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"This is why so many white evangelicals justify voting for Donald Trump" They voted for Trump because (1) they like Mike Pence, and (2) Trump was the best friend to the unborn, that has ever been in the White House. Youre still a fanatic I see. "Do many white evangelical Christians believe the Bible is the ultimate law by which to govern?" No. Not even close. Who is calling for a Christian theocracy? Nobody. Are you feeling OK? |
“Over the last 72 hours, I have received multiple death threats and thousands upon thousands of emails from Christians saying the nastiest and most vulgar things I have ever heard toward my family and ministry. I have been labeled a coward, sellout, a traitor to the Holy Spirit, and cussed out at least 500 times.”
This is the beginning of a Facebook post from Sunday by the conservative preacher Jeremiah Johnson. On Jan. 7, the day after the storming of the Capitol, Johnson issued a public apology, asserting that God removed Donald Trump from office because of his pride and arrogance, and to humble those, like Johnson, who had fervently supported him. The response was swift and vicious. As he wrote in that later Facebook post, “I have been flabbergasted at the barrage of continued conspiracy theories being sent every minute our way and the pure hatred being unleashed. To my great heartache, I’m convinced parts of the prophetic/charismatic movement are far SICKER than I could have ever dreamed of.” This is what is happening inside evangelical Christianity and within conservatism right now. As a conservative Christian friend of mine put it, there is strife within every family, within every congregation, and it may take generations to recover. |
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"Your an idiot Jim if you think evacuating service members or civilians from a war, that SHOULD never have been extended beyond the mission it started on, is anything but messy." "what Jim are you so stupid to think that in evacuation from a war zone, in a tribal Muslim country, it would go as promised" So in your own words, (1) you'd have to be an idiot to fail to foresee that it would get messy. And (2) you'd have to be stupid to think things would go according to plan. So what was Biden's strategy to deal with things when they got messy? What was the alternative plan to deal with the inevitable (your words) mess? Or am I twisting your words, somehow? See, I think you don't know the difference between my "twisting" your words, and my "using your words to club you like a baby seal". Because according to your two statements there, the only conclusion is that Biden is stupid and an idiot. Using your barometer, your standards. Because there was no plan other than to hope things stayed stable at Kabul. Try. Making. That. Wrong. |
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OK, I'm an idiot for not predicting that things would go south. But you don't criticize Biden for not anticipating things going south. "a competent commander would understand getting out of a war, especially in that part of the world would be messy." Obviously, Biden didn't expect it would be messy. Because there was no plan to deal with the mess. He sent those 20 year old privates into a perfectly designed kill zone for a suicide bomber. What could be an easier target for a suicide bomber? |
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"things are not going well in terms of the fight against the Taliban," https://www.reuters.com/world/exclus...on-2021-08-31/ WTF are you talking about? The Taliban had better PR than the Afghan military, you think that’s what the problem was? as GS said, and stupid idiot ( except Biden) should have known it would get messy, should have known it would t go according to plan. But we had no way of dealing with that, because that’s what happens when your president is a 78 year old Alzheimer’s patient and your Pentagon leadership is too busy worrying about diversity to have time to plan for contingencies in the battlefield. |
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Now the US military doesn't plan? ‘In a country with millions of people and cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in awhile.’ https://lieber.westpoint.edu/afghani...on-operations/ https://www.jcs.mil/Doctrine/DOCNET/...on-Operations/ https://news.usni.org/2021/08/17/afg...ation-missions |
In much of the call, Biden focused on what he called the Afghan government’s “perception” problem. “I need not tell you the perception around the world and in parts of Afghanistan, I believe, is that things are not going well in terms of the fight against the Taliban,” Biden said. “And there is a need, whether it is true or not, there is a need to project a different picture.”
Biden told Ghani that if Afghanistan’s prominent political figures were to give a press conference together, backing a new military strategy, “that will change perception, and that will change an awful lot I think.” The American leader’s words indicated he didn’t anticipate the massive insurrection and collapse to come 23 days later. “We are going to continue to fight hard, diplomatically, politically, economically, to make sure your government not only survives, but is sustained and grows,” said Biden. SECOND CALL WITH TOP STAFF In a follow-up call later that day that did not include the U.S. president, Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, General Mark Milley and U.S. Central Command commander General Frank McKenzie spoke to Ghani. Reuters also obtained a transcript of that call. In this call, too, an area of focus was the global perception of events on the ground in Afghanistan. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Ghani “the perception in the United States, in Europe and the media sort of thing is a narrative of Taliban momentum, and a narrative of Taliban victory. And we need to collectively demonstrate and try to turn that perception, that narrative around.” “I do not believe time is our friend here. We need to move quickly,” McKenzie added. |
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Jim I guess Biden should just say it was a perfect phone call..
