CURRENT EVENTS May 22 - July 5

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“Peace through Strength”
  • Motto of the 8th Air Force in WW2 (VIII Bomber Command)
  • Alexander Hamilton wrote about it in one of the Federalist Papers
  • It was part of one of George Washington’s State of the Union addresses
  • Barry Goldwater’s foreign policy positions during the 1964 presidential campaign was “Peace through Strength”
  • Bernard Baruch wrote a book in the 1950’s titled, “Peace through Strength”
But, Trump coined the phrase.:rolleyes:
 
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Still bragging about acing a cognitive test? Sigh.

IMO, AOC is politically tone deaf to raise impeachment right now. I know she is angling to possibly primary Schumer but some of her rhetoric could undermine Dems generally in their attempt to retake the House in ‘26 (as you can see from Trump’s response here).

Meanwhile, Trump is exultant right now, to the point of pulling some Clint Eastwood cosplay.

Clint Eastwood Coffee GIF
 
nycfan said:
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Mark Rutte certainly is willing to verbally fellate Donald Trump.

Looking at NATO defense expenditures as a percent of GDP, no nation is at 5% of GDP. In 2024, NATO reached a high of 23 nations being at the agreed 2% or higher. Eight nations, including Canada, Italy, and Spain, are below 2%.

Only Poland spends >4% of GDP on defense; the U.S. is at 3.38%. Five nations spend 3% or more.

Mark Rutte was Netherlands’ prime minister from 2010-2024 before becoming NATO General Secretary. It took him all of those 14 years to bring Holland up to the two percent level.
 
Paine said:
Politically tone deaf? You think it’s tone deaf for a member of Congress to call for the impeachment of a president who bypassed Congress to bomb a sovereign nation?
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Yes.

Because an impeachment effort will go nowhere.

It won’t reach the floor in the House.

Oppose what Trump has done/is doing.

Waste time tilting at windmills in an impeachment effort? No.
 
Just before getting on the plane to meet with NATO, Trump comments on rockets fired by both sides after the "ceasefire" agreement.

"You've got two countries fighting each other so long, they don't know what the fuck they are doing."

Very presidential. Thanks for your attention?

They are going to be cleaning McDees ketchup packets off the interior of that big plane.
 
Paine said:
Politically tone deaf? You think it’s tone deaf for a member of Congress to call for the impeachment of a president who bypassed Congress to bomb a sovereign nation?
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Yes. As a practical POLITICAL matter, it is doomed to failure and poison with moderate and independent voters.
 
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Mark Rutte certainly is willing to verbally fellate Donald Trump.

Looking at NATO defense expenditures as a percent of GDP, no nation is at 5% of GDP. In 2024, NATO reached a high of 23 nations being at the agreed 2% or higher. Eight nations, including Canada, Italy, and Spain, are below 2%.

Only Poland spends >4% of GDP on defense; the U.S. is at 3.38%. Five nations spend 3% or more.

Mark Rutte was Netherlands’ prime minister from 2010-2024 before becoming NATO General Secretary. It took him all of those 14 years to bring Holland up to the two percent level.
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Europe is belatedly discovering the military-industrial complex.
 
Paine said:
If you claim to oppose Trump’s actions, then oppose them in a way the public can actually see. The idea that this is “poison” with moderates doesn’t hold up when a majority already opposes the strikes.
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You know public choice theory. Apply it.
 
Paine said:
So if a president bypasses Congress to bomb a sovereign nation, and 56% of Americans oppose it, the smart political move is…silence?

Impeachment isn’t just about removing someone from office. It’s about forcing a public reckoning. It generates earned media. It defines a moral horizon. It makes clear: this is not normal, and we won’t let it quietly become so.

If you claim to oppose Trump’s actions, then oppose them in a way the public can actually see. The idea that this is “poison” with moderates doesn’t hold up when a majority already opposes the strikes.
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Who is saying be silent?
 
nycfan said:
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Still bragging about acing a cognitive test? Sigh.

IMO, AOC is politically tone deaf to raise impeachment right now. I know she is angling to possibly primary Schumer but some of her rhetoric could undermine Dems generally in their attempt to retake the House in ‘26 (as you can see from Trump’s response here).

Meanwhile, Trump is exultant right now, to the point of pulling some Clint Eastwood cosplay.

Clint Eastwood Coffee GIF
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Is he trying to insult Schumer by calling him Palestinian? If only he was that lucky :)
 
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