General Two US military bases in Iraq attacked

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megatherium

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I think most US personnel had been withdrawn from the bases prior to the attack. I hope so.
 

Filthy

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he's the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. If he says No the attack doesn't happen.

 

Rambo John J

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he's the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. If he says No the attack doesn't happen.

I wish I thought it worked like that.
IMO Maybe it once did, but now it is blackmail and puppet masters.

If you are correct, then yes he fucked up/is fucking up.

Def not worth debating, because the answer is far above our pay grades.
 

Filthy

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So killing the man responsible, whom allegedly was also planning other similar acts wasn't an appropriate response?
don't you find it odd that the same people who told us that we couldn't trust the Deep State Intelligence community about the crimes of the POTUS are now telling us to give implicit trust to the Deep State Intelligence community about imminent attacks?
 

Filthy

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I wish I thought it worked like that.
IMO Maybe it once did, but now it is blackmail and puppet masters.

If you are correct, then yes he fucked up/is fucking up.

Def not worth debating, because the answer is far above our pay grades.
"government" is the name we give to the stuff we do together.
If you're a citizen, our foreign policy and extra-Congressional activities of the Executive are right at your pay grade
 

BeardOfKnowledge

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don't you find it odd that the same people who told us that we couldn't trust the Deep State Intelligence community about the crimes of the POTUS are now telling us to give implicit trust to the Deep State Intelligence community about imminent attacks?
1) Not at all, and you're also conflating a bunch of different things here.
2) My opinion on any and all of that isn't relevant to the topic currently being discussed.

At the end of the day, U.S. soil was attacked. I'm asking you what an appropriate response is if it's not going after the person responsible.
 

Rambo John J

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"government" is the name we give to the stuff we do together.
If you're a citizen, our foreign policy and extra-Congressional activities of the Executive are right at your pay grade
I wish I thought it worked like that.

Regardless, I am not a fan of occupying the middle east in the first place and therefore saddened by this and any further action.
 

Filthy

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1) Not at all, and you're also conflating a bunch of different things here.
2) My opinion on any and all of that isn't relevant to the topic currently being discussed.
OK - if there was actionable intelligence the POTUS should share that with the appropriate members of Congress. And should have done it before the attack was ordered. This idea has been around for months, and the people who we elected to provide oversight of these activities are being denied access to the relevant information.

It's not building trust. It's not the kind of tactics that a person with the Truth in the their back pocket would employ.
 

MMAHAWK

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don't you find it odd that the same people who told us that we couldn't trust the Deep State Intelligence community about the crimes of the POTUS are now telling us to give implicit trust to the Deep State Intelligence community about imminent attacks?
Sure

but isn’t it odd the people that told us to trust the deep state about the Crimes of the POTUS are now tell us to not trust the Deep State intelligence community about imminent attacks?
 

Filthy

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Sure

but isn’t it odd the people that told us to trust the deep state about the Crimes of the POTUS are now tell us to not trust the Deep State intelligence community about imminent attacks?
Exactly.

My take-away is "trust, but verify".