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I'm up there too. One of my two sons, who join me every Sunday afternoon for Bills games at our house, asked me a poignant question about five years ago. He said, "Dad, you have done everything you ever wanted to do. What are you going to do if they actually ever win one?" I told him I was going to go up on the roof of my house, and using the last quote from Jesus, state "It is finished," then step off.

Perhaps the most bizarre post I have read, but I admit I have not read them all. Go back to the mountains? I'm not sure what that means or how it applies.

Are you serious? Do you think that media reports contain accurate information on who intel agencies are aware of? You are clearly confused. Goodness, this isn't high school.

I am not "upset" about anything. You post relatively strong views from a political stance. That draws attention. When you post a ridiculous claim, someone who might know something about that kind of stuff might notice. What you posted is silly. Much less "mad" than I was when Clinton did what Clinton did along the same lines, or when Carter crafted the disaster in Iran. Totally stupid. I'm just interested in getting the facts right, which you did not. Enjoy your day.

You haven't answered the question. What carrier was it? By the way, all offensive launches are filmed. On aircraft carriers, all operations are filmed. Again, what ship was that? And of course you know that, as you knew it was launched from a carrier. This crap gets annoying. People who know nothing about any of this posting nonsense based on their political leanings. Know why Trump, Obama, and Biden have trouble living up to their campaign promises about "ending" wars, reducing troop deployments and a host of other things? Because once they actually get in the seat and are faced with reality, they make appropriate judgements. Usually, they are the right choices. This Biden thing is the exception, in my view. Absolutely stupid to say we are going to do something by Aug 31. But, that's my view, as opposed to posting nonsense about things that didn't happen. By the way, the US doesn't launch Tomahawks from aircraft carriers.

Evidently you could not provide the answer, so I'll do it for you. The missile launch was from the USS Porter, a guided missile destroyer. It was not from an aircraft carrier, per your claim, and it was in response to another event. People pay attention to false claims.

I'm not interested in the target. I'm interested in your claim that missiles were launched from a carrier. I can't recall that, and I am interested to know.

When did this occur? Not saying it didn't, but what carrier?

I am quite sure you have no knowledge of what you speak. Not worth responding to.

Just guessing, but probably none, since it wasn't Taliban. Or to stroke a Dem talking point, probably all 5000.

Really? I was reading reports that stated intel that there was an imminent attack two days before this, on of all things, social media. This wasn't an intel failure. This was a leadership failure.

I really think the reaction to this, while valid, is missing the point, and the only solution. Folks are blaming bad behavior by inhuman punks on politicians in the US. Of course it could have been handled better, and I did not vote for Trump, Clinton, or Biden. Still, the point isn't that those folks screwed up. The point is that fundamentalist lunatics in the Muslim faith are getting support and supplies from somebody else. They are incapable of producing military hardware, or in this case, simplistic weapons. It seems the focus is on ISIS Khorasan, known as Isis K. This is Pakistan supported. There are two countries who support this kind of madness, not as a national posture, but under the sheets. Iran and Pakistan. That is where the international community needs to bring to accountability. You can run one US president after another up the flagpole and it isn't going to matter. The solution lies in eliminating support.

I am sorry for you. We beat the hell out of them. You are a pathetic idiot.

We beat the hell out of them, at every level, unlike the Soviets. What we didn't do is eliminate them. Elimination means eliminating support. The Taliban/ISIS does not provide military equipment support. Other operators do. When we are ready to eliminate that support, we will end the problem. One man's view.

There is certainly something you can do to respond to those attacks. These are funded and supplied. I am quite certain those that fund them are known. Respond with deadly force. We are over trying to win a political game. If the specifics are wrong, so be it. The effect is the same. This cannot go unresponded to.

I don't know. I'm less connected than I used to be. I am certain that if this is not responded to, and I'm sure it will, that eventuality will occur.

This clearly bothers me, but doesn't surprise me. I offer my opinion as a guy who sat in a ready room on an aircraft carrier with the ability to deliver unspeakable harm to the enemies of the US. Nothing gets the juices going like knowing there are troops on the ground that are being hit. There is no better mission than protecting American soldiers in the dirt. Did the TopGun thing. Taught it. It's fun, but protecting troops on the ground is like protecting your daughter from assault. It is the single most motivating mission you can do, worth giving your life for, and watching Marines die while you could have stopped it is vomit inducing. This has to be responded to, quickly, or this administration will lose the military.

I know. I get you. If true, this simply cannot go unresponded to, and with undeniable force.

Again, I don't know if it's true. But.... If US troops were killed during a "negotiated" withdrawal, there absolutely has to be a response. It must be strong and it must come quick. Sorry, but that is the reality.

If this is true, this is a game changer.

I think Allen needs this from a psychological point. Coming into a home game at the opener for the first time in two years, his too amped up persona would show. Get him in. Get him in front of the home crowd for two series and hope that he isn't nuclear against the Steelers.

Bruce working during preseason is oxymoronic, incongruous and contradictory at the same time.

Raleigh was a major hub for American in the 80's. The Buffalo market has declined dramatically since the 70's. Used to be a DC10 from Chicago in the early evening. Now it's basically regional jets.

I wonder if Bass can handle a snap and punt. Admittedly, a Sunday afternoon musing. So far, not a "Haaker."

When I was a 727 captain, had him on a flight from Fort Myers to Raleigh to Buffalo. On the flight from Ft. Myers to Raleigh, a young harried mom had an infant who screamed the entire flight, irritating some other passengers nearby, who exhibited irritation towards the mom, who had tried her hardest to hardest to quiet the child. It turns out that both this wonderful mom and her kid were going on to Buffalo, as was Maguire. In Raleigh, Paul paid to upgrade the mom and her infant to first class. The baby slept the entire way. I had no idea this had happened until a flight attendant told me, and I had no idea he was aboard until she pointed out the nice guy that did that as they were leaving. Of course I recognized him. Judge people by how they treat people when nobody is watching. Just a really nice guy.