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3 hours ago, Pilotman said:

its not that simple, it never is. Snipers in Iraq would kill women and children if they were in the act of terrorism.  Its war, it happens. Maybe you saw the movie American Sniper? True to life. 

But this was nothing like that. This was young special forces soldiers being ‘blooded’, forced to kill someone so that they would have a first kill under their belt. Please tell me how “that is war and that it happens”. I know it happens, perhaps much more than we will ever know, but that doesn’t mean we should condone it or sweep it under the rug. 

2 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

I assume no one has ever shot at you

In other words: soldiers can indiscriminately kill/execute people (men, women, children) when they are shot at? Maybe you can show me where it says so in any soldier’s handbook. 

Giuliani, and other Trump lawyers with him, are going to lose their license if they’re not very careful, for filing these lawsuits that they know are fraudulent. And judges are becoming increasingly annoyed with these lawyers for wasting everyone’s time with these lawsuits.

5 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Lets not forget that over 70,000,000 Americans still voted for him - after experiencing him for 4 years. Almost unbelievable. 

I’m not so sure all of them necessarily voted for Trump, but probably much more anti-democrat. Many Republicans seem to be of the opinion that the country will go to hell in a handbag and become a socialist/communist utopia when the Democrats get their hands on the presidency. But many Republicans (or Americans in general) also seem to lack even the most basic understanding of what socialism is. 

6 hours ago, teacherclaire said:

 

Amazing. Please let religions out of anything that matters

You mean like that photo-op that Trump created of him holding the bible in front of that church near the WH, for which hundreds of peaceful protesters were teargassed and clubbed out of the way? What is amazing is that he wasn’t struck down by lightning right away. If ever there was proof that there is no god, it had to be this.

So far The Donald is 0 for 10 with all these lawsuits. He’s certainly doing his level best to keep that perfect record of strike-outs. Go Donald!!

Trump has no interest in conceding, he just wants to do as much damage as possible before he’s going to have to vacate the WH in January. He’s like a kid who’d rather break his toy than let anyone else play with it. 

The hypocrisy of the Republicans knows no bounds and is simply appalling. 

2 hours ago, polpott said:

I would consider someone who wants to remove another woman's right to have control over her own body on the grounds of their personal religious beliefs, a religious zealot. Keep your religious beliefs to yourself, don't try to impose them on others.

But that’s the problem with all religious zealots: they demand respect from others because of their religion, but in turn they have absolutely no respect for anyone who thinks differently, they think it is their god-given duty to impose their beliefs on all those heathens. 

BJ is just like Trump: represents a minority, but has been making a series of bad decisions that will adversely affect the vast majority of the people, and the country, for years to come. 

6 hours ago, Thailand said:

Is it possible Trump is lying?

Heaven forbid! Kayleigh McEnany herself said that the president doesn’t lie. She also promised reporters she would never lie to them. And she managed to keep a straight face while saying that, so it must be true. 

5 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Banana republic.

America may not be all the all the way there yet (although it is high time to rapidly start applying the brakes), but Trump sure is showing his true colors more and more as he faces defeat and probably/hopefully prosecution once he has been escorted out of the WH by a couple of federal marshals. Or whoever else has jurisdiction to kick his ass out of there.

Of course Trump is right, in that China must be held accountable: it’s where the virus came from and they tried to cover it up. But that doesn’t take anything away from the complete mess that Trump and his administration have made responding to the virus. If there had been a half decent response, there would have likely been far fewer deaths in the USA. But Trump decided to play it down, because he was afraid it would hurt his chances of being re-elected.