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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.

Great post. I like what I saw from the defensive line today, as we all did, but I think the offensive production, and especially keeping Josh healthy, is dependent on the offensive line. Using second stringers, getting first downs time after time, it is exciting to consider what Diggs and Beas can do.

Only thing that has stopped the Bills are the Blue Angels.

You are absolutely clueless on how this country works, and how this thing has been handled. What you post are conclusions based on zero knowledge and demonstrate gross ignorance.

Not an average fan. First game was in Sep 63 when the Bills tied the Kansas City Chiefs. My uncle took me. Sat behind Chief's receiver Chris Burford's parents. The smell and the excitement got to me. Throughout grammar school, my best friend's dad was an usher. He could take two with him so my friend and I went to every home game. Standing room only for usher's guests at War Memorial, but never missed a game. Did one week as a ball boy. Long, complicated story, but got to hand Juice a roll of tape and spot the ball all week for the offense. It was the H. Preston Ridelhuber game against the Pats. A win. Saw them practice that option a number of times during the week. One game, listening on the radio to Van, my mother insisted that I wash the "storm windows" for installation during half time. Rushed it and ended up putting my knee through one and four stitches later at Mercy Hospital, the usual loss. As an adult, during the Super Bowl loss to the Cowboys, fractured a small hand in my right hand as the result of pounding it in a sofa wood trim piece screaming "go" at the Nate Odom's interception in the first half. Three kids, two born in San Francisco during the 49'ers heyday. The two boys are lifelong Bills fans who we share every Sunday afternoon game at my house. Sunday Ticket, big meals. My daughter is as well, but not in the area. Two grand daughters, both are being well groomed as Bills fans Last week, my son was reading a book with his three year old that had a number of cupcakes displayed. She asked him which cupcake each one of the family would like the most. When she got to me, he told her grandpa would probably like this one with the football on it. She said, "Grandpa loves the Buffalo Bills."

I agree on Romney.

Maybe you don't read well. Don't change other poster's words. I said the greatest embarrassment, not the greatest disaster, and the evidence wasn't fabricated, it was believed by the intel community, presented to the two branches of government that are concerned about such things and responded to by both of those branches resulting in the same conclusion and same commitment to commit forces

I think that when you have an amazingly disparate group of people it takes special people to unite them to a common cause. The US is incredibly disparate, and the differences and threats from the "other" group are the coin of the realm for the media. It is going to take a special leader to bring us towards unity. Pelosi and Shumer are poster children for this. Hillary wasn't it. Trump was a disaster. Biden just oversaw the greatest embarrassment in US history and is trying to excuse it. Someone has to emerge to unify us to a common purpose, but I'm not optimistic. Afghanistan is a special situation that points all this out. Nikki Haley anyone?

Incorrect.

Nonsense.

Wise choice. The worst days are days that are planned to need everything to be perfect to work out. If things turn out perfect, it still isn't worth the stress