Charles P. Pierce: This Is Madness

[babylonsister]

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a52873/trump-speech-military-terrorism/

This Is Madness
What about the people who might have to follow this guy's orders?

By Charles P. Pierce
Feb 6, 2017


Today, the president* went to McDill Air Force Base to chat with some of the members of the military of whom he is the commander-in-chief, god help the civilized world. His basic pitch to them is the same as his basic pitch to everyone these days—to wit, was that an awesome campaign or what?

"That's so nice. A lot of spirit. We have tremendous spirit. We had a wonderful election, didn't we?"

Then it was time to discuss the terrorist threat.

"To these forces of death and desiccation, America and it's allies will defeat you. We will defeat them. We will defeat Radical Islamic terrorism. The challenges facing our nation are very large — very, very large. We are up against an emery that celebrates death and worships destruction. Radical Islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland, as they did on 9/11, from Boston to Orlando to San Bernadino."

Not a single one of the terrorists involved in the referenced attacks came from any of the seven countries named in his executive order. Neither were any of them five-month old babies who needed heart surgeries.

"It's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported. And in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it… They have their reasons and you understand that."

Got that? There are terrorist attacks happening and the media not only are not reporting them, they don't want to report them because reasons. There probably was a massive truck bombing right at the end of your street last night and it didn't even make the local evening news because the anchor team of Todd Coiffure and Kim Kimclone are secretly sympathetic to ISIS and kept the news from you. Before we go to Tony al-Baghdadi with tonight's weather, here's a word from the great folks down at Caliphate Trucks.

This is madness. Worse, this is madness presented as leadership to the people who may have to react and respond to actual acts of actual terrorism, and who have bigger problems with which to cope than whether or not the C-in-C's elevator goes all the way to the penthouse. I have absolutely no idea what would go through the mind of a rookie airman who hears this fantastical drivel and wonders how he has come under the command of a guy who seems to be channeling Alex Jones through the fillings in his teeth. It's every day now, and I can't even imagine what a critical mass of this craziness would look like, and I'm pretty sure I don't want to know.

[longship]

1. Madness. MADNESS!!!

[pat_k]

50. WAHNSINN!

Wahnsinn Wahn•sinn m no pl insanity, lunacy, madness



Or if you want an animated version
http://video.spiegel.de/flash/20/65/1645602_1164x1550_title.mp4

[VMA131Marine]

2. Did Trump really say "death and desiccation"

So, the terrorists want to kill us an make us into jerky?

[BSdetect]

7. He probably tried to say decimation.

And he would not know what that meant either.

[Denzil_DC]

13. I'm thinking it should have been "desecration,"

Last edited Mon Feb 6, 2017, 10:11 PM - Edit history (1)

but who the hell knows?

[world wide wally]

23. I call male cow defecation

[BBG]

38. Death and Defecation

Seems to be the most likely polysyllabic word he would know compared with the other guesses. Defecation.

[SnowCritter]

59. "Male cow"?

Sorry, but don't you mean "male bovine" - cows are, by definition, female.

I usually use the phrase "male bovine excrement".

[world wide wally]

60. close enough

[Raster]

67. I'm multilingual: El Toro Poopoo

<big pile of shit emoticon>

[Crash2Parties]

65. I call mad cow disease

[Tanuki]

51. What the hell, maybe death and detonation

Just about anything makes as much sense as what he actually said.

[Jim__]

64. I don't think so - 12:00 minutes into the video ...

... "to these forces of death and destruction":

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[Cha]

3. Stupid cic

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. "We are up against an emery..."?

OMG, there's an emery cloth in my kitchen! Run for your lives!

[pinboy3niner]

5. The devious bastards have grit! nt

[progressoid]

40. There's a reason you can't take fingernail clippers on airplanes.

They have a built-in emery board!1!

[csziggy]

69. I feel sorry for the transcibers trying to decipher which of Trump's 77 words he means

As someone who has always had trouble understanding a New York accent, much of what Trump says is incomprehensible (even when I realize what words he attempt to enunciate). The poor transcribers have to try to do it quickly with the entire world critiquing their efforts.

On the other hand, most of the world is willing to believe any stupid mistake as totally belonging to Trump.

