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2016 Postmortem

floriduck

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11. Sorry MM. My reply was a question to the original poster on why a terror attack would/could derail

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 06:52 PM

Jun 2016

Hillary's campaign. Go back and read that. I agree Trump is a lunatic but I doubt the military leaders would jump at his request to go bonkers on terrorists just because he'd be their CIC. There would be cooler heads available to just let him go off any deep end.

My original thought was that Hillary would not hesitate to take any necessary action. But she, too, would ask for military advise first.

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"People worry about all the wrong things." [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 OP

Well I HOPE that those inclined to commit such an act would think twice about their Lucinda Jun 2016 #1

Well, ISIS IS working to precipitate Armageddon. Hortensis Jun 2016 #8

This is precisely why athena Jun 2016 #2

I'm very confident with Hillary as our candidate in regards to terrorism and attacks. grossproffit Jun 2016 #3

Why would a terror attack derail Hillary? She's a hawk so she should do well. floriduck Jun 2016 #4

Hard to get to the right of someone who wants to kill the families of terrorists. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #5

"She's a hawk" is shorthand for someone whose foreign policy you disagree with. randome Jun 2016 #6

It just describes her most recent foreign policy actions, Honduras, Libya, Iraq. . . . floriduck Jun 2016 #7

Is she? MineralMan Jun 2016 #9

Sorry MM. My reply was a question to the original poster on why a terror attack would/could derail floriduck Jun 2016 #11

My reply is to you, relating to your calling MineralMan Jun 2016 #12

That's your interpretation. Keep it. floriduck Jun 2016 #13

Keep it what? MineralMan Jun 2016 #14

That strikes me as overoptimistic. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #10