This has got to be Bob or BB:

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On 5/28/2024 at 12:32 PM, madmartigan said:

This. Everyone also assumes the Chinese would have the know how to come in and operate those plants seamlessly day 1. China manufactures a lot of semi conductors, but they are the kinds that go in your blenders and not the far more advanced kinds produced in Taiwan. 

 

I think Taiwan’s military might have something to say about it.  YES…it’s much smaller than China’s.  However it’s very robust as compared to the size of Taiwan:

169k - Active Personal 

1.7mm - Reservists

474 - Combat Aircraft

$19-billion - Defense Budget [2023]

 

In addition, the Taiwanese can take advantage of being an island nation.  I’m told they have some BIG time allies. 

I’m a real novice on topics like this.  Anybody have likely scenarios how a mainland Chinese invasion could go down? 

 

[Nevada Convert]

On 5/29/2024 at 9:32 PM, utenation said:

I don’t think it’s selfish. We suck at trying to police, advise and install democratic governments for countries that never wanted it.  The post Afghanistan withdrawal era has been brutal and tragic by the Taliban but we can’t save everyone at the cost of our sons and daughters that signed up to fight for our country. Some of these countries have been doing things a certain way before we were a country. 
 

We have a great, tip of the sword military but that’s where it ends, IMO.  We need to keep our foot on the neck of terrorism in hostile areas but we aren’t nation builders like you said.  We have enough problems in our country to work on. 

I agree about the nation building, but staying with a small 2,500 crew wasn’t costing us really anything monetarily and certainly wasn’t costing us any lives with the change to a non-direct combat role. If ALL of your generals (even retired analysts) are telling you to keep a 2,500 crew to gather intelligence to keep terrorism reasonably contained, you fvcking do it. You fvcking do it. 

When you have that many experts at that level unanimously telling you to do what should be a no brainer, and the arrogance of not listening to that is just stunning. The 2,500 plan was not nation building at all. Now we will have to eventually return to Afghanistan. It’s just a matter of when. 

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On 5/28/2024 at 12:21 PM, SDSUfan said:

I spent two months developing the plan to "jump" from Afghanistan to another location in the ME.  Four operational aircraft, ground support equipment, material ( spares etc.) and roughly 250 personnel spread across the AOR.  It took us 3 weeks to execute. Everything went flawlessly.

There is no easy way BUT there in an ORDERLY way to do it.  Go ahead and tell me it's not possible.

Biden is an incompetent buffoon who suffers from dementia and the people in his administration are grossly incompetent ideologues. 

 

So, you are voting for a guys that can’t stay awake for a > 8-hr day in court???

 

[Nevada Convert]

On 5/30/2024 at 1:52 AM, ---I GREEN INFECTION I--- said:

 

I think Taiwan’s military might have something to say about it.  YES…it’s much smaller than China’s.  However it’s very robust as compared to the size of Taiwan:

169k - Active Personal 

1.7mm - Reservists

474 - Combat Aircraft

$19-billion - Defense Budget [2023]

 

In addition, the Taiwanese can take advantage of being an island nation.  I’m told they have some BIG time allies. 

I’m a real novice on topics like this.  Anybody have likely scenarios how a mainland Chinese invasion could go down? 

 

With exception to some of the populated low land areas, it’s a very mountainous island, and as we’ve seen through history, those are a tremendous advantage for the home team. 

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On 5/28/2024 at 12:37 PM, Nevada Convert said:

So nearly 4% inflation is OK with you as the new norm? It obviously isn’t OK with voters. How could a total POS like Trump with his MAGAtastic army of dummies possibly be giving Biden competition, let alone beating him in all battle ground states except for one by a point? Several things, but inflation is the top concern of voters this cycle. 

 

Current inflation is just as close to 3% as it is 4%.  

You are rounding up by 12.3%, calling 3.5% to 4%.

 

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On 5/28/2024 at 3:23 PM, Spaztecs said:

Are Corps purposely inflating prices to get Trump elected ?  << They are price gouging, to enrich themselves & keep their shareholders happy.  I have no clue if it is also designed to “…get Trump elected."

Seriously, what Trump going to do to reduce inflation ?  << My guess is NOTHING

 

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On 5/28/2024 at 6:35 PM, Someone Else said:

Just curious> why do you think you know what the electorate thinks?

 

It’s on of the larger benefits of being delusional...

