POLITICS President Trump: 100+ Mornings After (Term 1 Complete)

Discussion in 'Politicants' started by IP, Apr 30, 2017.

  1. Tenacious D

    Tenacious D The law is of supreme importance, or no importance

    It should sound impossible, as two-dimensional as its being presented in the article.

    We can all think of Trump or any POTUS as we want and choose - but you don’t call off a strike when you’re 10 minutes out, unless:

    1. It was pre-planned to be killed exactly at that point, and for any number of very good reasons, short of executing the perceived strike, or

    2. You started to exceed the parameters of your pre-authorized clearance for the mission, or those parameters unexpectedly and fundamentally changed, and further clearance was withheld.

    You don’t have birds in the air and a strike about to take place if you aren’t certain, because they can’t just be immediately called off by pushing a button on POTUS’ desk. The risk that someone doesn’t get the word is simply too great. When you give the word, you better see it as the gun has already fired.

    I know that you’re not at all saying this, so this isn’t “at” you - but Trump can be as dumb as anyone wants him to be, and our military can be filled with murderous thugs - but that it’s replete with some of the smartest cats in the world, and that this is all they do, is unarguable.

    No one “forgot” to mention the risk of civilian casualties in preparing and conducting what was probably dozens of briefings to numerous people, and well before it was even mentioned to Trump. And whether he was smart enough to ask about them or not, he would have certainly been told about the risk for civilian casualties, and on the top half of the first page of any briefing he, or dozens of others, would have undoubtedly been given. You just as soon leave out the location, or how you would conduct the actual strike, as that. Simply, the military presents complete plans of potential active responses - and doesn’t require or need the POTUS to vet them for the inclusion or consideration of critical info such as this.

    IP’s assessment that this was never meant to be completed, but for surprising Iran + Sword of Damocles + brinksmanship + heavy dose of bravado = Trump 101....feels accurate to me.

    Feels.
     
  2. Savage Orange

    Savage Orange I need ammunition, not a ride. -V Zelensky.

    And my guess is that very few to zero of these horndogs have ever served or been within a multi hour plane ride of a combat zone...
     
  3. kmf600

    kmf600 Energy vampire

    Yep. Well said. Thank you
     
  4. TennTradition

    TennTradition Super Moderator

    This is exactly my line of thought.

    I was intending to convey that exact thought - that it seems to me that there was never the intention of an attack and that the leak of calling it off was just intended to show force without risk.
     
  5. kmf600

    kmf600 Energy vampire

  6. tvolsfan

    tvolsfan Chieftain

    So if we go to war with Iran for shooting down an unmanned drone after we escalated tensions and threatened them with financial ruin for violating the terms of a deal that we tore up... how do we pretend we are the good guys?
     
  7. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    we sanctioned a dead guy?
     
  8. cpninja

    cpninja Member

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  9. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

  10. IP

    IP Super Moderator

  11. kmf600

    kmf600 Energy vampire

  12. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    We are staying in Ft. Lauderdale the night before we leave and then stopping in Key West.
     
  13. kmf600

    kmf600 Energy vampire

    Neither will give you that 3rd world feeling Miami does. The Key West stop one of those early morning, 4 hour stops?
     
  14. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    It's an all day stop.
     
  15. kmf600

    kmf600 Energy vampire

    Got to have a chocolate dipped frozen key lime pie slice. And watch out for aggressive cocks.
     
  16. JohnnyQuickkick

    JohnnyQuickkick Calcio correspondent

  17. Ssmiff

    Ssmiff Went to the White House...Again

    while im eating my dipped key lime pie?
     
  18. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    This sounds delicious
     
  19. kmf600

    kmf600 Energy vampire

    Always watch out for aggressive cocks
     
  20. Ssmiff

    Ssmiff Went to the White House...Again

    give them another 150 billion?
     

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