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14 minutes ago, BillStime said:
You mean, they couldn't indict so they smeared. him. Got it.
Trump adores you and appreciates your support.
This may be as hard for you to understand as it was for Biden to accurately express who the leaders of Mexica and Egypt are, but the point is.......
What I posted about Clinton lying under oath, nor Biden's grossly evident mental issues have nothing to do with Trump.
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1 hour ago, BillStime said:
Yes, of course- over a #### ###.
lmao
Ya the good old days.
All we had was the guy who appoints the attorney general lying under oath.
Now we have a guy who doesn't know who is dead or alive.
Who he as met with or what was said.
Lies about his Amtrack experiences over and over, his law school grades, his responsibilities as a "college professor,"
his supposed appointment to the Naval Academy, his arrest participating in the civil rights movement, his driving of a tractor trailer, his claim that there was no legal way to allow Afghan collaborators, (translators), into the US, the fact that classified documents in his possession were locked, that he didn't share classified information with his ghostwriter, and we won't go into plagiarism.
But it's all OK because he's too diminished to remember anything.
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46 minutes ago, BillStime said:
They started with Whitewater - couldn't find any wrongdoing - and landed on lying over consensual sex.
Monica was not raped.
The charge was lying under oath to a federal grand jury.
Kind of a serious, intentional lie, you know, under oath.
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19 hours ago, JaCrispy said:
The excuse of why not to prosecute Joe Biden sounds eerily familiar to the excuse they gave about why not to prosecute Hillary Clinton…
I remember late in W. Bush’s second term, there was serious contemplation on whether or not to impeach him, on the grounds of war crimes because of his torture program…Obviously, the government opted not to, because the Establishment wanted the next guy to continue that very same torture program…
Any impeachment process using enhanced interrogation as a focus would have been squashed the second that Congressional Intel oversight Committees figured out that if was attempted, records of their complicity would have exposed.
They were briefed, though some denied it.
In fact, she, Nancy Pelosi, used the same excuse Biden did.
"It wasn't me. I didn't know. It was my staff."
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3 hours ago, JaCrispy said:
I respect your opinion, but the CIA have no rules either…
People keep wanting to put our intelligence agencies on a pedestal, and it is simply not the case…
It's easy to state opinions about the CIA and other clandestine organizations because they're not going to respond.
With total certitude, my view is that the CIA has "rules," and there is Congressional oversight.
Sometimes it's more robust, but that's the system in place.
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I didn't start the thread.
The thread is about abortion.
As always, this claim that it is the mother only involved is a complete whiff on what the other view is, no matter how many times it is made, and irrespective of whether you agree with it.
The other view is that there is another life involved, at some point.
It is quite noticeable that you don't seem to acknowledge that, or seem to know that the view exists and should be considered, let alone respected, and those views lead folks to vote the way they do.
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31 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:
So absolutely wrong
The reason why you can’t let states decide is because there are people that are live in those states that don’t agree with itAnd that wouldn’t be an issue if they weren’t following them out of state and trying to prosecute them
It’s OK because it’s people like you that is allowing for the Republicans to lose. They think that they have a point and they’re going to see that it’s a losing proposition at the ball.
The majority of people and what they want, is what it’s supposed to be important
The Supreme Court gave Democrats a gift whenever they imposed that abortion ban and it’s bearing out that way
Perhaps, no quite likely, you miss the point.
If there are moral issues involved, people who care about those issues hold them higher than election results.
I could not live with believing slaves were property, anymore than I believe that a baby at some point before birth is not a "life."
If that means losing an election, my moral convictions and behavior outweigh election results.
I have no interest in forcing views on others, but I think it is only an idiot that would ever claim that those views were some kind of desire to control women's reproductive rights.
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33 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:
The majority of Americans don’t agree with you, and that is a fact
See what I mean?
What does it mean when you say they "don't agree with me"?
Don't agree with what?
I haven't stated a view other than the obvious, which is many consider life as beginning at some point prior to natural birth.
I know with the three children we have had we certainly considered them "life" much prior to that, and behaved accordingly.
People live with that, and they accept election returns because they live with that.
Either way, some people view some things as more important than what the "majority of Americans" agree with.
Let it be decided by each state.
Whatever, the idiotic claim that people want to control women's reproductive rights is goofy nonsense, and that claim should have died years ago.
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1 hour ago, John from Riverside said:
I personally hope the Republicans keep on running on this. It’s a total killer at the ballot box and either they don’t know it or they’re trying to ignore it.
