DaveC
Blue Crack Addict
venezuela? what the fuck?
Guns a blazingWell, here's something comparatively positive worth focusing on in regards to this whole North Korea thing:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/apnewsbr...orea-regular-contact-143316612--politics.html
Trump just doesn't have a clue about anything, what mess he is!
Breaking: President Trump says, "I'm not going to rule out a military option" in Venezuela https://t.co/wJSgobFywz https://t.co/pkXIXHYAl6
not even close, dude.
The Cuban thingy...with the missiles. And the crisis.
Though the "eye to eye...and they blinked" stuff is bullshit meant to inspire some rah rah, it was still far, far, far more dangerous than some Dennis Rodman-loving despot in Asia with a slingshot nuke and our orange man-child can get us to...
On 27 October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a group of eleven United States Navy destroyers and the aircraft carrier USS Randolph located the diesel-powered, nuclear-armed Soviet Foxtrot-class submarine B-59 near Cuba. Despite being in international waters, the Americans started dropping signaling depth charges, explosives intended to force the submarine to come to the surface for identification. There had been no contact from Moscow for a number of days and, although the submarine's crew had earlier been picking up U.S. civilian radio broadcasts, once B-59 began attempting to hide from its U.S. Navy pursuers, it was too deep to monitor any radio traffic. Those on board did not know whether war had broken out or not. The captain of the submarine, Valentin Grigorievitch Savitsky, decided that a war might already have started and wanted to launch a nuclear torpedo.
Unlike the other subs in the flotilla, three officers on board the B-59 had to agree unanimously to authorize a nuclear launch: Captain Savitsky, the political officer Ivan Semonovich Maslennikov, and the second-in-command Arkhipov. Typically, Russian submarines armed with the "Special Weapon" only required the captain to get authorization from the political officer to launch a nuclear torpedo. However, due to Arkhipov's position as flotilla commander, the B-59's captain also was required to gain Arkhipov's approval. An argument broke out, with only Arkhipov against the launch.
Even though Arkhipov was only second-in-command of the submarine B-59, he was in fact commander of the entire submarine flotilla, including the B-4, B-36 and B-130, and equal in rank to Captain Savitsky. According to author Edward Wilson, the reputation Arkhipov had gained from his courageous conduct in the previous year's Soviet submarine K-19 incident also helped him prevail. Arkhipov eventually persuaded Savitsky to surface and await orders from Moscow. This effectively averted the nuclear warfare which probably would have ensued if the nuclear weapon had been fired. The submarine's batteries had run very low and the air-conditioning had failed, causing extreme heat and high levels of carbon dioxide inside the submarine. They were forced to surface amidst its U.S. pursuers and return to the Soviet Union as a result.
I think you misunderstood. I'm not really referring to a nuke instability. I'm talking about how instable the leaderships is. If we faced anything like the Cuban missile crisis now with a clown in charge we'd be doomed for sure.The Cuban thingy...with the missiles. And the crisis.
Though the "eye to eye...and they blinked" stuff is bullshit meant to inspire some rah rah, it was still far, far, far more dangerous than some Dennis Rodman-loving despot in Asia with a slingshot nuke and our orange man-child can get us to...
not even close, dude.
Well, here's something comparatively positive worth focusing on in regards to this whole North Korea thing:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/apnewsbr...orea-regular-contact-143316612--politics.html
Interesting. NK just released a Canadian pastor who had been held prisoner, in the past week, due to diplomatic negotiation.
venezuela? what the fuck?
venezuela? what the fuck?
He is in full distraction mode cause he knows he's fucked.
Has the defcon level gone up?
Have we started moving troops?
Have we started sending embassy workers home?
Have we issued any recent travel alerts?
No? Exactly.
I readily acknowledge the possibility that this asshole's bluster will cause miscalculation on the other side that ends up dragging us into war - but Trump's statements are nothing more than a way to change the media narrative as the Mueller noose is closing tight around him.
This is what he does EVERY TIME.
The actual day that Manafort's house was raided? The same day this clown tweeted his unprompted transgender military ban that isn't actually a back because he didn't take any action to enforce it. Much like he's taken no action to follow up on his North Korea threats.
Sure, one could make the argument that he's a dumb dumb who doesn't realize that he needs to increase the DEFCON level, clear embassies, etc. Except his COS is a fucking general. I think someone would be aware.
This is all a game; a dangerous game, but a game none the less, meant to take our collective eyes off the prize.
I can believe he's blustering and trying to look strong for his base, the real problem comes if NK actually do try a test fire around Guam in the near future. How could Trump let that go after all BS he's been spouting?Even more plausible when you consider he makes these comments without consulting anyone. The transgender ban, where did that even come from? Even his staff had to scramble. Which is basically every day.
Fire and fury? What? And now doubling down on it? And what about his base with not wanting America to police the world and now he floats idea of getting involved with Venezuela??
The noose is tightening. You always follow the money and maybe that's what brings Trump down. Not colluding with Russia but something else
Trump won't criticise the white supremacists. Unbelievable and shameful.
Bannon is smiling and licking his lips.