So, listening to the inarticulate Pentagon Spokesmodel, it seems we are now plussing up troops . . .

[Stinky The Clown]

. . . . . and State Dept. personnel for the narrow mission of evacuating our civilian Afghan partners. The plus-up is larger than the draw down last week.

Anyway, GOOD. Bush league (Pun intended)

[HAB911]

1. Shades of Saigon

WTF

[Deminpenn]

2. +1000

nt

[greenjar_01]

14. Most definitely

[leftstreet]

16. +1

[getagrip_already]

3. Do you have to insult the spokesperson to make your point?

Calling someone a stammering spokesmodel is repugnant and deplorable. If you have issues with policy or content, fine, fire away.

Personal attacks are disgusting.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Did you listen to the press conference?

The description was absolutely appropriate.




And just in case this was your point, stammering and stuttering are two different things.

[getagrip_already]

5. I didn't have to, you said enough - and it is a small distinction

Your "intention" was clearly to demean the spokesperson personally rather than what they had to say.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Welcome to the inside of my head.

[getagrip_already]

9. I've had enough trouble with MAGA's... I don't need space there...

But thanks for the free rent offer.

[Stinky The Clown]

11. Are you calling me a MAGA? Or Maga-Like?

Please be clear

[getagrip_already]

6. from meriam webster - they are the same (stammer vs stutter)

stammer verb

stam·​mer | ˈsta-mər
stammered; stammering ˈsta-​mə-​riŋ , ˈstam-​riŋ
Definition of stammer
intransitive verb

: to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : STUTTER
transitive verb

: to utter with involuntary stops or repetitions

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. What does the delivery have to do with the content?

And a stammer -- pausing and getting stuck -- can be as much of a speech disability as a stutter -- repeating sounds.

Either way, calling attention to it is a shitty look.

[USALiberal]

12. Classy, make fun of her? Do you make fun of Biden's stutter??

[Stinky The Clown]

13. First of all, it was a him

Second, he was stammering because he was unable to make his points in the face of hard questions from the press.

[leftstreet]

15. hesitating, faltering, sounds way below his pay grade n/t

DURec

[Stinky The Clown]

17. Okay, accepted. Good synonyms.

He sounded REALLY bad.

[leftstreet]

18. indeed

I knew what you meant by stammering. It wasn't a disability, it was him being trotted out to say shit no one wants to hear

[Stinky The Clown]

19. Exactly

[FSogol]

20. Why hasn't anyone mentioned that 20 years of US military training and how many dollars only allowed

the Afghan military to fold up and run away following any attack by the Taliban.

What kind of training was that?



I think the average high school lacrosse team could have done better.

[leftstreet]

21. Makes ya wonder where all that money went n/t

[Wingus Dingus]

22. Cheap card tables have a better record.

But we knew this was going to happen. It wasn't for lack of trying or funding.

[Celerity]

23. the kind that made many war pigs rich AF