I spent 15 years in the Intelligence Community. One of my takeaways from that time is that Iran is and always was a threat to the United States. Imminence is relative, and this takeaway has a basis in my observations, nobody else’s.
I’m not afraid of having that position (because it’s my own), and it certainly has nothing to do with any other country. My positions are entirely threat based and from a career of dealing with them.
What that means as far as actions we need to take is more complex for me from a “position” standpoint. I simply don’t know what I don’t know, but I know what I’d need to and don’t have access to it. That relative imminence.
I’m certainly not upset that Iran got smacked in the pee pee (a lot), as I’ve said. The long game is just harder to have a solid feelgood on. One thing I’m very not interested in is another generation of our Nations best being broken through perpetual combat.
This type of position seems to be impossible for some to internalize in a for or against world, but it is mine. Take it or leave it, it matters to you only as much as you want it to.
Just called Thomas Massie.
Phone rings. Thomas answers.
Me: hey what are you doing?
Massie: I’m at Kroger. Call you back in 10.
lol, he’s knows the grocery prices.
Do you think Trump has been to a grocery store to do his own grocery shopping in the past 30 years?
Nope.
Trump says there will “likely be more” American military deaths in his war of choice.
He literally said, “that’s the way it is.”
Like, oh well — right?
Just more “suckers and losers” according to this warmongering POS.
He made these comments from his fucking golf resort. 🖕
“Kid Rock” aka Robert James Ritchie was born in Romeo, Michigan. His family owned multiple car dealerships and had a large home on an extensive property where he grew up helping his family pick apples and care for their horses. His persona is fake, and an insult to actual trash.
MAGA believe Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist without a shred of evidence but refuses to believe that trump is a pedophile with a mountain of evidence.
This is Alex Pretti, a VA ICU nurse, honoring a veteran he cared for at a VA hospital.
The son of the deceased veteran just posted this video on Facebook with the following message:
“RIP Alex Pretti,
he was my Dads ICU nurse, he read my dad’s final salute at the VA after he passed away. Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point. Also my Fathers final words to me was continue to fight the good fight. He would be honored in Alex’ sacrifice, and ashamed of this current administration. In my Dads words I encourage you all to continue to ‘fight the good fight’”
Utterly indefensible. However miserly many NATO countries have been regarding defense spending, the Alliance honored Article 5 on 9/11 and made significant contributions to America's losing wars of choice in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shame on Trump. Pure shame.
@Mominsweats@halbritz@ReichlinMelnick Embarrassing is what it is. To be used by your commander in chief for area beautification and political theater is not a good look.