Mileage Psycho Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 More reassurance for GOP donors. Quote Trump slams GOP officials' national security letter Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at 50 top Republican national security officials for criticizing his presidential campaign. "The names on this letter are the ones the American people should look to for answers on why the world is a mess, and we thank them for coming forward so everyone in this country knows who deserves the blame for making the world such a dangerous place," he said in a statement. "They are nothing more than the failed Washington elite looking to hold onto their power, and it's time they are held accountable for their actions." Trump said the coalition dismissing his national security positions are many of the same voices guiding Hillary Clinton's poor foreign policies. "These insiders - along with Hillary Clinton - are the owners of the disastrous decisions to invade Iraq, allow Americans to die in Benghazi, and they are the ones who allowed the rise of [the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria]," the GOP's presidential nominee said. "Yet despite these failures, they think they are entitled to use their favor trading to land taxpayer-funded government contracts and speaking fees," Trump added. "It's time we put our foot down and declare that their gravy train is over: No longer will Crooked Hillary Clinton and the other disasters in Washington get rich at our expense." A group of 50 top Republican national security officials published a letter earlier Monday declaring Trump is unfit for the presidency. The letter was signed by aides and Cabinet members from past GOP administrations including former Presidents George W. Bush's and Richard Nixon's. "Mr. Trump lacks the character, values and experience to be president," the letter says. "He weakens U.S. moral authority as the leader of the free world. "He appears to lack basic knowledge about the belief in U.S. Constitution, U.S. laws and U.S. institutions, including religious tolerance, freedom of the press and an independent judiciary." The letter comes as some top Republicans have publicly chosen to support Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, rather than Trump. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-slams-gop-officials-national-security-letter/ar-BBvp4hE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted August 9, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 9, 2016 Richard Nixons former cabinet member opposes a Dump because the gravy train is coming to an end......says racer, Cappy, and Momo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 3 minutes ago, SnowRider said: Richard Nixons former cabinet member opposes a Dump because the gravy train is coming to an end......says racer, Cappy, and Momo Correct! Man you're not as dumb as you look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 That was well said by Trump...fuck those pieces of shit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 3 minutes ago, SnowRider said: Richard Nixons former cabinet member opposes a Dump because the gravy train is coming to an end......says racer, Cappy, and Momo Mainecat always disagrees with me but Dick Nixon is the best foreign policy president we ever had, brilliant was our detente with China and Russia, and our nuke treaties with with the Soviets, but hey Trump says everyone should have nuke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Hopefully someone lobs a nuke at momo's house... that would be hilarious... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 10 hours ago, Mileage Psycho said: Mainecat always disagrees with me but Dick Nixon is the best foreign policy president we ever had, brilliant was our detente with China and Russia, and our nuke treaties with with the Soviets, but hey Trump says everyone should have nuke. I agree Nixon was a great foreign policy president. Unfortunately thats it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 1 minute ago, Mainecat said: I agree Nixon was a great foreign policy president. Unfortunately thats it He got us out of Vietnam too, maybe not as fast as you thought it should be but he got us out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 9 hours ago, Mileage Psycho said: Mainecat always disagrees with me but Dick Nixon is the best foreign policy president we ever had, brilliant was our detente with China and Russia, and our nuke treaties with with the Soviets, but hey Trump says everyone should have nuke. Well, Obama seems to be the one who thinks that everyone, including Iran, should have nukes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Mileage Psycho said: He got us out of Vietnam too, maybe not as fast as you thought it should be but he got us out. He took way too long departing Vietnam costing many more lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 1 minute ago, Mainecat said: He took way too long departing Vietnam costing many more lives. The fact of the matter is that there over 550,000 troops in Vietnam in January 1969, by 1970 there 335,000, in 1971 it was 158,000, in 1972 there was a peace agreement, you just can't cut and run on an ally overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 6 minutes ago, Mainecat said: He took way too long departing Vietnam costing many more lives. I remember that being one of his campaign promises to get us out of there. Took some time, but he came through... