Just Joshin' Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, B-Man said: At least he was respectful enough to remain seated until everyone else ahead of him could deplane. ADDED: IT LOOKS LIKE LEGROOM WASN’T MUCH OF AN ISSUE . Sick but funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) Edited January 6, 2020 by Hedge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Zevon Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 53 minutes ago, Hedge said: 5 minutes ago, Hedge said: The United States needs a leader who will tell his troops exactly what the ***** is going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 4 hours ago, row_33 said: i declare Tibs 1-A status to go over there ...think you meant AWOL.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hedge Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Defense Secretary Esper's chief of staff resigns The article was posted a few hours before the earliest (that I could find) letter drop. It may very well be nothing, but the timing of this and the leaked withdrawal letter... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 6 hours ago, B-Man said: TRUMP’S SIN: CONDUCTING FOREIGN POLICY WITHOUT PERMISSION Over at Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds posted an interesting message from a Facebook friend who wishes to remain anonymous. Here’s the relevant part: Following the death of Soleimani, it seems like nearly the entire DC / academia / journo natsec/forpol commentariat has penned variations on exactly the same essay: the President has acted hastily, has no plan, and isn’t capable of envisioning or handling what happens next. The template was established by Ben Rhodes on Twitter a few hours after an MQ-9 Reaper shot a Hellfire missile directly into his professional legacy, and it hasn’t varied much since. . . What nearly the entire DC / academia / journo natsec/forpol commentariat actually means by its critique, though, is that they weren’t included in any of this. This instantly reminded me of an observation the late great political scientist Aaron Wildavsky made way back in 1986 over the uproar over Reagan’s failed disarmament deal at the Reykjavik summit with Gorbachev. If you are old enough you may recall the foreign policy establishment/media freakout, which was, however, contradictory. How could Reagan have been so stubborn as to refuse to give up his fanciful “Star Wars” missile defense scheme in exchange for near-total nuclear disarmament, and how could Reagan be so reckless as to have gone along with a rapid and potentially destabilizing disarmament scheme without consulting our allies? Wildavsky, a sophisticated and pathbreaking political scientist, thought the matter quite simple: The contempt hurled at President Reagan over the principles nearly agreed to at Reykjavik reveal the intellectual bankruptcy of his critics. . . One cannot but feel that much of the violent reaction to Reykjavik had no more substantial basis than the extreme pique felt by arms control intellectuals at not being consulted in advance. That was Ronald Reagan’s real sin in Iceland. For what, after all, was wrong with Reykjavik except that it lacked the imprimatur of the foreign policy establishment? I tend to think the “deep state” talk is overdone (and is also distinct from the deeper constitutional problem expressed in the similar phrase “the administrative state”), but in this instance it might well be the right way to think about the freakout the foreign policy community is having over Trump’s decision to kill Soleimani. Trump didn’t have their permission! https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/01/trumps-sin-conducting-foreign-policy-without-permission.php Trump's sin is the same it's always been: getting elected/not being a Dem. 2 hours ago, Hedge said: <br /> What Trump's tweet actually said was that if it wasn't done in a friendly withdrawal, there would be sanctions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) (still no translation at the time of this posting) ------------------------------------------------------- <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------- Edited January 7, 2020 by Hedge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Iran's miscalculation by Giuliano Maciocci Original Article It is hard to understand Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei’s blunder in attacking the US Embassy in Baghdad. He either believed Trump was weakened by his impeachment, as western liberal Media breathlessly and continuously reported, or he might have been misled by John Kerry’s incompetent advice (apparently Kerry met again with Khamenei’s emissaries in Paris just few weeks ago). Whatever the reasons, his goal of triggering a limited war with America to rally his people around the regime has failed miserably. Iran desperately wanted a war -- drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s heart of oil production, false-flag hits on oil tankers, unrest in Yemen – all aimed at this goal. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 A refresher.... The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook Three parts, on Politico 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 https://twitter.com/Turcotte_JPT/status/1214576784068534275 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 3 hours ago, B-Man said: he might have been misled by John Kerry’s incompetent advice (apparently Kerry met again with Khamenei’s emissaries in Paris just few weeks ago). Isn't that traitor material? WTF is Kerry still doing going behind Trump's back and dealing with proven enemies of America? But then, it is still the same traitor of the Vietnam era isn't it.... carry on.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 49 minutes ago, Cinga said: Isn't that traitor material? WTF is Kerry still doing going behind Trump's back and dealing with proven enemies of America? But then, it is still the same traitor of the Vietnam era isn't it.... carry on.... Oh c'mon man, he was in Paris looking for his missing medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 20 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: Oh c'mon man, he was in Paris looking for his missing medals. ...while his swiftboat was in for repairs if I remember correctly...……... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...while his swiftboat was in for repairs if I remember correctly...……... While patrolling the River Seine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Zevon Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 9/10/2019 at 12:00 PM, Deranged Rhino said: Bolton out. All signs point to this: Epic prediction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Foxx Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 24 hour rule here. https://twitter.com/Raman_Ghavami/status/1214583844130701315 https://twitter.com/IdeologyWars/status/1214657968811249665 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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