jamyskis: So by extension, you'd be a Saddam Hussein fan then, yeah? You do realise that the Syrian and Iraqi Baath'ists are cut from the same ideological cloth as Putin and Trump?

Crosmando: I don't think that's true, he only mentioned bombing and destroying ISIS (and maybe Al-Qaeda, I'm not sure).

Crosmando: IAlso Hillary took an extremely anti-Russian position during the election

Crosmando: IThe West should be working with Russia to destroy the Syrian opposition (really just jihadist terrorists).

darthspudius: Are you saying Clinton isn't a despicable horrible person? Of course she isn't. She only believes in causing violence, paying off people to do so, supports Black Lives Matter a known terrorist group, she's a third wave feminist which is extremely discriminating and sexist on its own and effectively changed the internet with her censorship of google, facebook, twitter etc.

Vainamoinen: ...promising to do all sorts of nazi shit once he's elected, and other nazi shit once he isn't elected.

Hey, at least he isn't talking about putting Clinton in jail any more, it's a start. You'll get through these eight years best if Trump doesn't keep a single one of his fascist promises.

Vainamoinen: He promised to bomb every single inch of these countries and civilians be damned, torture the shit out of them, then suggested to take all their oil as compensation for the US war efforts.

jamyskis: we have a living, breathing example of how a far-right government will tear itself and the country it governs apart that's not right on our doorstep.

Crosmando: Iraq was in a much better position under Saddam than it is today - i.e. Iraq was a modern, industrialized state with a secular government now it's a theocratic hellhole in perpetual civil war. But Saddam did make a mistake in his military adventurism. And yes, I greatly admire the Baath Party.

Same goes for Libya, it was a modern state now it's a theocratic hellhole. If Russia has done anything right, it's exposing the fraudulant hypocrisy that is "humanitarian interventionism". Nothing makes me more sick than the American liberals crying about "muh Syrian children" while at the same time saying we need to bomb the Syrian government and Russia, disgusting.

Trilarion: What a bad day. What's up with US voters? I don't get them and can only shake my head in disbelief.

Trump was one of the worst candidates ever and what he said should have been 10 times enough to make him not voteable, but nevertheless it happened? Do really millions of US Americans think exactly the same way? If this is true, may God help us all. I guess I underestimated the will of the American voters. I tend to call it stupidity actually, but well to everyone his own.

But then, it's democracy. Sometimes you get good results, seldom bad ones (this is such a case) but on average it's still better than all the alternatives, so it's fine.

The only good thing about it: the people who voted for him will have to suffer from him most (as if lower taxes on real estate will help them ;)) and while there is some impact on the world I hope it can be minimized.

So, all in all, good luck because there won't be much to look forward to any other way.

What I don't get is why people act against their own interests and vote for the stupidest choice where you do not need to be a genius at all to predict that nothing good will come out? It's a miracle.

From Obama to Trump. What an epic decline!