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I've thought before I'll answer. It is a grossly stupid idea that will never be carried out. The first rule of being Commander in Chief, or any military leader for that matter, is that you don't put people in harm's way if there is not a military benefit for doing so. If such a thing was directed, it would be strenuously advised against, and I have no doubt that not only would it not be carried out, but would result in the resignations of the Sect. of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. It is a horrible, useless notion, and not what the US military does. Hopefully, just a giant red herring from a guy who doesn't think much before he talks.

Sad, but the entire thing is a result of failing to address reality. The greatest example of kicking the can down the road. Does any sane individual with a modicum of knowledge about the Persian thing think for a second that Iran was going to abandon its nuclear program because of a "deal" with American President Barack Obama? Ludicrous. This preposterous view by grossly political Americans, (my party gets it right, yours gets it wrong), flies in the face of reality. There is no chance that Obama was going to stop them just as there is no chance that any diplomacy is going to stop them. Its simply an option to get a bunch of career pols around a table for a photo shoot and add something to a faked resume. Iran has never stopped, and is not going to stop developing this stuff until some other event occurs, and that has been the reality since they decided to pursue this weapons program. Obama, Trump, Lincoln or whomever, it doesn't matter. The theory that some president of the US has the negotiating skill to control such a decision in Tehran or Pyonyang is not supported by any current reality.

So passing on a response when Iran shot down a US aircraft in international airspace supports the thought that he "wanted that war." There is no more clear acts or war than that. On other notes you have mentioned, nobody has any issues with the horrible nature of the Shah, but that has nothing to do with this. On a further note, I do not know of one serious, familiar with their operations, informed individual who ever thought that Iran was going to cease its nuclear weapons program because of the "deal" it had in place. The same for North Korea. They are simply not going to stop of their own volition. Unfortunately, that is the reality.

Very odd for a team to begin its season and end its season in games where a 16-0 lead was blown.

So in your thread starting post you posted: "From day one Trump was intent on doing economic warfare on Iran and now we have seen that escalate to a shooting war. " And an hour ago, you state: "It didn’t start in ‘79, it started way before that." Do you not see the incongruity of your own statements? I'm not the kind of guy that gets into keyboard arguments or piles on, but you are one strange source. The fact is that the "shooting" between Iran, the US and a host of other countries has been going on for decades. From seizing an embassy, blindfolding and parading people around Tehran, the crap they source in the middle east through proxies, mining the Strait of Hormuz, (viewed in international law as an act of war and thus "shooting"), launching missiles, running gun boats at ships in international waters, mining a vessel, including the USS Roberts, shooting a drone in international airspace and a host of other things on their side..... and on ours: Operation Praying Mantis which basically sunk half their fleet, including dropping an LGB down the stack of the Iranian ship Sabalan, (mistakenly attributed to an A-6, but actually done by an F-18 from my old squadron, go Shrikes, and on and on and on. Ya. the shooting just started. '

Nope. Never fired. I got the first intercept of an Iranian hostile after the embassy. Launched of Kitty Hawk and got a com to connect with the E2, early warning aircraft. They linked me to an intercept of an Iranian P3 who was closing on the ship, at 200 miles. Tapped him at 150 miles, and showed him my missiles, two heaters,with the appropriate hand signals, telling him that if he threatened the task force I would kill him. Task Force commander, aboard Kitty Hawk at the time, said that if he gets within 50 miles, I was going to get a cleared to fire, or if they open any doors on the bottom. The speculation was that they had Harpoon, and anti ship missile we had sold them, and that was a reasonable range to eliminate the threat. He closed to 45 miles, my missiles were locked, and I asked for a cleared to fire, and they said no. P3 got to 30 miles, and I said that since it was so close, I would first take out the missile as it dropped, and then the airplane. The guy turned away at 25 miles. I often wonder what would have happened if I simply shot him and claimed an aggressive action within the rules of engagement. North Indian Ocean. Nobody would have known Glad I didn't, 'cause I'm a good guy.

Are you allowed to function in your community? I have spent four posts curing and cleaning up the nonsense you do here. I never said we should have been at war with them. What I said was that that this started in '79, and it is ignorant to not know that.

They have been waging war on us and others since 1979. If you don't know this, you are ignorant. It has been a "shooting war" for decades. To not know this is to be completely ignorant of history. By the way, stop speculating on "what I want." You have no idea, and your theories are preposterous.

