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Sometimes, letting the free market system lever these issues is much better than a gov or party interfering. Actually, I would state "always." What the Republicans have not done is propose eliminating debt for people who have agreed to it and signed promissory notes to pay it back. The net of this taxpayer funded forgiveness is to, once again, fail to let the free market impact idiotic college costs, and remove the US University system from having to be accountable for unjustified, and way beyond cpi, wage growth, or any other economic measure, increases.

This is what happens constantly with you. You imply false premises, you falsely suggest others support an enemy, and you repeatedly imply things that simply aren't there. It isn't "focus just on nuclear codes," and I have never suggested a "nothingburger." It is a question towards those who repeatedly bring it up, implying immense significance, challenging if they actually know what it means. This site's posters can draw swords against eachother forever, but as of now, nothing has been provided in any factual sense that treason has been committed. When that happens, see where the chips fall.

For all the back and forth vitriol directed by posts at each other, I would be pleased to see if anyone launching these allegations demonstrated any knowledge of what "nuclear launch codes" means, or if it was any threat. Further, I really doubt that any foreign gov ex the least threatening, would ever do business with "Trump" regarding serious US security issues. I don't believe they would view him as reliable, and the fastest way to get your regime on the US s..t list is to get caught stealing US secrets through paying a provider.

A little perspective and background here. The US Navy has line officers and non line officers. The folks with stars on their shoulder boards or stars on their sleeves above the rank, are line officers. Those are the ones that are permitted to command operational units in combat. A "staff" officer is one whose primary duties are non combat, and who perform special jobs not combat related. Staff officers include dentists, clergy, doctors and others, including lawyers or jag officers.

I come from a different place than you on this issue. My first response, and I think I can say this with extreme confidence, is that Trump never knew what some here call our most sensitive information. "Most sensitive information," is a judgement. The locations of ballistic missile subs, deep human intel in foreign countries. and up to date tech info is not something the president gets briefed on. Those issues are "the most sensitive." Trump wasn't interested in this stuff at all. His daily intel briefs were largely picture shows, and he wasn't that interested. They don't make copies for later study, and he didn't have any apatite for that. Obama was an IPAD guy, and didn't get into much detail either. Bush was more of a see it coming guy and would ask. Anyway, I think there is a great misunderstanding of this issue. "Secret," "Top Secret," it all sounds cool, but there are far deeper levels that reveal methods, sources and technology that are not part of the president's daily diet. We handled this stuff during training and operational carrier stuff, but "Secret" wasn't interesting, "Top Secret" was data we had that we didn't want people to know we had, and there were many deeper levels than that. Again, Trump wasn't that interested anyway, and had no great relationship with the CIA. The pres is not briefed on stuff he doesn't care about, and I don't think Trump was that interested. As far as the other guys, one was providing daily encryption data to the status and location of US Navy task forces, and one exposed the network we had established to determine Soviet sub locations. Really, really valuable stuff. The codes were useless upon Biden's inauguration.

Just for the sake of acknowledging reality, whatever "codes" or the validity of the biscuit that Trump had were worthless the afternoon of the inaugeration. How the US nuclear reaction works is well known and open source. Clinton lost them and I believe left them is delivered dry cleaning. Carter refused to allow the football to be carried into Plains Ga., when he was there, which would have resulted in a significant response delay. I hope that rational people will let these, as yet, unproven accusations cease until some kind of proof is found. If treason is found, prosecute to the fullest. Until then, I'd bet that Robert Henson and John Walker have done infinitely more damage.

Josh Allen must have read my post.

Joique Bell was a first ballot August Hall of Famer for us.

Once a notion gets in someone's head it tends to stay. As we all recall, the fans of other AFC East teams knew Josh could not play well with a crowd.

Catapult shots from an aircraft carrier.

Remind me what the negotiated settlement was, how it was not abided by, and what resulted.

Simply inexcusable. In corporate America, this would result in massive firings. In political America, such deserved actions are not done, because it would be an admission of gross failure. How this happened should be examined, and result in removal of the Sec of Def and whomever was responsible for intel re the Afghani shop that didn't see this coming.

I specialize in fair and honest takes.

This is where mixing politics and economics make for bad analysis. The core inflation rate in July was about 6%. Way over the Fed's goal of 2%. Core inflation is way more accurate in this case because getting to zero is almost entirely due to energy prices, which along with food, are highly volatile on a month to month basis, and can grossly distort numbers. Pols use these to serve their own purposes, but most aren't tricked. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/core-inflation-rate

This has nothing to do with Ukraine or religious connections. The issue with Afghanistan and the Taliban was that they were harboring terrorists who were planning, funding, supporting and directly responsible for many horrific acts well outside of Afghanistan.

Wrong again. You consistently make these comprehension errors. I absolutely NEVER claimed "he had no resume." I was and am very familiar with his resume and service history. I claimed the "strength" of his resume was that he agreed with Biden That is almost always the most important factor in the decision regarding that appointment.

Don't wonder, and don't assert. I am saying that there were other folks available who had different views re Afghanistan, and the result has been horrible. It has nothing to do with what you are inferring, so give it up.

Preposterous. Tell that to our carrier Navy and Air Force Europe. The "air strike" claim is specious. We are flying crazy numbers in support of the Ukraine.

When you develop a relationship with thousands of people, and then abandum them as a political expedient, there is a result, and it is not good.

I really doubt anyone here will read it, but it is an entirely accurate viewpoint. The problem is systemic. When you have the system we have, which causes the extreme top level military to agree with the political power, you get yes men. It's the best way to do it, but occasionally, like now, you get incompetent leadership. Our Sect. of Defense is a political appointee whose resume strength is that he agrees with Biden, who is a military/leadership illiterate. That extends down to the Joint Chiefs. Below that, the major unified and operational commanders, things get more reasonable and realistic, but that isn't where major decisions on policy are made. Trump screwed it up, but left an out if certain circumstances weren't met, but it was a "sloppy" out. Biden didn't use that out, and the result has been horrible. The withdrawal from Afghanistan was a betrayal and a disaster.

Charter costs. Much cheaper to charter to Detroit, or to Buffalo for the Lions. Less time lost in travel. Years when they aren't playing each other, I'd expect this to continue.

GHOAT. Greatest holder of all time.

The "hold" God......Identified.

The "gamble" is your suggestion. Ii is no gamble on my end, thus my offer of unlimited payment to the charity of your choice.

Continued avoidance. Yes or no. Are you willing to put money on your suggestion that I am lying?