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Safe-Keeper said:
With the joint chiefs trying to explain the situation with model planes and plastic soldiers on a map of Iran drawn in crayon.
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I would also think a model drone and a firecracker or bottle rocket or two for demonstration purposes of what caused the meeting.

Chris B.
 
Fast Eddie B said:
A normal person would always qualify such a denial, as in, “I don’t recall ever having met this person”.

But Trump likes absolutes, since he apparently doesn’t worry about later being proven wrong.
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In this case, he was preemptively proven wrong.
 
AnonyMoose said:
How To President (in Trumpland):

1) Create problem. (walk away from treaty because... reasons)
2) Stoke the fire. (slap on more economic sanctions because... reasons)
3) Poke the hornet's nest. (fly drone 4 miles inside of other country's airspace)
4) Sit back and wait for other country to shoot at drone. (we know they have the military capability, but pretend we're surprised anyway)
5) Claim drone attack unjustified. (lie and lie some more, show some marks on a map if necessary)
6) Give the okay to launch a retaliatory ground strike. (illegal or not, who cares?)
7) Change mind at last minute and become a humanitarian hero for all the world to praise and express gratitude for these wonderful mercies bestowed upon them.

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Someone check my math, I may have missed a step...
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I believe everyone's overcomplicating this. It's Trump. What happened was he flipped a coin.
 
ChrisBFRPKY said:
Not at all. Yet if I chose to, I am allowed by Constitutional right to voice my disapproval of any of those I feel worthy of scorn in the US. It's too bad you have to keep your opinions about the monarchy silent in Thailand. I hope some day you can enjoy freedom of speech there beyond a hidden username on a web forum.

Chris B.
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That's some zinger, there. Tell me more about your freedom of speech to support Trump and his administration, 'cuz that's the only tack you ever take, which is the point of my post. If Donnie Johnny threatens to blow Korea off the map, you're in favor of it. If he claims he didn't molest that girl and never met her, you'll sign on.

I don't comment on the Thai Monarchy or Thai Politics in general because there's very little interest in these forums on the topic. I've promised my wife that I won't get thrown out of the country, which is about all that would happen to me (if that). They're after Thai nationals and Thai born foreign citizens. But that's a strange ad hom via tu quoque. What I think and say about Thai politics is not the topic under discussion. Except for people who are avoiding addressing points.
 
TragicMonkey said:
I believe everyone's overcomplicating this. It's Trump. What happened was he flipped a coin.
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I don't know if he's even advanced and sophisticated enough to do that. He probably did it entirely on a whim.

I wonder how the "Trump is better than Obama because he has started no wars!" trumpkins will spin this. An ingenious way to threaten Iran, pretending that he was going to bomb them for then not to? Even though it seems pretty obvious he was really going to do it, and then suddenly came to his senses?
 
Safe-Keeper said:
I wonder how the "Trump is better than Obama because he has started no wars!" trumpkins will spin this.
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I'm also interested in the reactions of the "Trump is tough! Obama was a wimp!" crowd. One of the things they said would make the US "respected" again was that Trump wouldn't cave to foreigners like Obama supposedly did.
 
ChrisBFRPKY said:
Not at all.

Yet if I chose to...
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That's a big if.

I am allowed by Constitutional right to voice my disapproval of any of those I feel worthy of scorn in the US. It's too bad you have to keep your opinions about the monarchy silent in Thailand. I hope some day you can enjoy freedom of speech there beyond a hidden username on a web forum.

Chris B.
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I'm not sure if there's a significant difference between not having proper freedom of speech, and having said freedom, but choosing to mindlessly support the POTUS no matter what he does anyway :) .
 
Venom said:
I.....believe him.

I mean Trump as idiotic as he sometimes is is a no-nonsense guy. I can see him saying "No.....we can't do it it's going to to endanger too many people, we can't do it"
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When have we seen evidence of Trump caring about anyone other than himself? The only time other people get tangential concern is if they have the ability to provide him with ego-stroking or financial benefit.
 
There's something I realized while working on a project at work yesterday. The Department of Health and Human Services has a Congressional mandate to develop and release a report on carcinogenic substances every two years though the National Toxicology Program.
The last report was the 14th, released in November 2016. The new one seems a little late.

Possible reasons for the delay.
1. General chaos in the administration spilling over into the DHHS.
2. Not enough staff left to do the report.
3. Not enough budget to do the report.
4. Telling people about carcinogenic chemicals has been declared bad for industry.
5. General discouragement of science-based reporting.
 
Lurch said:
Colbert told us that's the title of a (real) gay porno video, showing the cover 'art' with the subtitle of something like "Daddy gangbang."
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And three "different sights?" My boss always says, "You can't make this stuff up!" But Donnieboy takes it even farther. He's giving stupid a bad name. :(

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So he, by his own admission, asked about consequences not during planning, but when the strike was about to commence. By his own admission.

Trumpers, what's your spin? The Führer just pretending to be losing it? "Trolling the media"?
 
Stacyhs said:
I agree that he ultimately made the right decision but it was he who OK'd it in the first place apparently without knowing what the toll in human life would be. But that doesn't give him a pass for lying to the American people yet again. :mad:
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It's inconceivable that the military didn't include a damage assessment, including estimated casualties, in their initial presentation of his options. This would have been a massive escalation with major consequences. Generals don't say "Let's drop some bombs and see what happens." He ultimately made the right call, but he's lying about the process. I would be willing to bet that it was Bolton and/or Pompeo who persuaded him to approve an attack, and "the generals" said "Mr. President, here's the big picture." I note particularly that Trump talked about a "proportionate" response. That's a term the military would have used.
 
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Safe-Keeper said:
I don't know if he's even advanced and sophisticated enough to do that. He probably did it entirely on a whim.

I wonder how the "Trump is better than Obama because he has started no wars!" trumpkins will spin this. An ingenious way to threaten Iran, pretending that he was going to bomb them for then not to? Even though it seems pretty obvious he was really going to do it, and then suddenly came to his senses?
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[Faux Cain*] If Obama’s so smart, how come he’s no longer president? (Pfft, probably pays taxes too.) [/FC]


*Don't say it fast!
 
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