Unless something more material like a whole continent turning anti-imperialist, if not socialist, and deciding collectively to nationalize the fruit and veg produce, and thus disrupts U.S’s produce imports -
I don’t think any internal problems in America would reach to a boiling point, as to end on a conclusive note
So what if it’s a big deal to you, huh, America is the most armed-country, and has a lot of guns, yet no civil war(s) has occurred recently… it’s just reactionary settler business as usual
Im America, nichts neues
Honestly, for all of Scott Ritter’s American brain worms- he might just be right (that a US civil war would bring on the very real possibility of nuclear strikes on every other relevant state). This kind of sociopathic, malevolent behavior is exactly what the US track record suggests it would resort to, and exactly what anyone with sense expects from it.
That said, IMO- this just further goes to show how necessary it is for the US regime to be overthrown, and American society to be de-Nazified (or rather- de-Americanized). A maniacal regime that banks on forever wars, constant destabilization and suppression of the rest of humanity through funding (or creating) terrorists, settlers, and fascists wherever they go, which sustains itself off of exporting its debt and thus inflation, and which is dominated by a hegemonic, totalitarian mentality, is incompatible with humanity- either we destroy it, or it will destroy us all, likely sooner than later.
Scott Ritter is a bit of an Amerikkkan apologist, but he is scarily accurate on things like this.
Agreed. FWIW I’ve not anything meaningful against Scott, I like his contributions/work towards peace and the truth. If all Americans were like him, the country would be a hell of a lot better off- maybe (definitely) not an AES state, sure, but it would at least stop being such a sociopathic hellhole, and could instead be a meaningful partner towards a better world.
My mention of the brain worms at the start of the comment was because of what you described, and the context of discussion. But through it all- with people like Scott- I think that his innate character is predominantly good, and he is not only a rather sensible person but an empathetic one- and whatever the disagreements I might have with his (minor) brain worms, that shines through, in all the times I’ve watched him.
I think that Scott Ritter is definitely way more sensible than most Amerikkkans (which probably isn’t saying much, but regardless) and I also get your sentiment with the brain worms comment, but I’m still not a huge fan of him.
I think he is very smarmy (not the biggest deal in the world, and he is a former nuclear weapons expert, so it slightly makes sense) but I get the feeling he would be willing to sellout or backstab to the side with the biggest deal (again, speculation on my part, and probably an unfair but still reasonable assumption) and the fact that he is most likely a pedophile.
Yes, it is very well possible that the charges of him being a pedophile are completely false and fabricated by the U.S. government, but him deflecting from it and downplaying the charges as opposed to completely dismissing them is completely disgusting.
Personally I’ve only ever seen him completely and vehemently dismiss the charges- maybe he deflected in the past, but if so I’d think that he must have stopped doing so sometime in the last… year or more(?) that I’ve been aware of him and listening to his content.
My assumption as such was and still is, from what I’ve seen of him- well, maybe he’s suspect. Certainly I don’t think that he should be trusted with anything vital- not due to the charges, which considering the circumstances I dismiss entirely until proven otherwise (as we all know the empire loves its smears), but due to the fact he served in the US army, and the amount of US brain worms he has (even if he comes off as halfways decent at least, a risk is a risk). But overall- from what I’ve seen- I haven’t seen anything to dislike.
I will say, that compared to most other U.S. officials, he seems nice and intelligent enough to talk and dine with at a restaurant.
That’s my take on him too. A decent enough sort also that I’d be perfectly down to do so.
TBH, having looked his history up a bit more now, if anything I’ve come to respect him more. Just the wiki page alone (while of course, copiously slandering him with references to the pedo charges- charges to which he rejected even a plea deal) speaks volumes, as to just how much he’s suffered (I was aware of some of it), and to how utterly suspicious the charges against him are. Seriously, you can look it up for yourself (while of course knowing that wiki is biased as all hell- and yet the cases made against him come off as stinking to high hell).
I thought he agreed to the charges but he said he only did because he had no other options?