Or......The people who believe abortion is the ending of a human life feel strongly enough to live with their beliefs, regardless what it does to elections.
They believe that it is best decided at the state level.
They obviously "know it," and its impact on elections but they are serious enough in their convictions to stand by them.
They are obviously not trying to "ignore" the ramifications, and they certainly are not trying to control female reproductive rights.
In the 1860's many people thought slaves were humans and not to be treated like property.
They changed the laws.
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1 hour ago, JaCrispy said:
The corruption and criminality of the CIA, knows no bounds, and is no different than that of the KGB…
An unelected group of people, not bound by the constitution, who overthrow governments, elections, and commit assassinations…Not really an organization I would want to be defending…👍
Disagree completely.
It's a tough business with a very tough mission goings against entities that have no rules.
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The F-16 is not a game changer.
It gives them more ability with older AMRAAM missiles and HARM.
The problem is that the efficacy of air warfare depends on integrated deployment of a number of things.
Jamming and other electronic warfare components are an integral part, and they don't have it.
Russian anti air defenses are significant and capable.
The F-16 would not do well against them, so must be kept out of range or low enough to avoid detection.
That would limit effectiveness.
It would limit Russian air offensive capabilities, but that isn't what they are doing.
They are doing what Russians always do, which is ground stuff.
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It seems that the faux outrage that Biden expressed at his disastrous press conference regarding the special council asking about his kid's death is another memory failure.
It was Biden who brought it up, not the special counsel.
The man is seriously damaged goods.
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No fan of Trump, but having an obviously incompetent individual as president is no more comforting.
Biden is clearly incompetent.
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2 hours ago, ComradeKayAdams said:
With all due respect, Sherpa, you still didn’t answer my questions. I’ll post them again here:
1. Once Hamas is sufficiently “defeated,” does Israel plan on helping the Palestinians rebuild their homes and return to their normal daily lives in Gaza? And if Israel doesn’t cooperate in doing so, would you consider that a grievous problem?
2. What are Israel’s short-term and long-term plans for ensuring that the humanitarian needs (food, water, shelter, health care, etc.) of Gazans are met, particularly as they are confined in Rafah?
I’m making a strong claim that Israel is guilty of ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza, but I’m also trying to give you every opportunity to refute such a claim.
First, I think your claims of genocide are unfounded.
Urban war is really ugly, but that's what they have chosen.
Hamas has had 17 years to use funds and international aid to build a humane situation.
They used those years and assets to build an underground weapons storage area to attack Israel.
Self defense is determined by threat.
I have no problem with Israel destroying what is a labyrinth designed to attack it and support/hide the aggressors.
Your two questions are best directed at Israel, after the current threat is negated.
I have no idea.
Regarding question 2, they have attempted to normalize life there, including employing thousands of Palestinians in the successful Israeli economy.
Hamas wanted none of that, thus their barbarism.
I believe that they will eradicate Hamas' offensive capability, ie., destroy their unguided rockets launched at Israeli citizens, and if Hezbollah gets offensive in the north, at the Lebanon border, they will move against that threat.
If that happens, it is a much bigger deal.
Either way, the first thing to do when attacked is to defend and eliminate the threat.
Longer term is unknown, but if the Palestinians want to live in a peaceful circumstance, they need to stop supporting terrorist regimes intent on killing Israelis.
That is the start.
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No worries.
Biden will let us know that he has met with Nikita Kruschev recently, and we have nothing to worry about.
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6 minutes ago, L Ron Burgundy said:
If both just went away we'd be so much better off.
It looks like Joe Lieberman is heading a group to push a third party candidate.
Not him, but somebody else.
The rules of the electoral college open that option.
We'll see if he gets any traction.
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18 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
You were speaking generally not specifically. Of course loss of life is a consideration in foreign policy considerations
And you have no idea what the pull out will cost, If anything
Biden did a good thing pulling us out of there
And Afghanistan is closer to Japan than Europe
The withdrawal was a disgrace, and it's got Biden's signature on it.
Whatever point you are trying to make noting the proximity of Afghanistan to Japan and Europe is baffling.
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9 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
Are you actually saying there is no consideration given to how many casualties it will take to accomplish a mission?
Off the top of my head, how about Truman's decision to drop the bomb? The estimates of our casualties--which might have included my awesome dad--was the key factor cited in not invading and dropping a-bomb instead.
Of course lives lost are a major consideration. Was Afgahistan worth American lives? I don't think so. Good job on Joe pulling us out of that mess
You are not sharp enough to discern this, but since you aren't, I will point this out.
