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Trump expanded drone strikes and the Afghan war and vetoed ending the Yemen war.
He must've made billions (but we don't know because his finances have never been released) so he must work well with others. Wow, that is a stretch. Making billions is not a measure of much.stuper1 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:42 pmThat's your read of the situation.
My read is that the guy has made billions of dollars during his lifetime. Have you ever seen someone do something like that without being able to work with other people? We know oh so little about what really goes on in politics. Basically everything we get comes third- or fourth-hand and through a media filter.
A 2016 analysis of Trump's business career in The Economist concluded that his performance since 1985 had been "mediocre compared with the stock market and property in New York."[42] A subsequent analysis in The Washington Post similarly noted that Trump's estimated net worth of $100 million in 1978 would have increased to $6 billion by 2016 if he had invested it in a typical retirement fund, and concluded that "Trump is a mix of braggadocio, business failures, and real success."[43]
He should have just bought Vanguard's 2015 Target Retirement Fund!Do you have Hard Data, and not just someones Opinion/Guess on drone strike/ death toll?
moda has posted this link in an earlier thread:shekels wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:25 amDo you have Hard Data, and not just someones Opinion/Guess on drone strike/ death toll?
Drone strike Casualty Reports have been cancelled.
Also when Trump vetoed ending the Yemen war, why did not CONgress succeed in overturning the Veto?
https://www.justsecurity.org/63855/gett ... n-succeed/
Another question, is how many American Troops are stationed or have Died in Yemen during Yemen's Civil War?
"During Mr Obama's eight years in office, 1,878 drone strikes were carried out, according to researchers. Since Mr Trump was elected in 2016, there have been 2,243 drone strikes." It doesn't say where she got those numbers from. Several stories about drone strikes reference a Daily Beast article, which states that it uses numbers provided by CENTCOM and the Bureau Of Investigative Journalism. It looks like you can comb through the press releases on www.centcom.mil and add up how many drone strikes they acknowledge, but I don't feel like doing it.moda0306 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:15 amTrump also expanded the war in Afghanistan...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47480207
They're very transparent, which I am grateful for because it helps me determine that this isn't something I can trust (or, not without going over each incident in detail).An airstrike in Badakhshan killed 16 Taliban fighters, Khaama Press reported - though it was not clear whether US or Afghan forces were responsible.
The Ministry of Defence reportedly said that security forces conducted the strike in the Wardoj district.
While the report says that the security forces conducted the strike, we cannot definitely rule out US involvement as the security forces often call in US air support.
Khaama Press did explicitly give a date for this strike so we have recorded it as the date that it was reported on.
Type of strike: Possible US strike
Location: Wardoj district, Badakhshan province
Reference: Khaama Press
moda0306 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:15 amhttps://merip.org/2018/02/trumps-drone-surge/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-ram ... hadow-wars
And military activity in Africa in-general...
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/ ... ver-africa
That's kind of what we've been doing. When I was in Afghanistan, we briefly conducted operations out of a semi-abandonded outpost. It still had all the generators and huts and stuff like that, but nobody was using it. We were just paying some dudes to watch it. It was nerve-wracking as fuck in there because we had no idea if the guards had let insurgents emplace booby traps or infiltration points or map it out for indirect fire or what have you. When we were done I can't remember if we turned it over to the ANA or if we airlifted all the recoverable shit back to the big FOB. Also, I believe every base/outpost I was on except Bagram has been closed down or turned over to the ANA, which is as close to turning out the lights and leaving as you'd think.
Sorry about that. Also, COPS are combat outposts, "terps" are interpreters, RAID is a camera on a pole, and the donkeys are frightened.
*shrug*Headline in WSJ today:
“Slow Growth Hasn’t Hurt Trump in Key Midwest Counties
While local job growth lags behind the nation’s, president’s approval rating has risen since 2017”
Hmm
There was one like this, although I could have sworn it had lions. At least, it was longer.Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 8:19 pmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLM9p8m7BBM
Strong ad work by the Republicans. Have they ever made an ad this good, or relevant?
Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 8:19 pmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLM9p8m7BBM
Strong ad work by the Republicans. Have they ever made an ad this good, or relevant?
This just in:jhogue wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:39 amI predict that we will look back on the Robert Mueller hearings yesterday as a critical milestone in Trump's re-election:jhogue wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 10:06 pmYou heard it here first! Happy New Year!!jhogue wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2017 8:15 amEverything will be exactly the same, except different.
In 2020, Dems will nominate Elizabeth Warren who will rail against plutocrats in banks, Wall Street, and offshore tax havens; but for taxes on Roth IRAs over $1 million, tighter capital controls, and Obamacare Plus Free Everything. Ironically, the Russians -- who will be found to have had nothing to do with the outcome of the 2016 election -- will be inspired to seriously hack the 2020 election, thereby assuring the return of the chaotic Donald to office for another 4 years. Only in America, baby!
1. Russian Hack 2020 is already well under way.
2. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer can count to 51 and they now know for certain that impeaching Trump is an exercise in futility, even for the most partisan in their caucus. Worried that Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not last another 5 years on the Supreme Court, influential groups like NARAL will demand that the Dems drop impeachment and focus on electoral victory in November 2020.
Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 6:55 pmSorry about that. Also, COPS are combat outposts, "terps" are interpreters, RAID is a camera on a pole, and the donkeys are frightened.
*shrug*Headline in WSJ today:
“Slow Growth Hasn’t Hurt Trump in Key Midwest Counties
While local job growth lags behind the nation’s, president’s approval rating has risen since 2017”
Hmm
unintentionally funny....or mentally unhinged? Does anyone really think his demeanor and personality reflect well on our country? He is a troll who goads, insults and demeans anyone who dare questions his "great and unmatched wisdom". In another time and place you are looking at Caligula.Cortopassi wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:35 pmSometimes he's funny, unintentionally I assume:
As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over...
If he spends the next 12 months taking troops out of all the places we shouldn't be in anymore, he just may have my vote.
Quoted from a discussion of Elizabeth Warren on another forum (unz.com):
I'm not following this argument... An authentic asshole, who doesn't try to filter his public behavior or reactions like an adult but instead flys off the handle with sweaty red faced tantrums at every offense, who hurls playground insults and publically bullies any and all opponents, is someone who reflects well on our country? A president who publically questions who is a bigger enemy of the United States, a communist adversary or the President of the Fed? A man who takes the word of Russia over his own intelligence community? The tone and demeanor of Donald Trump is a stain on the executive branch. I am no fan of race baiting identity politics in the Democratic party or even many of their policies but Trump is an awful leader and a corrupt narrcistic megalomaniac. He has all the qualities of a banana republic dictator. I cannot understand how this is not painfully obvious.So, yes, compared to what else is on offer, I personally think that Trump's demeanor reflects well on our country. He's comfortable in his own skin (as creepy and scaly as that might be).
I suspect he has shown excellent judgment in both of those examples you gave above.