When two good friends divorce I don't see it as my role to take sides or punish one (Reply #43)

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Thu Jun 23, 2016, 07:56 AM

Lee-Lee (6,324 posts)

43. When two good friends divorce I don't see it as my role to take sides or punish one

Unless one engaged in some sort of behavior that would cause me to treat them differently absent the divorce.

What goes between them is between them.

I see this as the same thing on a global sale. It's their divorce. It's just a situation where they don't see it working out anymore. I hope they stay together but if they split we shoild treat them the same as we did before.

This talk of "punishing" them for dropping out is nonsense. It is not ten role of the USA to act as a spiteful friend for the EU after a bad breakup.

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If Britain leaves the EU [View all]	RB TexLa	Jun 2016	OP
Britain is one of our deepest, closest allies	metroins	Jun 2016	#1
I disagree. They have a trade deal with the US right now through the EU.	RB TexLa	Jun 2016	#3
We can always negotiate another	metroins	Jun 2016	#5
I do not think we should. They want to contribute to a non-unified Europe, they can pay the price	RB TexLa	Jun 2016	#7
This would only hurt us	metroins	Jun 2016	#8
That's like saying a friendship is beneficial only because of how old it is. We will survive a	RB TexLa	Jun 2016	#9
5th largest gdp	metroins	Jun 2016	#10
Yes, but why do we want to	Travis_0004	Jun 2016	#12
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Do you have any data backing this assertion?	Albertoo	Jun 2016	#14
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The EU had zero impact on immigration, as can easily be proven	Albertoo	Jun 2016	#19
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The figure for Pakistan shows your link immigration/EU is wrong	Albertoo	Jun 2016	#22
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Since entry in the EU, the share of European immigration in the UK DECLINED	Albertoo	Jun 2016	#27
"As of 2014, 790,000 people born in Poland were estimated to be resident in the UK"	uppityperson	Jun 2016	#23
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UK voters chose entry in the EU which stated ever closer union in its constitution preamble	Albertoo	Jun 2016	#28
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Why are you so personally invested?	uppityperson	Jun 2016	#30
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Are you out of your trees?	Corporate666	Jun 2016	#34
I don't quite get..	sendero	Jun 2016	#42
Well said	Corporate666	Jun 2016	#48
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What is the existing trade agreement between the US and the EU? TTIP is under negotiation but	pampango	Jun 2016	#38
Agree completely	Glorfindel	Jun 2016	#4
EU is corporate run to slash wages and benefits by inducing emigration/immigration nt	msongs	Jun 2016	#2
What they are doing is stupid and dangerous.	Meldread	Jun 2016	#16
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If the EU breaks apart, Europe as we know it begins to collapse.	Meldread	Jun 2016	#20
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Why should countries remain together if they don't want to?	Corporate666	Jun 2016	#35
My response.	Meldread	Jun 2016	#37
So you're in favor of	Corporate666	Jun 2016	#47
Less or more favorable for us or them?	Recursion	Jun 2016	#17
The EU has been shooting themselves for awhile	davidn3600	Jun 2016	#32
history	nationalize the fed	Jun 2016	#33
After bailing their asses out of two world wars,	tirebiter	Jun 2016	#36
Hmm let's see	whatthehey	Jun 2016	#44
The US 'should' treat them the same but the UK will find that their negotiating clout is diminshed	pampango	Jun 2016	#39
So we're actually discussing how to punish the UK for leaving the EU???	ileus	Jun 2016	#40
"Do nothing" sounds good. Why must we react at all? nt	bemildred	Jun 2016	#41
When two good friends divorce I don't see it as my role to take sides or punish one	Lee-Lee	Jun 2016	#43
One little wrinkle	whatthehey	Jun 2016	#45
So let me get this straight. You will not trade with a country that votes to leave the EU but	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2016	#46

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