I specifically mentioned Europe, not Japan.
We were attacked by Japan, so Truman and the bombs are not part of my point.
We were not attacked by Germany.
We have no idea what the escape from Afghanistan will ultimately cost, but was a disgraceful foreign policy debacle.
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10 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
Ummm....that's a terrible analogy
Afghanistan was not WW2 . Or even close. What the hell you talking about?
Not too hard to do.
If foreign policy decisions are based on American lives lost, which you suggested, open Pandora's box.
The disgusting withdrawal from Afghanistan will effect views on the US for years.
We had no great need to assist the Europeans under attack from Hitler during WWII.
We did, because it was the right thing to do.
We created a responsibility to not abandon Afghan allies who had fought for years.
We abandoned them, at massive cost to them and that region.
Claiming that a foreign policy decision should be based on American lives lost in the short term is not only myopic, it is idiotic.
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17 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
How many US Troops died in Afganhistan this year?
If that's your criteria for judging the success of this disgusting escape, we should have avoided participating in the European WWII.
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12 minutes ago, ComradeKayAdams said:
Oh, no offense taken. I’m not a military expert.
But can you address the rest of my post? You seem to be dodging my concerns of ethnic cleansing and genocide. You come across as someone disturbingly comfortable with the official war crime of collective punishment.
Or perhaps I’m being unfair with that accusation??
Glad to.
First, the Israelis don't have the capability, inclination or desire to "carpet bomb."
I trust your sincerity about not being aware, but you made the accusation.
What they are doing is attacking known Hamas underground tunnels.
If that is done in an urban setting, it looks the way it does.
That is the threat that Hamas has presented, and that is how it is being dealt with.
They drew the chessboard, and that determines the response.
Israel and the IDF have never engaged in anything resembling carpet bombing.
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5 minutes ago, ComradeKayAdams said:
If you look at current bombed building maps of Gaza, you’ll see that Jabalia and Gaza City and Khan Yunis are completely saturated with red (when each tiny red dot depicts a bombed building). Rafah is already rapidly getting to that same saturation state. From a current bird’s-eye view, the cumulative damage resembles carpet bombing and not the consequences of tactical warfare.
No offense, but I am quite sure you know nothing about carpet bombing, what the IDF has done, what they are faced with, or even their ability to "carpet bomb."
In fact, I doubt you have any idea what "tactical warfare" they are employing.
Again, no offense intended.
I assert that you simply have no idea.
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1 hour ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
Given that belief, it's hardly surprising that he thinks spending US money on NATO is a waste. btw, if NATO is so unsuccessful as currently run, why is Putin so against it?
I don't answer for Trump or Putin.
What I am familiar with, and from open source material, is the state of NATO at the date of Russia's invasion.
Specifically, the gross disregard of NATO military agreements from Germany, Canada and a few others.
All that aside, the funny thing about this site is that the reality of the issue is never discussed.
Instead, people seem to think it's US politics that are the cornerstone.
If you hate Trump, forget about NATO parties not living up to responsibilities, and the resultant commitment of disproportionate US money and potentially, lives.
It's the way Trump packages it, and if anyone points those issues out, they must support Trump.
Not true at all.
The issue is not addressed.
The political figures are.
The sickening repetition never ends.
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8 minutes ago, ComradeKayAdams said:
But again…what does it mean to “eliminate Hamas,” exactly? Is there a list of top names whom the IDF needs to assassinate? A percentage of members from some official Hamas roster that need to be killed?
And are these IDF tactics on the urban Gaza battlefield anything close to optimal?? Both the number (30,500+) and the percentage (~87%) of civilian casualties are ridiculously high (source: Euro-Med HRM, February 3 report). Many of the hostages have even perished due to the carpet bombing.
And what is this lengthy siege on Gaza doing for future Hamas recruitment?? Or for the long-term security of Israeli citizens abroad, for that matter? Or for Israel’s diplomatic standing in the world? Or for their economic vitality? So it’s clearly in the best interest of Israel to bring this conflict to a swift conclusion. However, it’s also difficult to bring a mission to a conclusion if the mission objectives aren’t clearly defined!
Simply absurd.
Carpet bombing?
Where did you ever get this?
The Israelis have never done this in their history, and certainly not here.
The "siege on Gaza" has been Hamas.
They are the entity that took all of those assets and did nothing other than build an underground military assault capability designed to launce offensive operations and hide when the predictable response came.
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ILLEGAL Immigration is Bad For America:"Undocumented Americans" are ILLEGAL ALIENS
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Legally.