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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe military has to continually hold Trump back from a pre-emptive attack on North Korea
Dissuading Mr. Trump from a certain course of action typically requires advisers to make the argument repeatedly, officials have said. Military advisers who dont support a pre-emptive strike believe they will have to keep the president convinced that the U.S. would be unwise to take that approach, according to people in Washington familiar with the matter.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-u-s-general-readies-military-plan-for-north-korea-but-pushes-for-diplomacy-1502626832
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riversedge
(70,441 posts)damn.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)your life, my life and the lives of a large portion of the world to cover up the findings of Mueller's investigation. Since he is ratcheting up his treats, we can assume Mueller is getting close.
oasis
(49,480 posts)"Why not roll the dice and see what happens, what do I have to lose?"
BainsBane
(53,127 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,454 posts)we really dodged a nuke there!
TrishaJ
(798 posts)but Venezuela as well.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,069 posts)Republicons do not know how to govern, generally, and tRump is an exceptionally bad case.
bdamomma
(63,960 posts)he is unfit to hold the office, and he is a threat to others. He has big time mental health issues.
mopinko
(70,337 posts)like a toddler being told they cant have cookies for dinner.
nolabels
(13,133 posts)Karma sometimes lets stuff go very far afield before it equals itself out.
On Google info box for the fella "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate"
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,069 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029409369
Project: Babysit Man Child Trump Generals Terrified Of Leaving President Unsupervised
By Kyle Neven on August 2, 2017
It is clear President Donald Trump does not have the cerebral capacity or temperament to make rational decisions regarding the security of our nation and should not be left alone to his own devices.
As reported by the Associated Press:
Mattis and Kelly also agreed in the earliest weeks of Trumps presidency that one of them should remain in the United States at all times to keep tabs on the orders rapidly emerging from the White House, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
National security concerns have escalated to such a level that this is probably a really good plan to stop the hemorrhaging of haphazard deal making behind closed doors and ignoramus policy-plopping via Twitter.
http://www.liberalamerica.org/2017/08/02/project-babysit-man-child/
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)Gore Vidal said if you want to know what's going on read what the ruling clsss is reading.