As soon as the ramifications of what's already happened sink it, "big embarrassment" is just the beginning. Economic hardship, degradation of US readiness, begging reluctant allies to bail us out, utter failure of the meaningless objectives, it's all in the pipeline.
After Democrats begged for months to see policy and platform from Harris she finally got around to posting some generic Democratic talking points. It was not a campaign priority and left the impression that it wasn't a serious campaign.
That's commonly one of my failings. But I honestly think there's enough State Department left that someone would have brought it up, which means some top official had to say no.
The US military has *frequently* transported civilians prior to and at the beginning of attacks. The State Department routinely coordinates evacuations, including chartering flights prior to escalation.
Your last sentence is 100% incorrect
Probably something dumb like trying not to tip off the Iranians.
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Global warming is happening faster than predicted.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
For all of Kristi Noem's faults, I have a bad feeling that her likely replacement is even less intelligent and less principled than she was
The murder of innocent children in Iran was due to AI target selection without sufficient guardrails.
Anthropic has already been proven right. Since the Pentagon is unable to utilize AI responsibly we must immediately prohibit the military use of ai for any purpose.
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All these billionaires should be made to prove it. Drop them off in some village in a third world country with nothing but the shirt on their back. If they can survive a year without ever relying on the kindness of strangers they can keep everything. Otherwise, take everything.
I don't want my money going to those socialist Red State mfers.
Dang it! I have to fill my tank tomorrow and I can't find my Biden "I did this" stickers for the pump! 🤪😡
It's going to be an international protection racket. It doesn't matter how dumb your "Envoy" is
60 years of seeing it in the news. Travel advisories, security alerts, departure orders generally before hostilities. I could be wrong but I doubt it.
Of course not. And I apologize on behalf of those Democrats who suggest it.
That's the slant I've been seeing. Now I don't know if or how much racism played a part, but neither do the people bandying that narrative. I do know that if I voted for Talarico in Texas and saw much of that from Democrats I'd be losing interest in their candidates.
Unless it actually was racism.
Thow shalt not wear leggings? It must be a translation issue.
You know, State Department procedure is to help people leave _before_ hostilities begin. Trump/Rubio must have deliberately countermanded procedures, intentionally leaving Americans stranded. IOW it wasn't merely their incompetence but rather an actual decision.
I've seen some accusations thrown around that Talarico's win over Crockett was due to racism. Now I know that racism is alive and well in Texas, and Crockett seems preferable to me, but what objectively tells us that it's true? Are we pointlessly offending Talarico voters?
It is possible to reform massively corrupt governments, such as the US government in the 1870's, given enough time, public pressure and steady institutional reform.
This may not be possible given our currently deeply entrenched corrupt ruling elite.
Pacific Ocean, if any. The Atlantic does not separate the US and Russia. Not that we could reasonably expect any more of Bessent.
But ballistic missiles don't veer off course beyond a local context
Don't forget that the war with Iran will help Russia's oil revenue.
Native Texan here. IMO Crockett voters won't be fazed by it. If you vote in Texas you become accustomed to Republican vote suppression tactics.
The son is always worse.
If any of those phonies actually believed in Armageddon prophesy let alone God, they wouldn't believe that they could force God's hand.
66 here. I last watched a cable news show in 2002.
No doubt the plan is an early Christmas for US oil companies in exchange for campaign money, lavish gifts and kickbacks.