[Native]

6. In my dreams he's hauled away in handcuffs. Never thought it might be a straight jacket.

[Snarkoleptic]

8. It Has Been a Busy Day for Presidential Statements Divorced from Reality -CBS Scott Pelley

Open moments of the CBS evening news!

[renate]

12. wait... really?

Did he really say that?

[Native]

14. I heard it too. Was cooking dinner and about dropped a pan.

[renate]

15. wow. that is AMAZING

[Native]

17. I had to ask my husband if he heard what I'd heard. Couldn't believe I was hearing that!

[Snarkoleptic]

26. Found video and posted it here-

On edit, Catwoman beat me to the punch....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028606475

[renate]

45. oh my gosh

This is amazing. Thank you so much!

Edited to add: I'm still watching the clip and I just can't believe that the news media are talking like this! They're almost coming right out and saying that the President of the United States is either lying or delusional. Wow!

[calimary]

66. Yep. Right off the top.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cbs-scott-pelley-it-has-been-a-busy-day-for-presidential-statements-divorced-from-reality/

[brer cat]

22. Wow!

I guess the MSM is getting some spine stiffener. That is welcome news!

[Snarkoleptic]

27. It's amazing to watch Pelley drop that line!

On edit, Catwoman beat me to the punch...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028606475

[brer cat]

31. Thanks for the link, Snarkoleptic.

It was brilliant imo.

[LuckyLib]

47. Whoot! The press steps up to call it as it is! Finally!

[ffr]

9. Today's talking point addresses this. Give tRump's administration time. They're learning as they go

That ought to build confidence in our fighting men and women, eh?



Say what? Learning as you go? (We'll do better - WaPo)

[onethatcares]

10. captive audiences

if you don't go to the "stand up" you don't get promoted.

Excuse me but my bone spur hurts

[sarge43]

30. No, you're ordered to go.

So, you go. Many, many commander's calls have taught you the art of sleeping with your eyes open. Among the gang is a designated listener; listener's hearing is just marginal from working the flight line or EOD. When whoever finally winds down, listener elbows the zoomer next to him/her and so forth down the line. Give the five clap applause, come to attention, leave. Depending upon the among of bs produced during 'speech', critique ranges from "meh" to "JHC on a fork lift, that sucked". Return to work.

If you haven't been to at least one of these, you haven't gotten the most out of your enlistment.

[onethatcares]

32. trust me Sarge43

I understand that "boots support me" shit.

[ms liberty]

11. Did he go to MacDill AFB in Tampa, Fla. or

Some other base I've never heard of named McDill?

[Native]

16. Here in Tampa.

[ms liberty]

20. Well...

That is what I figured, having never myself heard of another one. I grew up in Tampa, in TnC. Leto, 77.

[Native]

18. I just read that Spicer said he will be providing a list of the attacks that haven't been reported.

[brer cat]

24. Well he can't include the Bowling Green Massacre

because everyone took a stab at reporting that...with hilarious results.

[world wide wally]

29. Besides Bowling Green?

[DK504]

19. What must our soldiers be thinking when this baboon starts

his grunting and garbled, incoherent ramblings.

How many were forced to go? How many had the fake smiles plastered on their faces? Those poor people.

[JunkYardDogg]

25. He got a lot of applause

I guess that they were threatened with having to go on the next commando raid ( probably to the Iranian Special Forces, Qud, command center), A raid properly planned out by Trump while he was treating a Ruskie hooker for her urinary blockage problems

[NewJeffCT]

61. or, did Trump's team bring a team of their own

dressed like soldiers to applaud for him?

[Richard D]

21. "death and dessication"???

Am I missing another use of the term desiccation?

[They_Live]

28. "this one's desiccated to the one I love...."

At least that's the way I ememeber it.

[SHRED]

33. He's an illiterate fool.

[LiberalLovinLug]

34. So even Fox News is censoring terrorist attacks?

Even though it would help back up their Dear Leader?

[IdiotsforPalin]

35. What freaking three year old wrote this?????

"To these forces of death and desiccation, America and it's allies will defeat you. We will defeat them. We will defeat Radical Islamic terrorism. The challenges facing our nation are very large — very, very large. We are up against an emery that celebrates death and worships destruction. Radical Islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland, as they did on 9/11, from Boston to Orlando to San Bernadino."

If this was Ad Lib, this is the sentence ability of a third grader.

