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She never stated everyone benefited from the Iraq war.Yes it is. Sorry that you do not want to deal with that basic fact but the Iraq war - weather or not it benefited anything at all - is immaterial to the fact that the military benefits all.It is interesting that you felt the need to point that out when his asinine question was a straw man itself - she never stated that the Iraq war benefited everyone but that the MILITARY benefited everyone. That is simply a fact that is painfully obvious.Strawman. That isn't what he said. Who benefited from the war in Iraq?
Of course, that in itself is an asinine line of questioning anyway because it was assuming that the right is somehow the vaunted pro military action party when that has ceased to be the case. In general, both parties are now active war mongers and this president has presided in an expansion of overseas military action all over the place. Fewer troops on the ground (though we are going BACK to Iraq), a lot more missiles blowing shit up.
I don't really see the real advantage here.
She said :
Left wingers benefit from the services of the military.
He brought up a specific conflict and asked how did anyone benefit in that?
That isn't a strawman.
Or I guess we could simply argue PP's merits based entirely on abortion and ignore the other services it offers. That is exactly what you just did with the military. Bring up a single engagement and ignore the entirety of the military's history to argue that it does not benefit all.
That still doesn't make it a strawman. Yes - I agree, that in general the military does benefit us all. Looking at specific conflicts however, it is less clear.
When she responded with: You telling me you don't benefit from the military? No - he never said that, he brought up a specific conflict where it is doubtful there was much if any benefit. Which is what a strawman argument is![]()
Se how they are identical in the manner in which they attack an argument never made.
She said everyone benefited from the military - that all inclusive statement includes the Iraq War - right?