 

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On 5/28/2024 at 9:52 PM, Nevada Convert said:

DickNation to the rescue!

There are comedic geniuses, and then there are comedick geniuses. Guess which one you are? 

 

@Nevada Convert has no where else to go.  So he goes to every sharp 6th Grader playbook & resorts to name calling.

At least you are consistent NVCon.

 

[SDSUfan]

On 5/30/2024 at 1:57 AM, ---I GREEN INFECTION I--- said:

 

So, you are voting for a guys that can’t stay awake for a > 8-hr day in court???

 

 Why to you care who I vote for? 

I live in California, a one-party totalitarian state and I'm not a member of that party.  My vote, for anybody or anything literally doesn't count.

That being said, if I lived in the United States, I would vote against the party trying to jail its opponent claiming that he is a threat to "democracy". That irony is apparently lost to the vast credulous boobery that makes up a significant plurality of the voting public however.

 

[bornontheblue]

On 5/30/2024 at 9:58 AM, SDSUfan said:

I would vote against the party trying to jail its opponent claiming that he is a threat to "democracy"

This to me is the most hypocritical bullshit 

Democrats: We are fighting to save democracy 

Also Democrats: We are going to invent phony crimes, and bring prosecution on shady evidence to thwart our political opponent. 

We totally need a couple of prosecutors in Mississippi and Oklahoma to bring up phony charges against Biden and drain his campaign of time and resources. 

 

[grandjean87]

On 5/30/2024 at 10:12 AM, bornontheblue said:

This to me is the most hypocritical bullshit 

Democrats: We are fighting to save democracy 

Also Democrats: We are going to invent phony crimes, and bring prosecution on shady evidence to thwart our political opponent. 

We totally need a couple of prosecutors in Mississippi and Oklahoma to bring up phony charges against Biden and drain his campaign of time and resources. 

 

I agree. I think the Dems hacked the Trump Org. falsifying records so the '22 convictions on similar actions (false business records, conspiracy,  tax fraud) were bogus.  Donald Trump has always acted above board in business and personal dealings in New York. His reputation over 50+ years of business there is stellar.  There is no way Trump was involved in those 34 counts of falsifying business records in the personal indictments. He's too honest.  Besides, even if he did order or agree to false business records, what's the harm?  Business have discretion over expensing.  If he had to pay his lawyer guy for anything, why can't he write off that $400+k to Cohen?  I mean Cohen has lied about something so that makes it legal.  Even if fishy, he had his marriage to protect.  The election was never on his mind.  Pecker is a pecker.  This is all so unfair.  Karma is getting it all wrong. 

It would also be smart for Mississippi and Oklahoma, both places where Biden scammed contractors and falsified business records (and banged wives of friends) for decades on end to go after his crime family.  That's something the Republicans in Congress are too scared to do.  They should go after his surviving kid in a red state.  Use Russian active measures and foreign agents if needed. I mean nepotism and snorting coke out of Russian hookers cracks means it's gloves off.  

You know, God placed dinosaur bones in the earth to test our faith.  We shouldn't be fooled by the Dems.   

[bornontheblue]

On 5/30/2024 at 10:56 AM, grandjean87 said:

Trump Org. falsifying records so the '22 convictions on similar actions (false business records, conspiracy,  tax fraud) were bogus.

Dude, he paid his attorney to make the problem go away, this is regular procedure in EVERY CAMPAIGN, and  It is appropriate to call it legal fees.  Who exactly is the victim because he called it legal fees.   Also to say that this was some sort of grand conspiracy to steal the 2016 elections is ridiculous.  Only cheerleading morons would buy that , please don't be a cheerleading moron.  If there are serious charges with actual evidence of a crime lets see it and I will jump on board and demand he be in prison right long with you. Cmon GJ you are intelligent enough , and have the ability to decipher actual crime from politically motivated anti democratic stunts. Set aside your personal feelings about Trump so you can think clearly about this.  

We totally need a prosecutor from a deep red state, with a deep red jury pool to go after GOP political opponents.  If the other side starts to use the same dirty tricks the democrats will think twice about it. 

