heybruce

Yeah, Trump has a history of choosing looks over brains.

Regarding your first paragraph, read the post below. You're description of your work experience doesn't come close. Your second paragraph shows your naivety about managing the military. It ends with the standard unsubstantiated hyperbole about "the left" that is never supported by reality. As you your final question of "Why?", I answered that already. If you can't understand the answer I can't help you. Try re-reading my post below.

Wage increases to compensate for inflation are always negotiated after inflation has occurred. There's always a lag.

Absence of proper sex education in many public schools has a lot to do with it. Fanatical Christians don't approve of any kind of sex education other than promoting abstinence.

I saw nothing in the article that indicates China has a preference for any side, so long as it can take advantage of the chaos. I suspect China has no desire to share a border with a successful democratic government.

You're really hung up on the UN. Are you under the impression that wars can not begin without UN approval? Or that brutal suppression of an independent people is acceptable if they don't have a seat at the UN is acceptable? I have no idea what you are talking about regarding Kuwait. I assume it's just deflection and obfuscation.

I would place the unwarranted influence of the military-industrial complex to be much less than that of social media, pundits screaming about wokeness, the medical lobby, the farm lobby.... In all fairness to Eisenhower, how could he have anticipated this?

"why is the west willing to give up a substantial percentage of Ukraine" When did a former Secretary General become "the west"?

You have yet to provide credible evidence.

Complete nonsense. I have yet to see credible evidence of the US playing any significant role in the Maiden protests that toppled the Russian stooge President Viktor Yanukovych.

Since you didn't dispute my assumption I assume I am correct and you have no experience managing anything of complexity--such as the proper use of nuclear weapons that can destroy civilization. I didn't state that anyone with government experience is qualified to be President. However anyone with zero government or military experience is unqualified to be President.

"One glaring and major issue is that Chinese Police consider any and every Chinese person a criminal if they criticize, condemn or complain about the Chinese government or the CCP. They are also considered criminals if they don't cooperate and provide information to Chinese security agencies." That raises an interesting question: Will Chinese police be allowed to arrest Chinese citizens in Thailand who violate Chinese laws but not Thai laws?

From your post I assume you have zero experience in government, little or no experience in the military, and no experience in managing large, complex organizations. Every job looks easy to people who don't know anything about it.

I was going to respond to impulse's post, but I can't improve upon your response. Thanks.

"Perhaps Ramaswamy's run is an indication that the door is opening to the citizen leader envisioned by the founding fathers. The guy who puts down his plow, his lawbook or his set of tools, goes to Washington to serve for a few years and then goes back to thrive (or not) in the world he's created." The Founding Fathers envisioned only good, honorable, educated men would run for office, and would be selected by other good and honorable men, not directly elected. The Founding Fathers also envisioned factions with different interest negotiating and compromising. They warned against letting politics devolve into a two party system. The Founding Fathers did not envision weapons that could travel across the world and destroy cities within an hour of launch. They assumed that they would have months to prepare a citizen army for war and saw little need for a standing army. Anyone who does not understand the nuclear triad, survivable second strike capability and Mutually Assured Destruction has no business even considering becoming Commander in Chief. The world is very different from what it was over two hundred years ago. Unfortunately people aren't any smarter; in many ways they seem dumber. Many are unaware, and refuse to believe, that the President has the unchecked power to launch nuclear weapons. I don't want an amateur with no government experience holding that power. A certain amount of learning on the job is unavoidable, but for the office of the Presidency prior experience is essential.

I suggest talking to cyclists with experience in Chiang Mai before attempting to deal with local traffic and drivers.

Too bad she's incompetent: https://www.newsweek.com/alina-habba-mocked-fraud-trial-ivanka-trump-document-1842241 That makes the person who hired her incompetent as well.

Looks reasonable to me. I don't know why you call them concessions, unless you mean that 5, 6, 7, and 9 are clear concessions demanded of Russia.

From the link (for those who don't do X/twitter): "Speaker Mike Johnson told House Republicans In a closed-door meeting that there is “insufficient evidence at the moment to initiate formal impeachment proceedings" against President Biden, the Washington Post reports."

Waiting for the MAGA types to tell us that Trump appointed Judge Cannon is a Trump hating deep state operative.

The story illustrates how much influence China has in Myanmar. As things now stand China will not allow any form of government in Myanmar that it doesn't approve of.

Now it comes out: Trump is upsetting the US government by stealing, sharing, and in general mishandling classified documents and putting the country at risk. Clearly you think Trump regards the US as the opposition. That may be correct, he certainly regards rule of law as the opposition.

You're still hung up on semantics. Taiwan functions as an independent nation that does not want to be dominated by China. The US supports Taiwan because it agrees that Taiwan should not be forced to be part of mainland China. Why is this difficult for you to grasp? Regarding your twisted reading of the rest of my post; the US is supporting Ukraine in its defense against Russia's invasion. The US is not participating as a combatant. If that changes so would the need for firing on Russia. I never suggested sending weapons to Hong Kong, I pointed out that what China did to Hong Kong strengthened Taiwan's resolve to not be dominated by Xi. The US, Europe and China are playing a game of catch-up with Taiwan's chip manufacturing capability, but Taiwan is not standing still, it's getting better. Taiwan will be critical for the world economy for the foreseeable future. China can do what it wants, within reason, within its territory (which does not include all of the South China Sea). When it starts using military force to expand outside of its territory it must be resisted. I, and a lot of other people, don't regard Taiwan as being part of China's territory, regardless of what you think.

Does this mean an insanity plea?

Agreed. Now stop trying to make it about immigration.