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Greenland minister tearful as she describes ‘intense pressure’ amid Trump’s threats
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Seriously. How do we have all these soft, weepy, unprepared children in charge of our countries?
Where's Winston Fucking Churchill when you need him?
Oh boy... trust me you don't want a Churchill in relative peacetime.
But when we have stoic assholes they tend to become dictators. I guess pushovers aren't great, but the world would be a great place if we all had leaders capable of normal feelings instead of the sociopathic greedy ghouls that rise to the top.
That is the only thing that can happen, you wont "rise to the top" unless you are a sociopathic greedy goul. Of course there are degreees of ghoulishness.
probably whipping slaves in hell, although I guess the slaves probably don't go to hell.