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2016 Postmortem

BSdetect

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1. That would not be unusual

Reply to zonkers (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 05:01 PM

Dec 2016

He's a draft dodger like GW and he rushed into Iraq and we know how that ended (or not).

None of his own kids are about to be directly risked in a war so why not have one?

It would distract from his many pending legal suits and whatever else he manages to create.

Military spending gets wealthy investors wealthier.

A good excuse for spending cuts to education, science or welfare and tax cuts for the rich.

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Seriously how can Trump can survive the heat of his Russian connections? The asterisk attached [View all] zonkers Dec 2016 OP

That would not be unusual BSdetect Dec 2016 #1

I think any war, especially one on a new front Best_man23 Dec 2016 #2

Here's how: The GOP will ignore it. They need Trumpy to gut all regulations FSogol Dec 2016 #3

He's gotten away with everything so far... Yurovsky Dec 2016 #4

I give it less than a year, he's already the most unpopular president elect in polling history uponit7771 Dec 2016 #5