<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 9:08 PM, John Clark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnkclark@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnkclark@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Wed, May 11, 2016 Rafal Smigrodzki </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:rafal.smigrodzki@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafal.smigrodzki@gmail.com</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">></div> reasonably successful businessman</span></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4">A better description of Donald Trump would be </font></div><font size="4">reasonably successful<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> trust fund kid. At least he didn't blow all of daddy's money. </div></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>Hey, let's put down some numbers. How likely is a nuclear war if Trump is president? How likely if Clinton is president?</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">I can't give specif numbers, but I do know that if Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany and Saudi Fucking Arabia have nuclear weapons as Donald Trump thinks they should (and </div>Hillary Clinton<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> thinks they should not) then the chances of nuclear war increase. Also, we know from his angry tweets that Dumb Donald goes into tantrums late at night, so what happens when President Trump reaches for his Red Telephone instead of his iPhone at 3am? </div></font></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>### Not plausible. You don't get to keep and expand a business over 40 years by being impulsive and prone to tantrums. Also, Trump has made some very explicitly isolationist comments, which implies a much lower likelihood of getting into tense situations with the Russians or the Chinese.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the Old Witch of Arkansas has a proven track record of ineptitude specifically in managing US foreign policy and a hawkish attitude.</div><div><br></div><div>You should try to look at the record of the candidates' actions, rather than what they say on the campaign trail. A single deed is worth a thousand words.</div><div><br></div><div>I think neither candidate is likely to cause a nuclear war but if anything, Clinton is the higher risk.</div><div><br></div><div>Rafał</div></div>
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