BearlySane88 said:

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oski003 said:

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dajo9 said:

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Trump is denying medical treatment to troops injured in his Iran War. This is the President that won the veterans vote.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/wounded-soldiers-accuse-pentagon-of-downplaying-their-injuries/ar-AA26wDz0

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I don't see any info in the article indicating these two soldiers are being denied medical treatment.

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Because it's not in there. It clearly says both are being treated. More nothing burgers.

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The Bearmans are also among several survivors and their families who told CBS News they weren't being treated by the military as combat casualties for reasons they could not understand

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dajo9 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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oski003 said:

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dajo9 said:

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Trump is denying medical treatment to troops injured in his Iran War. This is the President that won the veterans vote.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/wounded-soldiers-accuse-pentagon-of-downplaying-their-injuries/ar-AA26wDz0

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I don't see any info in the article indicating these two soldiers are being denied medical treatment.

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Because it's not in there. It clearly says both are being treated. More nothing burgers.

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Yes, I see that article doesn't reference what I said. I heard that in a podcast and I will follow up. Here is the originally sourced article from CBS, which says:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wounded-soldiers-families-accuse-army-downplaying-war-injuries/

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The Bearmans are also among several survivors and their families who told CBS News they weren't being treated by the military as combat casualties for reasons they could not understand

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I will try to get more information on what that means. The podcast said they were being denied certain evaluations.

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Big C said:

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> I guess CBS caught so much s*** for kowtowing to Trump that their new strategy is to try straddling the fence now and then.

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smh said:

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Big C said:

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> I guess CBS caught so much s*** for kowtowing to Trump that their new strategy is to try straddling the fence now and then.

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singalong..


oversharing twofer ps.. last night we finally watched a library dvd of the oscar nominated disney flick "Lilo & Stitch", mostly (?) filmed in Florida. Big surprise.. hated it. go figure, late great ebert disagreed..
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lilo-and-stitch-2002

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cal83dls79 said:

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I have yet to have my own "I need to watch Lilo and stitch moment". I won't fall for it. Thanks in advance.

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DiabloWags said:

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The ultimate ramification from the Iran conflict, however, will be a major erosion of U.S. credibility in current and future confrontations with America's other major adversaries: China, Russia and North Korea. All have witnessed Trump's lack of staying power in any actual or potential kinetic confrontation.

He has repeatedly demonstrated his willingness to exercise American military power, but only if it happens alongside a braver, more relentless, U.S. ally, like Benjamin Netanyahu's Israel, or if it involves a quick, "clean" action like the Qasem Soleimani and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killings, the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, or the initial "obliteration" of Iran's nuclear facilities.

All those military actions achieved dramatic results with a limited application of violence an efficient, prudent and highly desirable method of gaining a military objective. But Trump has proved equally adept at redefining or simply abandoning the original objectives. His performance in Ukraine, Venezuela and Iran reveal that he lacks the vision and tenacity to sustain prolonged military confrontations, even if they are not kinetic.

It is why the theoretical second exchange of hostilities with China, which prides itself on strategic patience and cold-blooded disregard for human costs, will be the determinative test of will in a conflict over Taiwan. Putting at risk the things Beijing ultimately cares about its international reputation as a triumphant rising power, and its iron hold on domestic power will ultimately be the only imperative that will moderate Beijing's behavior.
The limited war with Iran has also revealed a strategic vulnerability of the United States and the West: the precarious economic exposure of maritime straits, literal chokeholds on international trade through which most of the world's commerce flows.

The Taiwan Strait's critical role in the shipping of 20 percent of goods and material from Asia especially Taiwan's high-quality computer chips is as critical to the global economy as the flow of mid-Eastern oil through the Strait of Hormuz. As Iran has shown, the high-tech systems modern militaries have at their disposal do not eliminate threats in narrow, constricted waterways from rudimentary conventional weapons like sea mines and swarm boats. The Panama and Suez Canals are even more subject to sabotage and naval blockage.

Deterrence and defensive clearance measures will be needed against an adversary's asymmetric operations. They should be accompanied by a credible U.S. commitment to escalate as necessary to defend vital U.S. and Western interests. Trump must wield his unorthodox diplomatic and deal-making skills to convince our allies of the need to cooperate fully in collective defense planning in advance of the threat, not after kinetics are already imminent or underway. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, who said he greatly admires Trump's decisive leadership qualities, would be a willing, capable and supportive partner.


The Trump administration needs to finish the task of regime change in Iran, so that one major hostile player can be removed from the equation.


Opinion - Trump's war with Iran has exposed America's vulnerabilities

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