 

[bornontheblue]

On 5/30/2024 at 10:56 AM, grandjean87 said:

I agree. I think the Dems hacked the Trump Org. falsifying records so the '22 convictions on similar actions (false business records, conspiracy,  tax fraud) were bogus.  Donald Trump has always acted above board in business and personal dealings in New York. His reputation over 50+ years of business there is stellar.  There is no way Trump was involved in those 34 counts of falsifying business records in the personal indictments. He's too honest.  Besides, even if he did order or agree to false business records, what's the harm?  Business have discretion over expensing.  If he had to pay his lawyer guy for anything, why can't he write off that $400+k to Cohen?  I mean Cohen has lied about something so that makes it legal.  This is all so unfair.  Karma is getting it wrong. 

It would also be smart for Mississippi and Oklahoma, both places where Biden scammed contractors and falsified business records (and banged wives of friends) for decades on end to go after his crime family.  That's something the Republicans in Congress are too scared to do.  They should go after his surviving kid in a red state.  Use Russian active measures and foreign agents if needed. I mean nepotism and snorting come out of Russian hookers cracks means it's gloves off.  

You know, God placed dinosaur bones in the earth to test our faith.  We shouldn't be fooled by the Dems.   
 

 

 

Is that seriously the best evidence they have a 50 years of criminal history. He paid his lawyer and expensed it as legal fees. That's it??? He won the 2016 election because he expensed a payment to his lawyer. CMON GRANDJEAN!!!

[grandjean87]

And, what's up with Georgia? I can't believe what the libs are doing there.  I mean the prosecutor was getting her freak on with the hired help so that means Trump is innocent. The phone call to the GA Sec. of State was just free speech expressing hopes and dreams. So what if the two Trump lawyers sent the Senate that slate of, er, alternate electors.  As president, he had the right to send whatever electors he wanted.  It's just like the Dems to make something out of nothing so we can't vote for Trump a 3rd time. 

[bornontheblue]

On 5/30/2024 at 11:28 AM, grandjean87 said:

And, what's up with Georgia? I can't believe what the libs are doing there.  I mean the prosecutor was getting her freak on with the hired help so that means Trump is innocent. The phone call to the GA Sec. of State was just free speech expressing hopes and dreams. So what if the two Trump lawyers sent the Senate that slate of, er, alternate electors.  As president, he had the right to send whatever electors he wanted.  It's just like the Dems to make something out of nothing so we can't vote for Trump a 3rd time. 

The GA case was the one that actually had some substance to it. The prosecutor is fn it up though and it will likely be overturned on appeal if it even gets that far. 

Look I get that DJT is not the pillar of decency, but that doesn't give any political side the justification to use the threat of felony charges as a political weapon. There are two types of people , morons like @Spaztecs who cheerlead any attempt using any evidence (phony or otherwise) to throw a political opponent in jail.  Then there are those who can set aside political opinions and in an unbiased manner come to a conclusion whether the criminal charges are a bunch of horsehit. You are intelligent enough to be in the latter group, although I am not sure if you are willing to. 

[utenation]

On 5/30/2024 at 2:53 AM, Nevada Convert said:

I agree about the nation building, but staying with a small 2,500 crew wasn’t costing us really anything monetarily and certainly wasn’t costing us any lives with the change to a non-direct combat role. If ALL of your generals (even retired analysts) are telling you to keep a 2,500 crew to gather intelligence to keep terrorism reasonably contained, you fvcking do it. You fvcking do it. 

When you have that many experts at that level unanimously telling you to do what should be a no brainer, and the arrogance of not listening to that is just stunning. The 2,500 plan was not nation building at all. Now we will have to eventually return to Afghanistan. It’s just a matter of when. 

At this point, how much more intelligence do we need to gather on the Taliban? What don’t we know?

Personally, I don’t think we need a 2500 conventional military crew-boots on the ground for this. Let the CIA and black ops handle that. 

Strong public opinion wanted our troops out of this place in an official capacity. Weary of shitty warfare in the Middle East. 

[madmartigan]

On 5/30/2024 at 11:39 AM, utenation said:

At this point, how much more intelligence do we need to gather on the Taliban? What don’t we know?

Personally, I don’t think we need a 2500 conventional military crew-boots on the ground for this. Let the CIA and black ops handle that. 

Strong public opinion wanted our troops out of this place in an official capacity. Weary of shitty warfare in the Middle East. 