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Mileage Psycho said: The fact of the matter is that there over 550,000 troops in Vietnam in January 1969, by 1970 there 335,000, in 1971 it was 158,000, in 1972 there was a peace agreement, you just can't cut and run on an ally overnight. He escalated the war in Laos and Cambodia costing 22,000 more American lives when he ran on ending it. He was an asshole. The more I think about him the more I remember back when he was in office and friends older brothers were heading to Vietnam and a some never came back when the guy promised to end the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Back to Trump..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 36 minutes ago, Mainecat said: He escalated the war in Laos and Cambodia costing 22,000 more American lives when he ran on ending it. He was an asshole. The more I think about him the more I remember back when he was in office and friends older brothers were heading to Vietnam and a some never came back when the guy promised to end the war. The North Vietnamese moved the Ho Chi Minh Trail further west into into Laos and Cambodia, we just couldn't stand by and allow supplies to the NVA and the VC to flow unimpeded into South Vietnam. I read the book below about 20 years ago it's a great non-fiction read, as a side note the Hmong were one of the most badass allies this country has had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rw06GT Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Yet another win for soon to be President Trump. Poor Hillary voters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 9, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 9, 2016 2 hours ago, Mileage Psycho said: He got us out of Vietnam too, maybe not as fast as you thought it should be but he got us out. True. He wasn't the Neocon Kennedy and Johnson were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 9, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 9, 2016 2 hours ago, Mainecat said: He escalated the war in Laos and Cambodia costing 22,000 more American lives when he ran on ending it. He was an asshole. The more I think about him the more I remember back when he was in office and friends older brothers were heading to Vietnam and a some never came back when the guy promised to end the war. I think your numbers are a bit high regarding American losses in Laos and Cambodia. We could have and should have won that war. We stopped within miles of the command structure in Cambodia that could have had a huge impact. No matter what you feel about a war once you take the fight to the point we did you win it. The only way to win that war was to stop movement in Cambodia and Laos. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Campaign Due to increasing political and domestic turbulence in the U.S., President Nixon issued a directive on 7 May limiting the distance and duration of U.S. operations to a depth of 30 kilometers (19 mi) and setting a deadline of 30 June for the withdrawal of all U.S. forces to South Vietnam. http://thevietnamwar.info/how-could-u-s-have-won-the-vietnam-war/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Highmark said: I think your numbers are a bit high regarding American losses in Laos and Cambodia. We could have and should have won that war. We stopped within miles of the command structure in Cambodia that could have had a huge impact. No matter what you feel about a war once you take the fight to the point we did you win it. The only way to win that war was to stop movement in Cambodia and Laos. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Campaign Due to increasing political and domestic turbulence in the U.S., President Nixon issued a directive on 7 May limiting the distance and duration of U.S. operations to a depth of 30 kilometers (19 mi) and setting a deadline of 30 June for the withdrawal of all U.S. forces to South Vietnam. http://thevietnamwar.info/how-could-u-s-have-won-the-vietnam-war/ We could never have won the Vietnam war unless we used nukes and that was never going to happen. 47,000 Americans gave their lives up for that shit hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Mainecat said: We could never have won the Vietnam war unless we used nukes and that was never going to happen. 47,000 Americans gave their lives up for that shit hole. and that sucks big time..but so doesn't 80,000 abortions each month but hey who's counting. Edited August 9, 2016 by Capt.Storm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Mainecat said: We could never have won the Vietnam war unless we used nukes and that was never going to happen. 47,000 Americans gave their lives up for that shit hole. There are 58,201 names on the wall. There was no winning that war, we were propping up a corrupt South Vietnamese government. Edited August 9, 2016 by Mileage Psycho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 2 hours ago, Capt.Storm said: and that sucks big time..but so doesn't 80,000 abortions each month but hey who's counting. WTF has that got to do with this thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 2 hours ago, Mileage Psycho said: There are 58,201 names on the wall. There was no winning that war, we were propping up a corrupt South Vietnamese government. There are 3 that were friends on that wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 1 minute ago, Mainecat said: WTF has that got to do with this thread? baby lives matter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 4 minutes ago, Mainecat said: There are 3 that were friends on that wall. Why didn't you go mc? Number didn't come up? I have 2 that I knew on the wall. I was about 10 years late for that party, thankfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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