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Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Swallwell drops out of the race amid allegations of rape and sexual harassment..
Motion to expel him from congress to be filed ,if he doesn't resign.
He is a slime ball. He also faces allegations of lying on his mortgage application about his primary residence.
Other accusations are also cropping up involving campaign financing. He hired a Brazil nanny paying her with campaign funds ,then retained her for years after her work authorization permit expired.

Complete democrat douchebag.

basilico:
Back to regular programming.

California front runner for Governor in focus. Swallwell hit with explosive claims of rape and abuse of and including his staffers. Swallwell who was intimate with Chinese spy Fang Fang denies the accusations. He sat on the house intelligence committee once.
Hakeem Jeffries, Adam Schiff, Labour unions withdraw their support but they are not calling on him to resign. They went after Matt Gaetz over far much less widely but widely exaggerated claims.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico:


The oil rich countries in ME can stay for a month without exporting a single drop of oil.
Can the rest of the world stay without ME oil. Especially Europe who are too scared to be attacked by Iranian hypersonic,ballistic, gliding, deadly,unstoppable arsenal of missiles.

Pakistani also sent 13000 troops and F16 fighter jets to help protect the Saudi King Abdulaziz Air base. The same day the neutral atom was mediating talks. Furthermore on same day Saudi and Qatar gave Pakistani $5 billion grant which needed $4.8 B in external obligations it was having problems paying.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:28am On Apr 13
Obrigardo:
A man who has gone full blown insane.
You must be one full blown dirty person tbh
Just height of foolishness
2028 dream team.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:26am On Apr 13
Bemeruca. Family attacks journalist

Savanah Hernandez, a Turning Point USA reporter, was doing her job filming an anti-ICE protest outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis when a deranged family turned violent. Paige Ostroushko, her mother DeYanna, and father Chris Ostroushko launched an unprovoked attack, blasting ear-piercing whistles in her face, shoving, punching, and slamming her to the ground.

Multiple videos from every angle prove it was a cowardly ambush. The family surrounded Hernandez, escalated with physical blows, and left her with a headache and stiff neck. Chris – the self-proclaimed “Minnesota Angry Man” – had to be held back by several men as he charged at her again. Hernandez never spoke a word to them all day. She was simply reporting on a public street

Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office confirms charges are being brought against the three Ostroushkos for the assault on Hernandez and a deputy. A fourth person faces obstruction charges. Hernandez is pushing hard to make sure they face full accountability – criminal and civil.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:13am On Apr 13
Obrigardo:
No one reads your crappy copy paste here.
Are you that crappy?
It's for my own records. Why did Obamacare provide PrEP to rapists and pimps.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:02am On Apr 13
*cross posted.

Iran has no leverage. They went into Islamabad thinking Americans will fold .
_With blockade , no ship to pay them $2 million At peak 140 ships transited the straits of Hormuz daily, Iran was looking at $280 million a day ,$100 billion a year in ransom alone.
_China buys 90% of Iranian oil at a discounted price. They will have to source elsewhere at international market prices.
_Saudi Arabia pipeline is now operating at full capacity 7 mbpd bypassing the Straits.Still enough oil for them to maintain their royal castles .
_Iran was hoping Chinese manpads would be a game changer.50% tariffs slapped on China if they supply Iran with weapons. China sells $450 B of goods to America.
_Iran has held a high level meeting with America. Noone will accuse America of not doing everything to stop the war.it's now on record.
_UAE money transfers ,the lifeline of Iran evading economic sanctions are now shut down.
_ Iran speaker and foreign affairs minister are now on target. IDF had the Speakers location a few weeks ago and were ready to blow him up , Pakistani requested IDF to let the Speaker live for negotiations to take place
_ Iran refused to hand over the 440 kg of HEU. If they only wanted uranium fuel America and allies were willing to supply them free of charge. Iran wants it's centrifuges spinning

