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Butch Crawling's avatar
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Posted by: @hoot

 Butch Crawling recall a seminar attended by Lee Hamilton who warned against assassinating high profile enemy figures as Obama when president had done when Obama ordered the killing of non-state militant leaders.

Hamilton argued that such orders by a president would undoubtedly lead to assassinations of heads of state as occurred recently in Iran. Hamilton visualized a day could come when a U.S. President would be assassinated by a drone in retaliation for one of our assassinations.

Ironically, Trump recently complained that the Iranian leaders currently in charge following the assassination of the former leadership lack the standing to make decisions necessary for a negotiated deal. Trump has called them "disjointed", "argumentative", and "fractured". Thus, by knocking out the old guard, have we made a peace deal more difficult?

@hoot You're talking Anwar al-Awlaki? Yes, that wasn't cool.  Extrajudicial killings, or attempted killings, didn't start with Obama, though. Prior incidents include the 1960 CIA plot to take out the prime minister of Congo, multiple failed attempts to take out Fidel Castro, Clinton's 1998 authorization of the CIA killing of bin Laden and his top lieutenants, George W.'s 2002 targeted killing of Kamal Derwish, a US citizen and al-Qaeda operative, and the Bush administration's 2003 air strikes on Saddam Hussein's palace bunker in an effort to take him out at the beginning of the war. 

 


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Posted : 05/04/2026 4:42 pm
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BradStevens
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This guy could do a good job:

https://twitter.com/rahmemanuel/status/2057555053091922254?s=46


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Posted : 05/21/2026 6:32 pm
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Posted by: @bradstevens

This guy could do a good job:

https://twitter.com/rahmemanuel/status/2057555053091922254?s=46

 

The property tax king. Also wouldn’t give a red cent to Wrigley reconstruction while Soldier and The Cell got massive bags for their overhauls. Probably why the Wrigley redevelopment is immaculate and the other two are dumps. Private funding, accountability. 

 

 

 


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Posted : 05/21/2026 7:21 pm
Goat
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Posted by: @bradstevens

This guy could do a good job:

https://twitter.com/rahmemanuel/status/2057555053091922254?s=46

That's not going to put you within sniffing distance of the 1%, but thanks for your service.

 


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Posted : 05/21/2026 8:16 pm
UncleMark
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Posted by: @goat

Posted by: @bradstevens

This guy could do a good job:

https://twitter.com/rahmemanuel/status/2057555053091922254?s=46

That's not going to put you within sniffing distance of the 1%, but thanks for your service.

 

He's talking about the 1% who do public service, not the top 1% wealthwise. 

 


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Posted : 05/21/2026 8:31 pm
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BradStevens
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Posted by: @unclemark

Posted by: @goat

Posted by: @bradstevens

This guy could do a good job:

https://twitter.com/rahmemanuel/status/2057555053091922254?s=46

That's not going to put you within sniffing distance of the 1%, but thanks for your service.

 

He's talking about the 1% who do public service, not the top 1% wealthwise. 

 

It's all about money with Goat.  

 


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Posted : 05/21/2026 9:44 pm
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dbmhoosier
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What people want is Trump without the drama and next time he actually keeps his campaign promises.  They don't want war, open borders, woke stuff, soft crime policies, or any other Democrat insanity.  Republicans need to stop being cowards and start delivering. 

https://twitter.com/i/status/2059733883080360159


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Posted : 05/27/2026 6:07 pm
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@dbmhoosier only the stupid, which is most of this board, could feel any differently about elected reps the last decade.  It’s been incredibly bad.  From both parties


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Posted : 05/27/2026 6:14 pm
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