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Dysfunctional

(452 posts)
1. I don't think anyone in government should be saying what they think on this issue.
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 10:30 PM
Nov 2022

Wait until the facts are learned.

Kennah

(14,578 posts)
3. He probably was saying what the initial analysis says
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 10:41 PM
Nov 2022

Trajectory, radar info, etc. likely would have been condensed and given to Biden

Igel

(37,613 posts)
5. And if the initial analysis is wrong,
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 10:51 PM
Nov 2022

Biden's on the official record making a false assertion.

What's the rush? The dead will stay dead, no military response will happen in the next 24 hours.

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CanonRay

(16,264 posts)
8. Exactly, Russia proper is a long way off
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 10:53 PM
Nov 2022

but Crimea, or a ship in the Black Sea? Easy.

Gaugamela

(3,575 posts)
6. We no doubt have all kinds of top secret surveillance technology watching these borders,
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 10:52 PM
Nov 2022

so Biden might well be speaking from the evidence. And anyway, it’s no great sin to lie in order to avoid a nuclear confrontation over tragic mishaps that always happen in time of war.

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