[3catwoman3]

41. At the rate he is pissing them off, we will...

...not have any allies left.

[vkkv]

36. Thank for posting! n/t

[tclambert]

37. Did he forget to mention the Bowling Green Massacre?

The very, very dishonest press refused to cover that one, too.

[zentrum]

39. He sounds like

....he's longing for the blood and destruction he's imagining.

It's like he's trying to enflame them more and more---as if he's hoping they do come, because that would sure save and "vindicate" his presidency.

In fact, given Bannon's lust for war, I'm starting to worry about a black flag event occurring, that allows the power and media seizure that they seek.

[iluvtennis]

42. I've never ever heard a reasoned, cogent, logical argument from Trump...disgusting drivel. nt

[VOX]

43. Desiccation? They're gonna sap our precious bodily fluids!

I'm gonna hold onto my fluids as long as I can!

Paging General Ripper ASAP!

[watrwefitinfor]

53. VOX: It's heartening to see that

at least one person on DU grasped the true import of his words.



Wat

[joet67]

44. He's probably inoculating the ones he can reach with that nonsense, so that when the real

attacks start he can claim he called them out and now they're reporting. Fits his MO. Are we sure he isn't the Antichrist?

[Initech]

46. Not so much madness as it is batshit utter fucking insanity!

[Lifelong Protester]

48. "Forces of Death and Dessication"????

"Dessication"???

[rickford66]

49. If the Media are in cahoots with ISIS, wouldn't they shout the attacks far and wide?

I have a few friends who fall for this nonsense. Educated people.

[Guilded Lilly]

52. BeYOND madness...

What, outside of a horribly written, grade schooler sci fi comic book, is the reality of this insane man and the twilight zone world in which he and his f'ing anti- human political party exist??????

It just cannot. be. happening.

He has the mind and vocabulary of a dim witted goofball third grader who is the future personification of what will be spawned under a Betsy DeVos educational program.

He is a pathological LIAR with not one ounce of accountability for anything that spews forth from his ignorant mouth and is enabled by a barnyard of mutant freaks.

His third wife is a blatant plagiarist who doesn't live with him in the White House for fuck sake and sees the position of First Lady as a marketing tool to make a personal fortune, sueing a foreign press for defaming character she has yet to display.

His screwball capitalistic punk adult sons are screwing the taxpayers while amassing a conflict of interest fortune for their "no rules apply to me" father.

The Cretin has a verbal hard on for Putin. PUTIN!!!!! While he denigrates the morality of the nation that hasn't imprisoned his swarmy ass for bilious acts of what would normally, in a sane world, be treason.

And he Tweets juvenile messages of an illiterate playground bully full of insecure bat shit crazy rantings while personally reminding every audience he procures in person that the election was great and isn't he wonderful.
Certifiable.
Certifiable.
Certifiable.

Beyond any imaginable Madness

[randome]

54. Oh, the press briefing is gonna be great today!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]

[ProudProgressiveNow]

55. K&R nt

[Vinca]

56. Bottom line: Trump needs a psychiatric evaluation. He "ain't right."

[Grins]

57. Desiccation???

"To these forces of death and desiccation..."

Desiccation, noun des·ic·ca·tion ˌdes-i-ˈkā-shən

The state of extreme dryness; the process of desiccating or the state of being or becoming desiccated; especially: a complete or nearly complete deprivation of moisture.

Dafuc....?

[IronLionZion]

58. Madness is the RW conspiracy nuts who believe it

now that this lunacy is validated by our own Presidential administration things have gotten out of control.

Never Remember the Bowling Green Massacre or the Iranian attack on US ships.

[yardwork]

62. Note Trump's consistent misspelling of San Bernardino.

[Fla Dem]

63. Unfortunately a greater number of military members supported Trump in the election

I 'm not convinced they would not blindly follow his orders as well.

Fifty-five percent of active and former military members support Trump, while 36 percent back Clinton. But nearly half — 47 percent — say they are not confident in Trump's ability as commander in chief of the military. Sixty-four percent said the same about Clinton.Sep 7, 2016

Poll: Trump leads Clinton among military voters, veterans | TheHill

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294732-poll-trump-leads-clinton-among-military-veteran-voters

[benld74]

68. Chuck,,,it's just starting