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Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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I am tired of winning.

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Would you qualify complaining about starting an unnecessary war as "whining"? Why? What about ICE agents killing American citizens? Adding unprecedented numbers to the federal deficit, etc.?

How nice it must be to be able to just dismiss these things.

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Would you qualify complaining about starting an unnecessary war as "whining"? Why? What about ICE agents killing American citizens? Adding unprecedented numbers to the federal deficit, etc.? How nice it must be to be able to just dismiss these things.

> How nice it must be to be able to just dismiss these things.

I don't know anyone in the US in real life who is happy with the current situation, including people who voted for Trump. The cheer leaders are only visible online.

The people who voted for Harris are saying "we told you so," and the others are saying "he conned us."

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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When do we expect Iranians to actually attack US military bases outside the middle east? I heard there were already drones flying over bases in the US: https://wjla.com/news/local/unidentified-drones-fly-over-for...

They technically have:

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-fires-missiles-remot...

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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lol. The current situation has been giving me so many flashbacks. Here, my GWB-era teens had the terror threat level, and now we're lazily reimagining State Department traveling warnings as a dark slapstick version (be afraid everywhere, American!)

https://theonion.com/this-war-will-destabilize-the-entire-mi...

https://theonion.com/no-blood-for-oil-vs-exactly-how-much-oi...

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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I got jumped in Italy couple of weeks ago. I was wearing a "volleyball dad" hoodie my kid bought for me but did not realize that the "volleyball dad" is etched in the middle of a large American flag covering my entire back. Luckily (for him, not me :) ) three police officers were 10 meters away walking the area dealing with apre ski drunks and restrained him. fun times
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