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Golden Raisin

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18. They will attempt to package it like 9/11.

Thu Aug 10, 2017, 08:21 PM

Aug 2017

Rally around the flag. Unite in defense of the homeland, etc. etc. etc. His base and a lot of Republicans are already rooting for him to nuke N. Korea, which many of them could not point out on a map of the world if their lives depended on it. I am concerned that a war (whether it is N. Korea, Iran, or elsewhere) will be used as a convenient fulcrum to attempt to suspend elections, institute martial law, etc. In the event he goes all out for war I think it's a 50/50 crapshoot whether Trump's "Generals" will back him or ashcan him.

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Will 'Merica rally behind Trump if he launches a preemptive strike against N. Korea? [View all] book_worm Aug 2017 OP

I won't!!! atreides1 Aug 2017 #1

History says yes. War has a strange way of warping people's perceptions of reality. Gravitycollapse Aug 2017 #2

One of the reasons Eisenhower was elected was because he promised to go to Korea... DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #14

Not me. I remember when the USA said it would never use preemptive strikes. sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #3

The alt right & Fox News 20% will still support him, but I'm hoping the rest won't. Initech Aug 2017 #4

'merica will rally... right up to the point where lapfog_1 Aug 2017 #5

Well you have a good point there workinclasszero Aug 2017 #16

Conventional-yes Nuclear-No maryellen99 Aug 2017 #6

Don't rule out the use of tactical nukes, Nk has some seriously hardened facilities, where lil kim Purveyor Aug 2017 #30

Do you think that the lives of several hundred thousand Koreans and or Japanese innocents... Thomas Hurt Aug 2017 #7

This easttexaslefty Aug 2017 #26

They can't comprehend much, and certainly not this. They likely consider all "them" RKP5637 Aug 2017 #29

I don't think Trump has any trust. 74% of Americans don't believe what comes out of White House adigal Aug 2017 #8

Yes. Blue_true Aug 2017 #9

past experience suggests the answer is "yes" 0rganism Aug 2017 #10

Even after The Dow drops by 10, 000 points after North Korea flattens Seoul* DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #12

especially after the markets drop and the global depression starts 0rganism Aug 2017 #17

America is a hopelessly bourgeois nation that is not inclined to sacrifice. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #19

No and I think Americans are tired of the lies. Like the lies of the Iraq War. rockfordfile Aug 2017 #15

that would be nice, but i think you are quite optimistic* on this 0rganism Aug 2017 #32

Count on it. Trump will use a nuclear Pearl Harbor to save his failing presidency workinclasszero Aug 2017 #11

No. The polarity in this country will go into hyperdrive. roamer65 Aug 2017 #13

If we start it. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #20

They will attempt to package it like 9/11. Golden Raisin Aug 2017 #18

he lobbed a bunch of missles into syria...... Takket Aug 2017 #21

Obama handled n.korea heaven05 Aug 2017 #22

I think once he bombs NK he will have no problem bombing Doreen Aug 2017 #23

"He was down. Deplorable, they called him. Until they needed his iron will the most." VOX Aug 2017 #24

Yep easttexaslefty Aug 2017 #25

If we could kill the royal family and destroy their nukes, go for it. AngryAmish Aug 2017 #27

With all the gullible morons we have in this country? You bet your ass. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2017 #28

Trump's drooling, slack-jawed, dull- 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #31

Deplorable 'murkins will follow their leader into the sea. democratisphere Aug 2017 #33