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Wait, are we not friends with Qatar anymore? Don't we have an air force base there? I distinctly remember taking a few four day passes there during OIF.
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You're forgetting the comedy response that's only possible under Trump/Tillerson: The US says "sort this out among yourselves. Then the US immediately says the airbase stays operating exactly as it is and dares Qatar to do anything about it. Granted you can't practically supply without local markets, but Qatar would blink first. e; airbase is not naval M_Gargantua fucked around with this message at 05:46 on Jun 5, 2017 |
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LITERALLY SHAKING posted:Wait, are we not friends with Qatar anymore? Al Udeid Airbase is a pretty big deal.
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LITERALLY SHAKING posted:Wait, are we not friends with Qatar anymore? The US has about 10k people at the main Qatari airbase, plus whoever else is around and god only knows how many nationals.
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M_Gargantua posted:You're forgetting the comedy response that's only possible under Trump/Tillerson: Ironically, not actually the worst idea in policy terms.
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M_Gargantua posted:You're forgetting the comedy response that's only possible under Trump/Tillerson: Honestly, us saying "You do what you want, our bases are staying open, don't gently caress with them" is the best possible answer, which means we're probably not taking it.
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We need to hope all future international crises have "the US does nothing" as a valid option too because that's the one that's going to happen for the next 8.
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mlmp08 posted:Al Udeid Airbase is a pretty big deal. Behind Ramstein, it's probably the most important USAF base on the entire Eurasian landmass. redneck nazgul posted:Honestly, us saying "You do what you want, our bases are staying open, don't gently caress with them" is the best possible answer, which means we're probably not taking it. Yeah, this is actually the correct answer.
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redneck nazgul posted:Prediction B: Oil prices are going to rise, boosting Texas, Russia, and Iran's economies.
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farraday posted:The US has about 10k people at the main Qatari airbase, It is a pit.
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this qatar thing is weird as gently caress, how did the us not hear any rumbling amongst ostensible allies that they were going to break with and diplomatically isolate another ally? edit: wrong thread but question stands. also hi nazgul, im hyped for fall of oriath Phobophilia fucked around with this message at 11:08 on Jun 5, 2017 |
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Phobophilia posted:this qatar thing is weird as gently caress, how did the us not hear any rumbling amongst ostensible allies that they were going to break with and diplomatically isolate another ally? Because there are hundreds of vacant mid-level positions at State right now that Trump has declined to fill, and surprisingly enough, some of those jobs would entail hearing rumblings amongst ostensible allies that they were going to break with and diplomatically isolate another ally.
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Did we cover Putin's speech where he's claiming that the CIA is trying to frame him for hacking the election and he questioned (lol) the need for NATO? https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/06/04/2154247/putin-now-argues-russia-couldve-been-framed-for-election-meddling-by-the-cia
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CommieGIR posted:Did we cover Putin's speech where he's claiming that the CIA is trying to frame him for hacking the election and he questioned (lol) the need for NATO? The better part was where he turned into a petulant manbaby because a woman dared to be a reasonable journalist and put the screws to him.
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Did we cover Trump's latest attempt to destroy the credibility of everyone who speaks for him and sabotage himself? https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump...ts%2Findex.html https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump...ts%2Findex.html https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump...-own-travel-ban https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump...-own-travel-ban
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Donnie woke up, started watching morning joe, then fired off three tweets that will absolutely come up in court. Hell of a start to his promised Infrastructure Week. Kellyanne even showed up. https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/871687143793491968 For consequental content though, we now know why Donnie never confirmed Article V of NATO in his speech. It was in his speech, then Donnie, Bannon, and Miller removed it at the last minute without telling anyone. That's why McMaster has been lying about the speech so much lately. https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/871690557965426688
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Stultus Maximus posted:Did we cover Trump's latest attempt to destroy the credibility of everyone who speaks for him and sabotage himself?  How goddamned stupid is he?
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Stultus Maximus posted:Did we cover Trump's latest attempt to destroy the credibility of everyone who speaks for him and sabotage himself? Hahahaha! He's been watching all of the breathless, stupid coverage of the London attack on cable news and thinks that he can Reichstag Fire his Muslim Ban.
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He's a loving idiot But still smarter than the American people.
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MA-Horus posted:He's a loving idiot He's a representative of how stupid the American people are. Thankfully, the Popular Vote shows that the majority of the American people still recognize an idiot when they see one.
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CommieGIR posted:He's a representative of how stupid the American people are. Thankfully, the Popular Vote shows that the majority of the American people still recognize an idiot when they see one. but the people we nominate to represent our country, as well as way too many state and county level legislatures, show that we don't recognize idiots at all.
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TBeats posted:but the people we nominate to represent our country, as well as way too many state and county level legislatures, show that we don't recognize idiots at all. Well, Gerrymandering is a hell of a tool. Combined with toxic voters.
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Holy crap AP. https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/871704159594188800
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CommieGIR posted:He's a representative of how stupid the American people are. Thankfully, the Popular Vote shows that the majority of the American people still recognize an idiot when they see one. Or the US more generally. He's a 70 year old morbidly obese man who watches Fox News religiously and is too out of shape to keep up with Europeans on a walk.
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facialimpediment posted:For consequental content though, we now know why Donnie never confirmed Article V of NATO in his speech. It was in his speech, then Donnie, Bannon, and Miller removed it at the last minute without telling anyone. That's why McMaster has been lying about the speech so much lately. Oh hey, this will certainly get European allies to provide troops for McMaster's Afghanistan surge!
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Two Finger posted:
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CommieGIR posted:Well, Gerrymandering is a hell of a tool. Combined with toxic voters. Yeah - most local races, congressional districts, and even senate seats are really only contested at the primary level. And in most cases that means such a low level public of engagement that idiocy, especially backed by money, can go very far.
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Texas voter here, the only democrats on my ballot were for the Presidency and a few judges everything else had only one option (R).
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Reverand maynard posted:Texas voter here, the only democrats on my ballot were for the Presidency and a few judges everything else had only one option (R). remember Wendy Davis lol
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Something like 20 legislative seats in VA are unopposed, despite some of them going to Warner/Clinton. There's quite a few grassroots organizations that are funding people to run against the incumbents this year.
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VA's gubernatorial primary is next week as well. Not looking forward to hearing Bernie Bros whine about their guy not getting picked.
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Judging by the administration's media strategy today, Dubke (the former communications director) was one of the people keeping the morons off television. I think as a consequence of that, Donnie would be more heavily managed so he wouldn't have time to watch TV and tweet dumb poo poo constantly. https://twitter.com/DanEggenWPost/status/871725977168216064 facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Jun 5, 2017 |
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Sorry to continue the tweet spree, but jesus christ: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871725780535062528
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