'Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, whoosh': Trump describes missile defense in bizarre rant

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  1. Oldyoungin

    Oldyoungin Well-Known Member

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    Data doesn't seem to support that, since the weekly death rate went up under Joe.
     
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    9royhobbs Well-Known Member

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    So did Clinton. Didn't know you were a fan of his.
     
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    Oldyoungin Well-Known Member

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    Unfortunately the dictionary and countless other sources disagree. :)
     
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    I think the Clintons are clearly intelligent people. Intelligence doesn't equate to likeability.
     
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    Yeah, that kind of stuff happens when the guy before you doesn't do anything so you have to play catch up.
     
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    So catch up means increasing the weekly death toll? That doesn't really make any sense.
     
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    You know what, is this minor point is so important to you, go ahead and take a victory lap. Your insistence on the subject is boring and actually off topic.
    Congratulations on your hollow victory. You with the semantics debate.
     
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    Oldyoungin Well-Known Member

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    Thanks, being a history buff helps in many areas. Fun fact, China used missiles before USA ever existed.

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    Really? That's what you're going with?
    You have to catch up to win the race.
     
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    9royhobbs Well-Known Member

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    No one cares.
     
  11. Oldyoungin

    Oldyoungin Well-Known Member

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    That's unfortunate. I hope you have a wonderful day :)
     
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    9royhobbs Well-Known Member

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    True
    Trump has neither.
     
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    Just stop already.
    Here.......by your definition(s) the atlatl were used 30,000 years ago. The earth throws missiles into the solar system when objects use gravity.
    Are you happy now.
     
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    so we should not cut needless military spending to pay for it
     
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    Sleep Monster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Donald Trump is a child. He's always been a petulant, surly, spoiled child, and he always will be.

    Re: onomatopoeic. I love learning new words, thanks!
     
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    Correct. Great example, I completely forgot about those. All though I did get to use one at a conference a while back. I don't think the earth would qualify by definition as its not propelled by human interaction but perhaps, just not 100% sure either way.
     
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    Nitpicking. Trump was not even remotely considering Hawaii in his little boy's rant.

    Also, Pearl Harbor was attacked by a fleet of planes. There were no missiles. Those who refuse to study history deserve to repeat it.
     
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    I think it's important to be accurate when making specific claims. Even during Pearl harbor times (1940's) basic missile defense was implemented in many places.
     
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    Those are not missiles.
     
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    Do you really believe that those events would not have happened if Trump had still been in office?

    Ukraine would have been attacked by Russia regardless, but if Trump were still in charge, we would not have helped them. We would have let Putin have Ukraine, likely followed by Putin moving to attack the Baltic states, who are all NATO members. Yeah, that would have been fabulous ... our troops would be losing their lives over there.

    As for Hamas, I've never seen anything that would make me believe that they give a rat's ass whose in charge here.
     
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    Now there is some irony :) History, is something the DNC rewrite, tear down and when neither can be used or fail to work they insist it was the other party..

    See Slavery..
     
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    We're already doing that, but Trump doesn't have any interest in what's already being done to prevent missile attacks. That would require that he do some reading (gasp!) and/or get informed by National Defense experts. He'd have to **** and listen, though, and that's not going to happen.
     
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    Still nitpicking. You know damned well that Trump was not talking about torpedoes, that this thread is about his rantings on air-based missiles, not boats.
     
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    Exactly. Due to Trump's eternal denial, his focus on numbers and how they reflected on him, personally, and his constantly playing it down, hundreds of thousands of Americans died that could maybe have been saved.
     
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    EMP ... that's an interesting notion. Could we direct an EMP pulse tightly enough that there would be no collateral loss of function?
     

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