Then maybe you’ll believe him . It worked last time? Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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400k Americans dead from COVID under Trump no screams from the Maga universe about blood on his hands and he should resign? But 13 marines die getting 120 thousand people out of harms way and their outraged ? And now many of the unvaccinated are dying because the were sold another lie by their leaders .. inspired by the imaginary Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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Seth Moultin is a progressive, liberal democrat congressman from Mass who said Biden’s execution was a “F—-i g disaster and avoidable.”. is he just a fox news puppet? just because i’m destroying you here, doesn’t mean i’m a lemming. Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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so i guess your logos is that only republicans presidents are responsible for bad results on their watch. Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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When a CIA operation captured Baradar on Obama's watch, I remember Fox & Friends whining that he wasn't immediately executed.
Trump & Pompeo let him out, had him flown to Qatar on a G5 and inked the US withdrawal deal with a direct call with Trump. Now he runs Afghanistan. CRICKETS from the lemming Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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But I am objective enough to understand Biden didn’t kill those marines their leadership didn’t kill those marines a suicide bomber killed those marines , and I understand a mass casualties event like that is horrific, for the Nation and their families, but it’s no less painful 1 at a time but Americans don’t see or hear about those sacrifices.. but this faux outrage about Biden got blood on his hand is just classic outrage machine .. Yet The right won’t call them cowards ! (Afghan army )they are the reason the withdrawal turned into what we saw , and the reason why the Taliban has all that nice equipment.. but it’s easier for MAGA and Republicans to blame Biden than actually looking at the big picture and blame the Afghan army who many Americans lost their live defending them and Training them to fight .. we didn’t bail on Afghans Afghans bailed themselves. And now the reap what the sow.. so now the right has moved on to the fear mongers they are ! that Biden’s bring in terrorist ! their all un vetted 2 months ago it was people crossing the border was the cause of the Covid 19 spikes in the country not the unvaccinated Or passing laws with citizens enforcing Aka law suits. So much for tort reform. Let’s see what’s the next outrage is ? another electrical grid failure in a red State suddenly becomes the governments fault Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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Like I said you’re unable or unwilling to see the big picture or in this case the entirety of the phone call.. because as we know context means a lot .. Here an idea lets just do what was done all the time here when Trump said something and what he said was always defended claiming it was just hyperbole . Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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Navy Declares 5 Missing Sailors Dead After Helicopter Crash
Another tragic event in our military and Families losing love ones while involved in service to their country .. where are the calls for Biden to resign or stating he has blood on his Hands ??? will they be called by Hannity for his nightly outrage so he can exploit their Grief? Because this is an accident its different or just not politically beneficial we'll see |
Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr show on Sunday, Gen Sir Nick was asked how the predictions had been wrong.
"I think everybody got it wrong is the straight answer," he said. "Even the Taliban didn't expect things to change as quickly as they did. "I don't think we realised quite what the Taliban were up to. They weren't really fighting for the cities they eventually captured, they were negotiating for them. And I think you'll find a lot of money changed hands as they managed to buy off those who might have fought for them." The chief of defence staff added: "I don't think what anybody predicted was how fragile that Afghan government was and how fragile it was in relation to the command of its armed forces." I doubt the Brits are trying to cover for Biden .. Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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and GS said only a “stupid idiot” would expect this withdrawal to not get messy. only a “stupid idiot” would think it would go according to plan. doesn’t that mean you have a backup plan? For every person you quote to support your side, i can quote someone to support my side. Massachusetts congressman Seth Moulton is a very liberal democrat from Mass, and he said it was a “fu—-ng disaster” and that it was “preventable.” is he lying for political reasons? he also did 4 tours with the marines you’re not winning this, you don’t have the facts or common sense in your side. i’m not saying you can predict everything. but you have to have some contingencies in place, and they didn’t. 13?americann kids died, partly as a result of that. his approval numbers suggest you’re in the minority. Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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