I'm kinda sure what point I'm trying to make, and the point is that Iran has been killing Americans for years, and for you to suggest that Trump, who I cannot stand, just made this a shooting war, is preposterous. The Iranians have been waging war for years, on a host of different fronts, including international waters. I've been watching this for years, knowing all the time that some eventual conflict between the Islamic Republic and the US was inevitable, unless a regime or direction change occurred in Tehran. You stating that "people have been fighting forever, so.." is preposterous. Iran has been killing Americans for years, and that is a small portion of what they do.

I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but you are posting things that have absolutely nothing to do with what I have said. Iran has been responsible for hundreds, if not thousands of deaths of US servicemen for decades. That is my point. This "shooting" has been going on for decades.

Are you involved in some personal fantasy? I never said it was "nothing," and I never said it wasn't "newsworthy." Do you just conjure this trash up? I said the killing has been going on for years. This isn't the start.

The killing in this began decades ago, just as the "shooting war" did. Across many countries and waters, this shooting and killing has been going on for years. Absolutely ignorant to not acknowledge this. I know for certain the US military has.

Also Saturday morning, at 2:48 eastern, the earth will be at perihelian, its closest distance from the sun in the year 2020. So....Lots going on Sat morning. Something going on Sat afternoon as well.

That's pretty good.

First game I attended. Sep 22 vs. the Kansas City Chiefs. Ended up a 27-27 tie. Sat behind KC wide receiver Chris Burford's parents.

Women are weird. I couldn't get my wife to start our 45 hp Kubota tractor. Then we got 22" of snow while I was in Buenos Aires, (summer down there), and she did the 850 driveway with a six foot blade and I couldn't get her off the thing when I got home. So....Quick thinking me..... I got her a zero turn four foot mower for her birthday, and she does the entire lawn, leaving me to do the other acreage on the tractor.

He was "Dooby" before it meant something else. I had my sister craft some wide tape into a "44" and put it on a blank jersey I had as a kid.

I remember a a very brief lyric from a song from the early - mid 50's that's been stuck in my head for decades. I know the tune as well, but the lyric was: "On brave old Bu-fa-lo Bills, On to vic-to-ry." Not sure where I heard it, but it could have been from the lead in to WBEN radio casts in the early 60's.

We are about five plays into this game and there is already a huge delay on a pass interference call. I am absolutely certain that at the end of this year, someone will start a thread about the 2019 season, but to be the first, the 2019 season is going to be about how horrible this officiating has been. The NFL needs to solve this, but the vector is not good.

That is one grossly empty stadium.

No secret there. That's why he turned down at least three offers to command the Intl Space Station.

Le Batard has been a Miami jerk forever. His show is bizarre. I had it on when I was driving last Friday after the Steelers game, and he and his group started blasting the Bills at 10:40am eastern, calling Buffalo a "pit," and opining how horrible it is that ESPN ponied up to buy the Sat playoff games which nobody would ever want to watch because the Bills will be in one. Unbelievably insulting, and I never get worked up over clowns like him, but that was excessive. As he began railing on Josh Allen, I changed the station promising myself I would never listen to that thing again. Just a stupid show that spends way more time talking about absolutely idiotic stuff and personal experiences than it does on what the subject is supposed to be.

I think his timeout to spot the offensive set is used up. It is extremely predictable now. I'm guessing it won't be long that opposing offenses will predict it and come out in some set and after the timeout, change the play, or he doesn't take the timeout, audible out of the original set into something they want to do. Last night it was extremely predictable.

Agree. Milano was a totally legit call, and Edmonds was horrible. One of the things I think needs to start getting some consideration is the gross attempts to punch the ball out and trigger a fumble. The Watt attempt on Josh at the end of the game was not a football move. It was a right hook aimed at his midsection. Any other play it's a personal foul and disqualification. I think it's time they reeled this stuff in.

I have no problem with the legitimate and deserved criticism of Allen's technical errors, and frankly, I getting a little tire of them. But....The third quarter was nothing more than a Steeler's documentary narrated by this crew. I was expecting them to break out an Ancestry.com report on the Rooney family, or maybe stop the game for a Rooney grandchild parade. It was overwhelming.