Yes. I think there are reasons why were successful in helping rebuild Germany + Japan and have failed pretty badly in Iraq and Afghanistan. The two former countries mentioned had already industrialized, had simliar cultural values that we do (their most recent authoritarian regimes excluded) and we shared a common enemy with both post war in the USSR. We were seen as helpers to rebuild in both those cases. We conquered and occupied to help rebuild and weren't the aggressor. IN Iraq and Afghanistan we were seen as the invading infidel army to countries that don't have a history of democracy and hadn't industrialized and were far less developed. Too big a lift in both cases. I want as far away from the Middle East as possible. 

[Nevada Convert]

On 5/30/2024 at 10:39 AM, utenation said:

At this point, how much more intelligence do we need to gather on the Taliban? What don’t we know?

Personally, I don’t think we need a 2500 conventional military crew-boots on the ground for this. Let the CIA and black ops handle that. 

Strong public opinion wanted our troops out of this place in an official capacity. Weary of shitty warfare in the Middle East. 

Based on what you just stated, you don’t really understand what is going on over there to have an informed opinion. The Taliban are a rare bird in the sense that they don’t have the goal of making the world an Islamic state like the others. They just want their regional Islamic empire. 

The Taliban are a problem because they will provide safe haven for terrorist groups that they like such as they did with Al Qaida, but they’re not strong enough to keep some terrorist groups, with whom they are enemies with, out of Afghanistan such as ISIS. Of course, the Taliban terrorize citizens of Afghanistan, but that’s not a direct threat to us. They just cause us problems trying to manage terrorism in the region, and they support some of it.

In fact, ISIS is growing rapidly in Afghanistan right now at a scary rate. We can get basic intelligence, but it’s very very difficult to get the more specific intel we need to take them out and disrupt them.

Dude, Kabul is a Taliban stronghold now. The CIA needs to be on the ground in places like Kabul recruiting informants that travel around the country with a legit purpose per their profession that the Taliban wouldn’t question. As difficult as that would be, it’s pretty much impossible now since we fvcked so many of the informants we didn’t get out in which many were tortured and executed. So no one is going to want to stick their neck out for us thanks to Biden. So you can kiss the CIA option goodbye. 

Black ops? Are you kidding? They need good intelligence. 

The public was tired of hearing our death toll go up and up because we were losing so many people for so long. That had already changed when we shifted to a non-direct combat role and hadn’t lost anyone in the last year and a half. Apples and oranges. 

Again, the arrogance of ignoring our generals is off the chart. You don’t trust our generals? ISIS absolutely is a big threat to us and they have cells in the US ready to strike per Director Wray. 

Al Qaida, although in a weakened state from before, is also recruiting hard and has opened 8 new training camps.  They will be back. ISIS is stronger than the Taliban.

https://www.legion.org/news/261633/islamic-state-group-said-be-recruiting-greater-numbers-afghanistan 

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2024/03/islamic-states-afghanistan-based-affiliate-emerging-global-menace/395223/

[grandjean87]

On 5/30/2024 at 11:11 AM, bornontheblue said:

Dude, he paid his attorney to make the problem go away, this is regular procedure in EVERY CAMPAIGN, and  It is appropriate to call it legal fees.  Who exactly is the victim because he called it legal fees. 

Say you don't understand the detailed records in evidence without saying it. Not only were payments not made by the CAMPAIGN, lol, that's not even the argument made by Trump's defense.  

Tell you what. You go through those payments in detail w/rationale and explain here how they were not false records.  

[bornontheblue]

On 5/30/2024 at 12:56 PM, grandjean87 said:

Say you don't understand the detailed records in evidence without saying it. Not only were payments not made by the CAMPAIGN, lol, that's not even the argument made by Trump's defense.  

Tell you what. You go through those payments in detail w/rationale and explain here how they were not false records.  

Just because there is volumes of phony  evidence that a crime was committed doesn't mean their phoney allegations are true. 

Dude EVERY set of books has some level of error in it whether it be intentional or an honest mistake. By your standard every bookkeeper in America needs to go to the state penitentiary .  The alleged crime is only a crime let alone a felony if the were falsified to cover up another crime. What other Crime???? I am sorry,  but paying off a porn star to keep her trap shut is not a crime. 

Who exactly is the victim of the alleged crime. 

Would these same charges survive a preliminary hearing in any other courtroom  against any other defendant? You know the answer to this one. 

You have let your disdain for Trump impede your ability to rationally think about this. You want SOOOO BAD for these charges, any charges to stick that you will let yourself be convinced of anything. You are smarter than this or should I start calling you spaztecs.