**** Elections thread *****

[Savy]

I hope you're right.

You just have to think what's to gain for each party & what's to lose?

The absolute carnage that would be involved in a war between the US and Russia (and all the other big countries that would inevitably get involved) would be so bad that it's very hard to see any gain outweighing that. Although nukes will inevitably kill billions of people eventually their use as a war deterrent is pretty outstanding.

[Poopadoop]

I think it's nearly inconsequential whether it ends up being President Parkinson's or President Pussy-Grabber in terms of going to war with Russia. It takes some serious hutzpah to start a war that could condemn half the world to death and I don't think either of them really has it in them.

The fear I have of Trump is that he's more likely than Clinton to act the bully in foreign affairs, and to do things like Bush did where he attacks a country without a reason. I also think he'd be worse for the country in general, just 'cause he'd be more interested in getting his face on TV and promoting the Trump brand than in managing the country. Part of me suspects that's his whole motivation in fact; win or lose, it's all free advertising.