label in the face of the others (or the other nations altogether). I think I was able to show that Hanna is not less brainwashed than a typical person. And when two brainwashed people start 'discussing' their 'point of view' then - yes - it's fruitless as they can't even justify their point logically let alone change their mind. I think having such conversations over dinner would just ruin the dinner. That's why I guess it's not allowed to mention politics "in the best homes of Paris".