@SenWarren I could be wrong here, but I did watch quite a few of those Saturday morning PBS “I’m a bill” cartoons. Couldn’t the President just have vetoed it if was truly against it?
Remember the 9/11 Commission's conclusion, that 9/11 happened because of three 'failures of imagination?'
I seriously wonder if anyone in the administration has the imagination to accept what we're up against. I can't state it any more plainly than this: Iran is run by delusional people who actually believe (and that's the key- they're not just saying it for emotional effect) that their God is commanding them to destroy the world.
This delusion has two effects: first, there is no middle ground, no ability to negotiate with people who believe something like this. They will not stop until they destroy the world. Everything they do is done with that complete motivation in mind.
Second, their total and complete belief in what their God is commanding them to do has also deluded them into an absolute belief that their God won't let them fail.
That level of fanaticism can't be negotiated with. They will never come to the point where they sit back and say, "Hey, we're constantly getting the shit kicked out of us. Maybe, just maybe, we're wrong about what Allah wants us to do."
The only thing we can do to end this war, IMHO, is to remove this insane regime. That should be the goal. Anything less than that will simply lead us nowhere. We need to take out the IRGC, who are driving the military attacks, and then either destroy the Shi'a leadership or send them into permanent exile.
From Google, in an attempt to be non biased.
Following a recent renovation, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool experienced several high-profile incidents of vandalism that resulted in at least 5 arrests, 5 federal citations, and 14 separate police reports being filed.
Specific incidents of vandalism reported by federal officials include:
Liner Slashing: An individual allegedly used a blade to cut a gash between 290-300 feet long into the pool’s newly installed facade.
Tampering: A former U.S. Olympic canoeist, David Hearn, was detained and charged with destruction of government property after allegedly touching and tampering with detached sections of the pool's interior lining.
Chemical Dumping: Officials alleged that unauthorized chemicals were illegally dumped into the water, accelerating algae growth.
Landscape Damage: Newly planted grass and landscaping surrounding the monument were also allegedly destroyed by vandals.
Investigations into these tampering incidents are being led by the United States Park Police, as reported by NBC News.
From Google, in an attempt to be non biased.
Following a recent renovation, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool experienced several high-profile incidents of vandalism that resulted in at least 5 arrests, 5 federal citations, and 14 separate police reports being filed.
Specific incidents of vandalism reported by federal officials include:
Liner Slashing: An individual allegedly used a blade to cut a gash between 290-300 feet long into the pool’s newly installed facade.
Tampering: A former U.S. Olympic canoeist, David Hearn, was detained and charged with destruction of government property after allegedly touching and tampering with detached sections of the pool's interior lining.
Chemical Dumping: Officials alleged that unauthorized chemicals were illegally dumped into the water, accelerating algae growth.
Landscape Damage: Newly planted grass and landscaping surrounding the monument were also allegedly destroyed by vandals.
Investigations into these tampering incidents are being led by the United States Park Police, as reported by NBC News.
From Google, in an attempt to be non biased.
Following a recent renovation, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool experienced several high-profile incidents of vandalism that resulted in at least 5 arrests, 5 federal citations, and 14 separate police reports being filed.
Specific incidents of vandalism reported by federal officials include:
Liner Slashing: An individual allegedly used a blade to cut a gash between 290-300 feet long into the pool’s newly installed facade.
Tampering: A former U.S. Olympic canoeist, David Hearn, was detained and charged with destruction of government property after allegedly touching and tampering with detached sections of the pool's interior lining.
Chemical Dumping: Officials alleged that unauthorized chemicals were illegally dumped into the water, accelerating algae growth.
Landscape Damage: Newly planted grass and landscaping surrounding the monument were also allegedly destroyed by vandals.
Investigations into these tampering incidents are being led by the United States Park Police, as reported by NBC News.