Iran regime comes off devoid of reality and dimwitted. Their last options are mining the sea ,drones and ballistic missiles.
When China feels the pinch of buying cheap oil they will prevail upon Iran to reopen the straits.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico:
Iran has no leverage. They went into Islamabad thinking Americans will fold .
_With blockade , no ship to pay them $2 million At peak 140 ships transited the straits of Hormuz daily, Iran was looking at $280 million a day ,$100 billion a year in ransom alone.
_China buys 90% of Iranian oil at a discounted price. They will have to source elsewhere at international market prices.
_Saudi Arabia pipeline is now operating at full capacity 7 mbpd bypassing the Straits.Still enough oil for them to maintain their royal castles .
_Iran was hoping Chinese manpads would be a game changer.50% tariffs slapped on China if they supply Iran with weapons. China sells $450 B of goods to America.
_Iran has held a high level meeting with America. Noone will accuse America of not doing everything to stop the war.it's now on record.
_UAE money transfers ,the lifeline of Iran evading economic sanctions are now shut down.
_ Iran speaker and foreign affairs minister are now on target. IDF had the Speakers location a few weeks ago and were ready to blow him up , Pakistani requested IDF to let the Speaker live for negotiations to take place
_ Iran refused to hand over the 440 kg of HEU. If they only wanted uranium fuel America and allies were willing to supply them free of charge. Iran wants it's centrifuges spinning.
_ There are reports hundreds of oil tankers are steaming towards America to load up on oil and gas for export . Chevron is importing 300,000 BPD of oil from Venezuela.

Iran regime comes off devoid of reality and dimwitted. Their last options are mining the sea ,drones and ballistic missiles.
When China feels the pinch of buying cheap oil they will prevail upon Iran to reopen the straits.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
DeepSight:
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Can you list how many wars Iran has started and let's compare to how many the USA has started.
Ayatollahs mean what they say death to America Death to Israel. The notion that Iran is an innocent country suddenly attacked is just laughable.

Since 1979, studies have identified at least 218 Iranian external operations, including assassinations, abductions, and surveillance plots. While Iran frequently uses proxies to maintain plausible deniability, various international courts and intelligence agencies have directly linked the Iranian government or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to several major attacks.

Significant Attacks with Direct Involvement1
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1983 Beirut Barracks Bombings: 241 U.S. and 58 French service members killed; U.S. courts found high-level Iranian officials directly implicated.
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1994 AMIA Bombing (Argentina): 85 people killed in a Jewish community center; Argentinian investigators determined the attack was plotted by Iranian officials in Mashhad.
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1996 Khobar Towers Bombing (Saudi Arabia): 19 U.S. service members killed; U.S. courts found Iran responsible for directing and supporting the attack.
4.
1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings (Kenya/Tanzania): 224 people killed; U.S. courts found Iran provided Al-Qaeda with the training and assistance necessary for the bombings.
5 The USS Cole Bombing (2000)While the attack on the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, was physically carried out by Al-Qaeda, the U.S. legal system has formally linked Iran to the operation.
6.
603 American Deaths from EFPs (Iraq War)According to declassified Pentagon reports released by the U.S. Department of State, Iran was directly responsible for the deaths of at least 603 U.S. service members in Iraq between 2003 and 2011.

Assassinations in Europe (1980s–1990s): Dozens of Iranian dissidents were assassinated across Europe, including the 1992 Mykonos restaurant killings in Berlin, which a German court linked to Iran’s top leadership.

Recent Direct Attacks & Plots
1.
Failed Plot in Paris (2018): An Iranian diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for supplying explosives for a mass casualty attack targeting a political meeting.
2.
Drone & Rocket Attacks (2022–2024): Direct IRGC actions include a 2022 rocket attack in Iraqi Kurdistan and a 2023 drone strike in Syria that killed U.S. contractors.

Plot Against U.S. Officials (2024): An Iranian national and IRGC asset was charged with plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials

Statistical Overview of Recent ActivityGlobal Totals:
Between 2020 and 2024, there were 67 documented Iranian terrorist operations, including 17 attempted assassinations.

European Focus: Since 2021, over 50 plots have been identified in Europe alone, with the UK's MI5 reporting 20 disrupted plots in 2025.


