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dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
2. I wish I knew? I'm sure you're aware, there's a lot I could say here,
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 08:59 PM
Jan 2020

but a visit from the Secret Service would suck.

dware

(12,416 posts)
8. Yeah, I've heard those agents have no sense of humor
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 09:10 PM
Jan 2020

towards threats to a President, no matter who the President is.

Raven

(13,895 posts)
3. The thing is, Trump didn't come up with these 52 sites on his own...
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 09:00 PM
Jan 2020

if he did, they'd all be golf courses. He has lots of people helping him. This administration is crawling with was criminals.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
5. An organized crime syndicate, masquerading as
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 09:04 PM
Jan 2020

a government. It used to feel like a conspiracy theory, to say that. It no longer feels that way, because now we know it 100 percent is.

Squidly

(783 posts)
18. The fact that he is a pathological liar..
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 11:01 PM
Jan 2020

..makes me believe he doesnt have any sites picked out...just throwing out threats.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,752 posts)
4. And when Iranian sleeper cells blow up the Statue of Liberty,
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 09:02 PM
Jan 2020

the Lincoln Monument and Mount Rushmore, then what?

dware

(12,416 posts)
11. It scares the hell out of me that
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 09:30 PM
Jan 2020

the Mango Menace has his finger on the nuclear trigger, although I suspect, hopefully, the military leaders would revolt and refuse to turn the key and push the launch button.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
12. There didn't seem to be much pushback with the assisination
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 09:37 PM
Jan 2020

of the Iranian general, sure he was a bad guy, but it was reckless and irresponsible
the way this was carried out.

dware

(12,416 posts)
14. Whole different scenario,
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 09:41 PM
Jan 2020

taking out one guy is nothing compared to nuking an entire country, thereby initiating WWIII.

China and Russia would not stand back and let this slide and don't forget Pakistan has nukes also.

Nope, I don't believe the military leaders would stand there and allow this to happen unless our homeland was attacked with widespread destruction and casualties.

dware

(12,416 posts)
16. And you know this how?
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 10:23 PM
Jan 2020

This General was a very bad guy who was killing American citizens, taking him out is nothing compared to nuking an entire country.

There won't be any nukes lobbed at Iran.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
17. I know, it is completely different yet the consequences of
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 10:23 PM
Jan 2020

that act, have brought us here. They had to know, there would be unprecedented blowback and the consequences would likely be severe.
The nuclear threat, is the whole reason I started paying attention. I was certain he would nuke China, right after he was inaugurated. Feels kind of silly now.

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