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Look It Up
"I know history, thank you very much, and it is replete with examples of exactly what I'm talking about."
Looks like cherry picking to me. SRO with communists, eh? G.C. Marshall? James Forrestal? Just a couple of names. But standing room only doesn't leave a lot of room for exceptions, particularly from somebody who "know[s] history".
"They spent the entire Vietnam war rooting for the Viet Cong, and they fondly look back on that time as the acme of political awareness, so don't tell ME that I'm wrong."
Did they? JFK, LBJ? Let's go contemporary- Jack Reed? Jim Webb?
"...you want to maintain a collegiality with this crew of vipers?"
No. Separating myself from you on this issue sounds just about right, though. I've thrown enough names out to give pause, I'd think. I won't toss the democratic party under a bus. Just now, it's a Republican administration that is failing to protect our "best and brightest", not the Democrats.
From Astralis-
"...the republicans have screwed over our boys over there for political advantage. everything from too few troops, to a nonexistent security plan for two, almost three long years, dismissing the insurgency, alienating our allies, craptastic treatment of veterans...it sure as hell does not cut it with me that the dems, and the dems alone, have screwed the US over for political advantage."
That's it in a nutshell. Given an overwhelming mandate and control of Congress, the Republican administration has produced the above-plain and simple.
I'm sure as hell ready for any administration that can do better than that legacy. Big time.
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"This aggression will not stand, man!" Jeff Lebowski
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