I have not included Iran funding, arming and directing the war against Israel through Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbolla. Oct 7 was supposed to be given the final fo ahead by Iran,Hamas jumped the gun, betrayed Iran alarmed by the Abraham Accords where it's long time supporters were moving to recognize Israel.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 3:23am On Apr 13
Righteousness2:
CENTCOM:
The blockade on all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports will begin on April 13 at 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time.
A side story. UAE has detained Iran currency changers . They are the ones who handle Iran foreign currency.
Big loss expected to Iran
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 3:20am On Apr 13
sainttwist1:
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Pls open fire....I want the season to restart
The two destroyers ignored. They also set the stage for clearing the mines. Iran planted mines on the southern side Oman and UAE. Ships transiting have to use the safe area near Iranian shores where they have to pay ransom to pass
Iran lost track of their mines.
A mine doesn't distinguish what ship to hit . The US now has to find and remove the mines.

That's just water Iran is threatening the whole world with. What if they had a nuclear bomb.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:10am On Apr 13
This should send liberal heads exploding
Trump Tower on the moon

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:32pm On Apr 12
DeepSight:
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You are indoctrinated. That's what you will think.

But open your mind.

You condemn ritual human sacrifice.

And yet you believe in the ritual human sacrifice of Jesus.

How is that consistent?
Go ahead and mock the Lord, you have the absolute right to.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:31pm On Apr 12
DeepSight:
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Wide perspective indeed. Can you remind me if there was any problem about the strait as recently as February?

It amazes me that you think yourself objective.

In what you say, you ignore the fact that Iran is the country that was suddenly attacked in the middle of negotiations.
Iran didn't start to threaten America and Israel from yesterday. Iran has killed many Americans and Israel.
Incase you didn't know that.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:27pm On Apr 12
TV01:
Acts 20:28
Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

God took on human form and freely laid down His life to pay the penalty for our sin, deliver us from bondage (slavery even) and offer us eternal life.

Maybe try viewing things through other than you hate filled lens and choose life.


TV
Deepsight is mocking the Lord. He is free to do that . He won't be the first neither the last.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:14pm On Apr 12
DeepSight:
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And yet, the most belligerent country in the world remains the USA. The only country to ever use an atomic weapon. The only country to have interfered militarily in scores of countries and overthrown scores of governments. The largest financier of insurrections and terrorism.
Iran is holding the whole world hostage over water which is shared by them, UAE and Oman.
What if they had a nuke?
Sometimes it's good to view situations from a wider perspective.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:27pm On Apr 12
Another liberal caught red handed lying about being detained by ICE/CBP.

Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt has filed a civil defamation lawsuit against[b] Sundas “Sunny” Naqv[/b]i for lying about the arrest, her family friend Kevin Morrison, who is a Cook County (Illinois) Commissioner and 10 John Doe defendants who published false statements.

Naqvi said she got back from a work trip to Turkey on March 5.

She claimed that CBP at the Chicago airport held her for 30-48 hours, then took her to the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois.

She said they then took her across state lines and tossed her in a Dodge County Jail in Juneau, Wisconsin.

She claimed she was released in the middle of the night two days later and hitched a ride to a hotel in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where family picked her up.

Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison, the family friend, held a press conference the next day and accused law enforcement of a cover-up and illegal detention of American citizens without due process.

The hoax led to protests in the Chicago area.

Sheriff Schmidt’s investigation:

🔺️March 5 - Naqvi’s flight got to O’Hare around 10:21 a.m. CBP records show she went into secondary inspection at 10:46 a.m. and was released to the public area at 11:42 a.m. Which equals 56 minutes not 30+ hours.

🔺️March 5: She checked into the Hampton Inn & Suites in Rosemont, Illinois at about 1:17 p.m.
Hotel folio and records show she stayed there until checkout on March 8.

🔺️She sent texts: “going to look into this hotel”, “in the room now” “May I use your card to pay my spa lady?”

🔺️There are no records of her at Broadview ICE or any transport to Wisconsin by law enforcement.

🔺️Phone location data and texts show she wasn't at the detention facility and the screenshots of her phone pinging at ICE facilities were fabricated.

🔺️March 7: A man she knew drove her from the hotel to Wisconsin.

🔺️Flock cameras, gas station video in Slinger, WI (around 5:38 a.m.), and Holiday Inn Express footage in Beaver Dam show her arriving there around 6:33-6:36 a.m. She took selfies in the Beaver Dam hotel lobby.

🔺️Family later picked her up.

Sheriff Schmidt saying,
“Sundas Naqvi was not detained by ICE at any time. She was not transported to Broadview detention facility. She was not transported across state lines to Dodge County by law enforcement anyway. She was not in the custody of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office.”

