The Nemesis | 100 comments (100 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The Nemesis (4.00 / 5)

I dunno, there were some really scary reports of Dominionist infiltration coming out about the USAF a few years ago. And the amount of stark, outright insanity among the generals Trump has assembled is scary. Granted, they were eventually cashiered, but the fact that they got to accumulate as much brass as they did before being retired does not fill me with warm fuzzies.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sat Feb 4th, 2017 at 02:02:08 AM EST
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Re: The Nemesis (4.00 / 3)

Of the generals around him, Flynn is obviously worrying. But Flynn is hated within the defense and security establishment. (It was at DIA where the grunts came up with the term "Flynn Facts".)

Bigger issue is Trump clearly sees no need to listen to any of the competent generals around him. Mattis and others are apparently on the verge of resigning.

That said, I should add a qualifier to my comment:

On the list of groups to worry about, the military ranks quite low.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Feb 4th, 2017 at 02:12:23 PM EST
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Flynn is the guy who's on Erdogan's payroll, right?

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sat Feb 4th, 2017 at 03:28:52 PM EST
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Yes, I believe so.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Feb 4th, 2017 at 04:09:00 PM EST
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Re: The Nemesis (4.00 / 2)

Flynn was so incompetent that Obama had to shitcan him when he was at DIA -- an intelligence agency that is not exactly well thought of within the IC.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Feb 4th, 2017 at 04:12:10 PM EST
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Re: The Nemesis (4.00 / 2)

I really don't know how well the Dominionist problem has been dealt with. The Air Force, and, especially, the Air Force Academy, is a bit of an outlier. It was probably a mistake to locate it next to Colorado Springs - the Orange County of Colorado. Boulder would have been a MUCH better choice, but there probably wasn't suitable land available, especially for an air base.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Feb 4th, 2017 at 04:55:28 PM EST
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Boulder? Too upscale lib'rul. I don't think military people and college students mix well.
There's plenty of flat space further west, where DIA was built.

by Bernard (bernard) on Sat Feb 4th, 2017 at 05:22:20 PM EST
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Yeah, but then the conspiracy theories were be too nutty, given that the NWO/Illuminati types are already obsessed with Denver International.

(Side note: Forget the Satanist horse at the entrance. That airport is a colossal pain in the ass. It might as well be in Tulsa.)

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Feb 4th, 2017 at 09:56:47 PM EST
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Elon will fix it with a hyperloop tunnel to downtown Denver.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Feb 5th, 2017 at 07:26:51 AM EST
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Elon's thinking bigger-picture. I'm not optimistic on his ability to hit his goals, but at least he's thinking and putting some skin in the game.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Wed Feb 8th, 2017 at 02:31:45 AM EST
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It was a sardonic joke, but it might actually happen, as so many other such jokes have come to be fact. Think Trump. At least that one would be useful.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Feb 8th, 2017 at 02:46:50 PM EST
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