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jalan48

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7. The Defense Department (and those private Defense contractors!) can't justify our big and
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 02:58 PM
Feb 2021

Last edited Fri Feb 26, 2021, 03:32 PM - Edit history (2)

continuingly increasingly defense budgets without never ending wars.

... BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #1
We could've done without this. brush Feb 2021 #2
DURec leftstreet Feb 2021 #3
These were defensive strikes for a previous attack -- not a declaration of war. W_HAMILTON Feb 2021 #4
Easy to criticize, much more difficult to find out why the strike was ordered. Is he disappointed... George II Feb 2021 #21
Bernie is not making sense. Beastly Boy Feb 2021 #5
So where do we get on the path of ending the wars? gratuitous Feb 2021 #14
First step would be to acknowledge that absense of a single air strike will not put us on that path. Beastly Boy Feb 2021 #19
Biden is the commander in chief. This is not a declaration of war. It's wrong to frame it that way. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #6
Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Feb 2021 #8
Hi, PatSeg! NurseJackie Feb 2021 #15
Oh yes PatSeg Feb 2021 #24
The Defense Department (and those private Defense contractors!) can't justify our big and jalan48 Feb 2021 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author helpisontheway Feb 2021 #9
"Forever War" "both parties" betsuni Feb 2021 #10
I had the same reaction. highplainsdem Feb 2021 #13
right uponit7771 Feb 2021 #18
Wait, are we at war? ismnotwasm Feb 2021 #11
I'm with you Bernie malaise Feb 2021 #12
so we spend a trillion on the vermont made F 35 and he is now anti war? lol nt msongs Feb 2021 #16
Seems Sens Kaine and Chris Murphy are also disappointed and demanding answers. n/t Nanjeanne Feb 2021 #17
I wouldn't have done it, but.. mvd Feb 2021 #22
I don't and won't second guess my DEMOCRATIC President. He has a lot more information.... George II Feb 2021 #20
You're correct. Things like this only serve to undermine Biden and make the public lose confidence... NurseJackie Feb 2021 #23
But that's the way he operates, does nothing privately. Just like he HAD to call out Neera Tanden... George II Feb 2021 #30
I don't understand the motivation. It's completely counterproductive.... NurseJackie Feb 2021 #31
I agree PatSeg Feb 2021 #25
But of course the criticism from some quarters gets piled on within a Brooklyn minute. George II Feb 2021 #26
I suppose we shouldn't be too surprised PatSeg Feb 2021 #27
Bernie is a rare "Intellectually Honest" politician... WarGamer Feb 2021 #28
I'm curious as to what people think ought to be done. Happy Hoosier Feb 2021 #29
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