The story also claimed she was on a work trip for a German software company. The company has no record of her employment.

Schmidt also revealed that Naqvi has a history of false police reports.

In 2019, she pleaded guilty to filing a false s*xual assault claim in Skokie and received probation.

The suit seeks $1 million in damages from each of the named defendants.
#ChristinaAguayoNews
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:11pm On Apr 12
LordReed:
To say I am disappointed that you mischaracterised my argument is an understatement. basilico asked for inventions based on Islamic study and I followed up by asking for inventions based on Christianity study. How is that me asking show me Pythagoras in OT? I hold you in higher esteem than what you are displaying here man.
I mentioned electromagnetism is in the scriptures because I know it isn't.
The Quran is a small book with nothing scientific in it, that I also know.
We were on doubting the Islamic golden age.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:07pm On Apr 12
DeepSight:
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I dont know what happened. I believe there is a big story there that will only emerge in future. There is a lot about the circumstances that are very contradictory and bizarre, you will agree.
Joe Biden should reveal what he meant by we'll see whether he drops out after that fateful weekend. Jill suddenly had a function in the same state causing most Secret Service in PA to be reassigned to her detail. Snipers weren't stationed in that roof because of it's slope, according to the woman DEI head of Secret Service then

That's the only big story I can think of .
That's for another day.
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Serial draft dodgers dont have brass balls. Its not courageous to send others to die while you sit an ocean away more protected than anyone on the planet.
Smerconish of CNN is no longer doubtful Iran would have used the A bomb on America if they had one.
🚨NEW: CNN's Michael Smerconish says Iran Conflict has "CONVINCED" him that Tehran would nuke US🇺🇸

"If anything, the war has convinced me that they ARE capable, that they are WILLING to use that kind of weapon if they had one."


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Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:00pm On Apr 12
DeepSight:
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You once asked me to engage you, promising that you are objective and open minded. So far from that, if one labors to write properly to you, you dont even read.

This matter of civilization and innovation is one which has advanced studies on it. We live in the information age. There is even AI to assist you. Make an effort.

Its infantile to link innovation to Judeo Christian culture.
Human capital thrives in an orderly society. This leads to more rapid development. When the smartest people are left to function they produce something. If they are jailed or taken out it's a loss to the society.
That's what we've been saying.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:52pm On Apr 12
You don't think he was shot?
I'm.learning so much about you.

DeepSight:
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Yeah yeah, after NOT fighting such wars was one of his biggest campaign points!


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You know very well that writing the way you did made it sound like a proper headshot whereas it wasnt.

That aside, I wish I had his magic ear with its magic healing capacity.
He has brass balls. Iran is allowing those who pay $2 million to transit through.
Good luck Iran and China.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:45pm On Apr 12
bemeruca:
Budaatum come and receive your brothers, we don't want them here or in Canada
They said goodbye UK smiley
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:42pm On Apr 12
DeepSight:
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Thats rich coming from a man who is advocating a religion that has ritual human sacrifice as its centre-piece teaching.
Besides, this is moral evolution and different from the matter of innovation we discussed.
Admit the Judeo Xtianity culture leads from the front. Others follow.
That's so simple , you don't have to bring up other matters to deviate
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:24pm On Apr 12
TV01:
Hello Sir,

haven't you noticed by now that re-framing is one of DeepSight' signature moves.

TV - There is nothing that has driven recent scientific and technological advancement in humankind than that which emanated or mimicked the outworking of nations historically rooted in the JC culture.

DeepSight - it's ahistorical and you are unwell to suggest that physics is not taught in Ibadan Grammar School grin grin grin grin grin.

LordReed - show me the Pythagoras theorem in the OT cheesy cheesy cheesy

Laugh 0


TV
They don't want to accept that the JC culture brought about rapid development when advances starting taking off.
They are clinging to the idea that development was just organic and happened without any external factor encouraging social cohesion and order
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:21pm On Apr 12
DeepSight:
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One can validly say that the Renaissance and Age of Enlightenment involved a lot of rebellion against Judeo Christian religious constrictions and limitations of thought.

IRON CLAD FACT.
And that rebellion wasn't totally crushed.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:20pm On Apr 12
DeepSight:
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Stop. I asked you a question. Rewind and address my questions first. It will help you.

