Posts by Andrew Smith3

Sam Murphy said:Personally, I can't bring myself to feel sorry for anyone who took out millions in loans only to end up losing their house or apartment—even those folks with the Swiss franc mortgages who clearly didn't bother reading what they were signing... Back when I was looking at a 20-year mortgage and realized I’d be paying back an extra $100,000 just in interest on a $100,000 loan, I actually asked the banker if they were insane, though I ended up signing the papers anyway... Just because a large part of the population is financially illiterate, if not worse, doesn't excuse anything; the banks were simply making offers, and truth be told, I’d probably live way beyond my means too if I weren't more sensible... Let the Greeks sweat a little now; it was easy enough to just push them away, take the money for transport, and let the higher-ups deal with the mess they created...

Boldano, you have a point, but... from what I gather, decent business practice—and honestly, a legal obligation to some extent—is for banks to actually vet a client's ability to pay and suggest terms that won't ruin them. As far as I know, the banks were actively pushing loans onto people who were walking straight into a disaster. Not trying to defend them, obviously; people are definitely to blame when they get greedy...

Regarding Greece, you can't pin the entire nation's fate on the terrible decisions made by their political elites. How would we feel if we suddenly became some sort of crisis hotspot, and then Germans or Austrians held a massive summit about refugees right here in our backyard, while nobody even bothers to ask or invite our representatives to the table? Is it because, in their eyes, we're just "that kind of people" and therefore deserve it? What kind of message does that send to other smaller, struggling nations in Europe???

Donna Harris11 said:Back in early 2015, the Tsipras administration was actually threatening to ship migrants off to Germany.

Honestly, I don't think we should feel bad for Greece.

Maybe they'll finally decide to actually manage their own borders now.

You could make a similar argument for Americans, mostly from an economic standpoint. We’ve forgotten what it feels like when EU institutions start acting like strict parents, using directives and leverage to dictate exactly how things should run in our own country.

The blame lies with the people who pushed them to the brink of debt slavery—those corrupt, incompetent elites who spent years buying social peace with easy credit. Eventually, the bankers tightened the noose, squeezed them dry, and now everything is up for grabs: their ports, their railroads, their islands... you get the idea.

And honestly, how are they supposed to stop desperate people when Turkey is being so "generous" about letting them through? Besides, just like us in the States, Greece has thousands of islands to deal with...🕺.

It’s a shame. Once those Frenchmen finish tearing down that Jungle settlement over in Dover, something ten times larger is just going to pop up in Greece.

The catch is that Greece can't actually do anything about it. Their "friends" in the EU have already dumped everything on them...

all the misery, the debt, and the migrants. And honestly, the Greeks aren't the only ones to blame for this mess.☕

GoodMorning said:So basically, millions of Syrian refugees are just Assad supporters who got kicked out by rebels using barrel bombs and other heavy artillery... 👏 I’d suggest you head down to the border—doesn't matter if it's the Mexican or Canadian one—you'll find two Syrians there speaking perfect English. Just ask them who they're running from. (Maybe bring them some snacks while you're at it)

Look, about 80% of those who voted actually cast their ballots for him back in 2014, including people living in refugee camps over in Turkey. The turnout there was slightly lower, maybe around 70% for Assad.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian...,_2014#Results

fadedmason3 said:Since the offensive launched, fueled by Russian airstrikes supporting the regime's forces, some 35,000 people have been forced to flee the outskirts of Aleppo, according to a spokesperson for the UN

UN reports 35,000 displaced following regime offensive in Aleppo

And there you have it—a perfect illustration of who is responsible for churning out these refugees before they inevitably end up at our own borders.

Millions of Syrian prognosticators basically paved the way for Al-Nusra, ISIS, and those other intentional byproducts of American policy that spent years slaughtering people and looting Syria without any consequences... Now that the Russians have actually stepped up and done more in a few dozen days than the Western allies managed to do in years, suddenly 35,000 people is a crisis? What happened to the millions before that...??

Let's not even get into the messy details regarding all that support and the supply chains being handed over to those primitives and butchers... including our own weapons and ammo. It’s all just one big, half-baked, failed attempt to crush a geopolitically vital sovereign nation and its legitimately elected president, Assad...