The Biden Presidency

Aww how cute. The regime has instructed Facebook to censor any negative comments about the leader

(This is the part where its ignored and focused on cerno as the tweeter)

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But if a platform wanted to restrict what one poster can say about another, I believe it is entitled to enforce standards. Hasn't our very own dear and great leader given various posters timeouts for churlishness. Surely as proprietor of these august boards he is entitled to do so.
 
Absolutely. And if he only did that to one side of the political spectrum, he would be a joke, and those who supported his abuse of that right would be worthy of derision.
 
Jaw said:
Absolutely. And if he only did that to one side of the political spectrum, he would be a joke, and those who supported his abuse of that right would be worthy of derision.
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This I agree with. And as one of his occasional sounding boards, I have always urged him to govern with a light touch. Which he generally does to all of our benefit.
 
I would buy tech stocks just to vote for him if Sav ever ran for CEO of one of those companies. He's the hero we need.
 
striker42 said:
I don't think Biden's Afghanistan blunder had anything to do with his age. I think Afghanistan is a blind spot for him.

The following are things I've read in mainstream sources (CNN, Reuters, BBC, etc):

-Biden has an unshakable belief that withdrawing the US from Afghanistan as quickly as possible is the correct decision
-Biden has filled his team with advisors that share this belief
-Biden is generally tolerant of debate but will shut it down quick when it's something he feels knowledgeable on, especially foreign policy

These things are a recipe for disaster. It's how you get a President acting as if the world is how he wants it to be and not how it is. Biden's strong belief in withdrawal makes it difficult for him to see the risks and downside. Advisors would normally be able to help him by pointing those out but he's picked people that agree with him on this. Anyone who might speak up wont as this is a topic Biden would likely shut down discussion on.

So instead of paying attention to the warning bells, listening to those sounding the alarm, and having contingencies in place, Biden moved forward as if the withdrawal would go off flawlessly and was caught shocked and flat footed when it didn't. It's not terribly dissimilar to how we got into this situation. Instead of the belief in withdrawal we had a belief in nation building.
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He has a very high regard for his own intelligence and expertise. When that is unwarranted, it can lead to bad results.

I compare it to being in a car with someone who can't read a map but insists on telling everyone what to do (pre GPS days).

If you look at his advisers, is there someone who can talk to him as a peer. I don't think so. Not in foreign policy/national security.
 
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Jaw said:
I would buy tech stocks just to vote for him if Sav ever ran for CEO of one of those companies. He's the hero we need.
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He's going to be in New York soon. I'm going to take him out to a nice Italian restaurant as a thank you for all he does. OK. That's enough sappiness out of me.

(But he aint meeting my daughter).
 
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nsacpi said:
He's going to be in New York soon. I'm going to take him out to a nice Italian restaurant as a thank you for all he does. OK. That's enough sappiness out of me.

(But he aint meeting my daughter).
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I may see him too but if you see him first... please try to convince him to lower the membership renewal fee
 
Jaw said:
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Robert Gates - "Still, I think he's been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades."

ROBERT GATES: I-- I don't know. I don't know. I-- I think I stand by that statement. He and I agreed on some key issues in the Obama administration. We disagreed significantly on Afghanistan and some other issues. I think that the vice president had some issues with the military. So how he would get along with the senior military, and what that relationship would be, I just-- I think, it-- it would depend on the personalities at the time.
 
Watch: Trump says U.S. can’t afford ‘hasty’ withdrawal from Afghanistan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSiTKl6fB2g&feature=youtu.be

The PBS summary for the video says In a prime-time address to the nation, Trump said his “original instinct was to pull out.” Since taking office, Trump said, he’d determined that approach could create a vacuum that terrorists including al-Qaida and the Islamic State could “instantly fill.”

Relevant content starts around the 6:30 mark.
He was not wrong.
 
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Jaw said:
Watch: Trump says U.S. can’t afford ‘hasty’ withdrawal from Afghanistan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSiTKl6fB2g&feature=youtu.be

The PBS summary for the video says In a prime-time address to the nation, Trump said his “original instinct was to pull out.” Since taking office, Trump said, he’d determined that approach could create a vacuum that terrorists including al-Qaida and the Islamic State could “instantly fill.”

Relevant content starts around the 6:30 mark.
He was not wrong.
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Results over rhetoric

I don't you don't agree but the country sorely needs this man back in power.
 
nsacpi said:
He has a very high regard for his own intelligence and expertise. When that is unwarranted, it can lead to bad results.

I compare it to being in a car with someone who can't read a map but insists on telling everyone what to do (pre GPS days).

If you look at his advisers, is there someone who can talk to him as a peer. I don't think so. Not in foreign policy/national security.
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The best presidents aren't the ones with vast knowledge or political experience. They're the ones who can surround themselves with experts and who know how to listen to those experts.
 
Jaw said:
Watch: Trump says U.S. can’t afford ‘hasty’ withdrawal from Afghanistan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSiTKl6fB2g&feature=youtu.be

The PBS summary for the video says In a prime-time address to the nation, Trump said his “original instinct was to pull out.” Since taking office, Trump said, he’d determined that approach could create a vacuum that terrorists including al-Qaida and the Islamic State could “instantly fill.”

Relevant content starts around the 6:30 mark.
He was not wrong.
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Trump was extremely far from perfect and di a lot of things I hated... but he was objectively the best foreign policy president of my lifetime, which scans back to HW
 
striker42 said:
I really would like to have seen McCain as President. Probably the best candidate in the past 30 years who never won.
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The vote I cast for him was probably the least enthusiastic POTUS vote I've made. He seemed to have an obsession with getting boots on the ground everywhere. I agreed with him that actually changing these places required that, but I never saw that as the correct goal.

There's no denying that he crushed this call though.
 
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