Did Rome, Greece and Egypt require the JC culture to advance, flourish and innovate? Did the Chinese require it to invent the many things they did including gun powder, paper, the compass, the seismograph and the blast furnace?
Maybe they could have discovered a lot more if they didn't kill so many of their own citizens for political views for example.The moment every person in a society is considered valuable until proven otherwise , society takes a giant leap forward.

The tiger economies took off after learning from the evil blue eyed man.

The answer is obvious.

I can only smile at how pedestrian your thinking at that of TV01 actually are. There are advanced academic studies on what drives civilization and innovation and you guys are not even scratching the surface.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 12:42pm On Apr 12
DeepSight:
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Let me help you. Forget about Islam for a minute. Tell me about other cultures. They all invented nothing as well?


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How so?

Do you know that there are scientifically sound reasons for the advancement of Europe?

Please your absurdity is giving me a headache. Tell me how exactly the JC culture led to innovation.

Be specific.

And as you do so, let me give you a nugget for thought. When Rome, Greece and Egypt were all light years ahead of back waters like Germania and Britannia, was it on account of religious culture?

Would you be smart enough to spare a thought for their location on the Mediterranean for example?
Why is it that the most advanced societies were from JC culture. Before the Asian tigers, Japan China caught up?
Don't you dare say slavery or colonization. Switzerland Sweden Norway Denmark etc didn't have colonies .
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:54am On Apr 12
Victors wrote the history about the golden age of Islam.
I'm glad you recognize that ISIS caliphate broke no Islamic law
My take is that Islam doesn't foster innovation apart from the very obvious like using ox drawn ploughs instead of hoes.

Why you think thousands flocked to Raqqa and ISS.To live in the khilafa under Sharia . Thousands and thousands some from western upper middle class families.
When Khomeini returned to Iran ,within 30 days the Iranian people voted overwhelmingly to be ruled by Sharia.You saw how it worked out for them. Today Muslims in Europe and everywhere else demand Sharia based concessions from the hosts like marrying cousins, halal meat, a muezzin blasting the call to prayer 5 times a day,

The JC culture accelerated rapid development of the west leaving every other culture light years behind.

DeepSight:
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That is certainly not the bone of contention. The bone is whether inventions are limited to JC cultures.
And even a two year old can tell you they are not.
Only lunatics would say they are.

Mind you, while you have limited yourself to Islam, I have spread the net to all other non JC Cultures from antiquity - which covers the real question as framed by the obviously unwell TV01.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:18am On Apr 12
LordReed:
Well then the question is stupid because you gave a stupid example with the Quran, which is why when asked to produce such an example with the Bible, you turn around to call it stupid. Blame yourself for the stupidity.
ISIS reenacted how the Caliphs of Islam ruled. Every thing they did was to the letter according to the Quran and hadeeths . Everything law they passed was Islamic Every punishment was Islamic including public beheadings.

Do you think under ISIS there would have been serious innovations from their Caliphate?

That's the bone of contention not about Judeo-Christianity.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:26am On Apr 12
DeepSight:
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Makes no sense. If it was, they would not have achieved so much.

Modern evolved culture is superior to barbarism yes. That is modernity. Not JC culture because that included the divine right of kings which led to totalitarianism, feudalism and slavery for example. Also the witch hunts and much more.
I already know you don't want to accept that the JC culture is superior to every other .
You will not make believe that Islam did actually shape the innovation sector to the better. I'm already biased against Islam based on what I know about it .
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:23am On Apr 12
DeepSight:
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Makes no sense. If it was, they would not have achieved so much.

Modern evolved culture is superior to barbarism yes. That is modernity. Not JC culture because that included the divine right of kings which led to totalitarianism, feudalism and slavery for example. Also the witch hunts and much more.
Saudi Arabia Sharia laws are just as terrible as ISIS.. I have raised serious doubts about the truth of the Islamic Golden Age
Most of those inventors were not Arab by the way.
They were descendents of people who had been conquered and converted (forcibly) to Islam.
Google Gemini.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:15am On Apr 12
DeepSight:
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Entertainers draw crowds.
And make no mistake a serial draft dodger can never be a warrior.
Anything I put in italics is usually copy and paste.

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