Hey, uh... I am a curious and politically minded American, and I try to stay as well informed as possible with the media that is available to me online (I am neither ignorant or narrow minded enough to believe that American media would ever have the ability or the motivation to inform me about the rest of the world), so I do have an opinion on the war, based on the information that is available to me. With that said, this isn't the appropriate place to be having this discussion. It has been repeatedly asked that the political conversation be stopped or moved to prevent the locking of this thread, and that's not a request that is at all unreasonable. Regardless of your beliefs or affiliations, please show the appropriate respect for the memory of a man who was a gifted chess player, regardless of the origin of the orders that he was given, and was trying to carry out, at the time of his death.
@BetaRealm, this post perfectly explains why I’m not responding.
The reason why I’m blocking people and not responding to arguments is because political debate is not allowed on the public forums. If I engage, then this thread will get locked by moderators. Instead, if one of my friends starts getting political, I PM him and ask him to stop, and if a stranger starts getting political I block him.