"I am allergic to piety, it makes me break out in rash judgements." - Penn Jillette
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered." - Robert G. Ingersoll
I doubt he used any. This was, IMO, prearranged BS. Trump blew up shit he could claim mattered while not really having an effect on Russia or Syria. In return, Russia didn't bother trying to shoot it down.
You may think that sound like bullshit, but the reality is, it's how you avoid global thermonuclear war. BOTH Trump and Putin had talked their way into a war. It had to be avoided. Both sides know that. Syria isn't worth it. We blow some shit up, Putin swears it didn't matter, and everyone moves on to the next "It's Trump's fault air exists ..."
Or the entire world can start killing each other over Assad and some ragheads.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
RichGin seems to be trolling other boards...
"I am allergic to piety, it makes me break out in rash judgements." - Penn Jillette
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered." - Robert G. Ingersoll
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
Putin is going to claim he didn't try. Again, that may be true. Look at all the different threads and inof, then add a dash of common sense.
I think the bat phone to Kremlin was off the hook all night. You can call it a conspiracy theory if you want, but the one thing more important to politicians than feigned indignation over the plight of innocents is self preservation. No one gets to talk shit if everyone is dead.
IF we had targeted and come even close to anything important, Russia would have retaliated. Period. Russian military people are not chickenshit any more than ours. Which i find funny because they probably think like us (military people): Put these politicians in an octagon and buy me a brewski. But they will fight just like we will. And while we scoff, they believe all the bullshit being fed them. Same as us.
Look at it any way you want. Putin and Trump went too far and had to find a means of saving face satisfactory to both. That's called diplomacy which I call bullshit for all my opinion matters but it did achieve the goal. No WW III.
I think it's a pussy move. My opinion and I'm sticking to it. I'd have shoved something up Putin's ass he would NOT find comfortable. Politicians are weak and should be gotten rid of.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
You're going to show Pete common sense? How about you come up with an easy to use, no-maintenance formula for growing hair? That's free. I might actually give a shit then Maybe.
I think Pete likes us. Why else would he come back? Y'all are brutal to him. He knows he's not changing any minds.
Did I mention: @pete311 thanks, Pete. I'm getting a grand and a half back in taxes. Yes, it IS Apr 14th Good thing you voted for Trump. I owed the last 8 years. A vote for Hitlery was a vote for Trump
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke