Why do I feel this way? Each candidate has said stupid things. Here is Trump:
“I would knock out the source of their wealth, the primary sources of their wealth, which is oil,” he told MSNBC. “And in order to do that, you would have to put boots on the ground. I would knock the hell out of them, but I’d put a ring around it and I’d take the oil for our country.”
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Trump:George, let me explain something to you. We go into Iraq. We have spent thus far, $1.5 trillion. We could have rebuilt half of the United States. $1.5 trillion. And we’re going to then leave. So, in the old days, you know when you had a war, to the victor belong the spoils. You go in. You win the war and you take it. … Stephanopoulos: It would take hundreds of thousands of troops to secure the oil fields.
Trump: Excuse me. No, it wouldn’t at all. … Stephanopoulos: So, we steal an oil field?
Trump: Excuse me. You’re not stealing. Excuse me. You’re not stealing anything. You’re taking-- we’re reimbursing ourselves-- at least, at a minimum, and I say more. We’re taking back $1.5 trillion to reimburse ourselves.
So the US declares war on a country, and then to pay for the war it caused it steals from the people that live there. Brilliant. On one level you have to admire the chutzpah of the man. This is actually what the US has done for a long time. At least he admits it, and by doing it in public view it will enable a President Trump to steal more than usual. I guess one has to admire an honest thief.
While Stephanopolis exaggerates the number of troops needed, it will be large. But hey, who cares–the oil will pay for it. Madeline Albright, former Secretary of State for President Clinton, admitted that the sanction policies of the US she oversaw had killed 600,000, mainly children and the elderly, in Iraq. This was before the war in Iraq even started. I doubt it was actually that large. But at least 1 million Iraqis have died as a direct results of the actions of the US. My guess is that it is much more. They do not hate us because of our freedoms, they hate us because the US has murdered millions of people in the Arab world. I have this gut feeling that actually Trump does not want to do this, and this is him posturing for votes. But either way this makes him unfit to be president.
Bernie Sanders is an interesting case. He says he is a socialist. To a progressive type that sounds, well it sounds so progressive. What is socialism? Merriam Webster tell us: a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies.
What this means is that most land and business will be owned by the government. Farming is a major industry after all. Everyone, the vast majority anyway, would be employed by the government.
Once again I have this gut feeling that Sanders is not serious about this, and that he says he is a socialist because it is cutesy and trendy, and so Starbucks. But if he is serious, then the result would be catastrophic. If he is not serious, then he is also saying something he knows is false to get votes. Another option is that Sanders is too dumb to know what socialism is. Either way he is unfit for office.
How would I describe all modern politicians including Sanders and Trump? Fascist. While this is my definition, fascism is a way of organizing a society in which major industries are privately owned but controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies. This describes 
America today. It describes most countries. While a progressive might say that the elites control the governments, I feel that this is a distinction without a difference.
America today. It describes most countries. While a progressive might say that the elites control the governments, I feel that this is a distinction without a difference. So am I serious when I say that "If Trump or Sanders is Elected I Am Probably Leaving the US"? Absolutely. But then again I am probably leaving if they don't get elected.
Oh well, time to get back to my Russian on Rosetta Stone. I am learning boy/boys, girl/girls, he/she, man/men, woman/women who eat/drink/read/run/write. Wish me luck, as a case-based language Russian is difficult.