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What we get upset about (europe.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by notsosure@sh.itjust.works to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44201627

by Tjeerd Royaards

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[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The reliance of the USA on oil for transport is not something forced on to them, it took years of planning. Civilized countries have affordable and functioning public transport, have cities designed to allow people to walk to work. If the shit hits the fan, and oil prices move up, it’s too late to complain… especially if your own president started an unnecessary war.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If the shit hits the fan, and oil prices move up, it’s too late to complain… especially if your own president started an unnecessary war.

Wrong.

Every American has a right to complain here. Not only has our president broken his campaign promises on war, he had a record of disentangling us from foreign wars in his first term. (Most notably Syria and Afghanistan.) So, unlike some of his other promises, this one carried weight.

He did not run on warmongering. He ran on peace.