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At this rate, with no timetables and no idea of the maximum number of troops we are re-deploying, I'd say we're about to make a mess even messier. Frankly, no matter when we finally pull out of Afghanistan, I have a feeling the area will fall to the opposition much like Vietnam did when we finally had to admit to ourselves we couldn't win the war. WaPo: Trump Announces "Modest Increase" in Troops in Afghanistan

I don't believe it took Trump many meetings over many months to devise his "strategy." IMO, what he intends to do sounds a lot like what Bush, Obama, and yes, even Crooked Hillary did or would do. Regardless, it's a total reverse on what he promised to do throughout his campaign. If Trump Nation were smart (HA!), they would nail him for going back on his word. So, increased troops -- although, how many more, is anyone's guess -- and no timetables. Moreover, we're not in the nation-building business anymore. We're done training the Afghans how to fight Al Queda (sp?), ISIS and the Taliban. Instead, we're getting back in there (after Obama had managed to roll back the levels of deployment by the time he had left office) and we're gonna...keep killing terrorists, I guess? And the only way we'll know if and when we're successful is if things look good on the ground...which could be next year, or twenty years from now. Oh, and we're gonna make Pakistan and India pull their weight. ("But be nice," as Dalton from "Road House" would say.) I'm sure that really comforts a nation with a generation of teens who has never known a time when there was no War Against Terror. But, Trump feels our pain, so, of course, Trump Nation is behind him all the way.

^ Exactly, NBA, lol. I feel for those Secret Service agents. They have the toughest of jobs, risking their lives in order to keep our elected leaders and their loved ones safe; and THIS is the thanks they get: they're out of money, and they work for the shittiest boss ever. I almost want to take up a collection to help out these guys. Perhaps we could start a telethon or a rummage sale or something? Of course, you KNOW that all Trump will do is hire his own, personal security, thus bringing us all one step closer toward totalitarianism.

If this keeps up, I wouldn't be surprised if The Trump Organization (or whoever they sell the building to) ended up changing the name of Trump Tower. That name's going to have a taint on it no matter WHAT happens next.

Secret Service can't pay agents to protect Trump and family Am I the only one who finds the timing of this news a little...suspicious?

If not for Charlottesville, I think he WOULD have pulled out. However, he's got to come up with something to distract everyone from that (and, of course, from Russia). So, let the wild rumpus start! Meanwhile, I'm not all that concerned about the solar eclipse. Now, if the sky STAYS dark, then I'll know real life's answer to Montgomery Burns will be the end of us all. He was sundowning. Never ask tough questions like that to someone who is sundowning.

Exactly. It's the oldest trick in the presidential playbook, and a surefire way to guarantee another term of office. It's going to be a long, long, VERY long seven-and-a-half years.

Trump to address the nation on military strategy in Afghanistan

Ten bucks an hour? It figures they would pay such crappy wages.

Same here. Oklahoma wasn't a state during the Civil War either. Yet, we have five schools named after Confederate generals. However, because of what happened in Charlottesville, there IS a proposal to rename the schools. I hope they're successful, too. Honestly, WTF were we doing NAMING schools in OK after people like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson? Oh, and leave it to our governor, Mary Fallin, the same woman who called for have a day of prayer for the oil industry(!), to remain neutral about the controversies. I'd like to say her silence will ensure her not getting another term to run this state further into the ground. However, this is Oklahoma. The devil himself could get elected here so long as he runs as a Republican.

Another article on the GOP's fresh hell of their own making: http://time.com/4907850/gop-doubts-donald-trump-competency/

Yeah, that dress just SCREAMS "Take me seriously as a journalist," doesn't it? At this rate, the networks will think nothing of having these women interview politicos and dignitaries in string bikinis.

These days, there are SO few joys in my life, so hearing that Anchorwoman Barbie got trounced by "America's Funniest Unsolved Mysteries"...well, for me, that's like a fist bump from Jesus.

"Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heil, & we will heil, & be stronger than ever before!"

Or, as Trump would say: "SAD!!"

Boston "Free Speech" Rally Ends Early Apparently, the rally ended before any of the scheduled speeches?

I think one of my friends posted this on her FB page. IDK, perhaps this is true on both sides of the political aisle, but what annoys me most is how "Trumpers" fall back on rhetoric when they can't back it up with facts or can't really answer the question. I'm not saying they should just throw up their hands and say, "You got us." But, c'mon, even your high school debate teams know that there are ALWAYS facts out there that can support this-or-that argument, no matter how flimsy those facts or your argument might be.

It also helps that we are living in the post-9/11 age, with this country more insular and more afraid than ever before.

It's probably the former.

For once, Trump did the right thing by choosing to skip the Kennedy Center Honors. (Enjoy my praise, Donny, because we KNOW it won't last.) But why is he announcing in AUGUST that he won't be attending a gala in DECEMBER?

Bannon: The Trump Presidency Is "Over" (But, he vows, he will "make something" out of it.) My take: with Bannon gone, the GOP probably thinks they COULD moderate Trump. They'll learn quickly, however, no matter how many toys you take away from him or threaten to take away, Trump is still Trump. One more: Conservatives React With Fury to Bannon's Departure

It certainly hasn't spoken to me since you-know-who was allowed to host.

"Scotch-and-Soda" Steve makes it clear (*hiccup*): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-18/bannon-says-he-s-going-to-war-for-trump-after-white-house-exit

Well, then, I'll say it: Tina Fey is as insincere as my ass is wide...and I have a VERY wide ass. To me, she's your typical white female liberal (no offense, anyone). White female liberals, particularly those who are in the public eye, are outspoken about inequality as long as the inequality affects them directly. But, let WOC be the ones getting the shaft from the white, male, ultra-conservative establishment, and they all mysteriously develop cases of laryngitis. (Another example would, of course, be Miss Taylor "This Next Song's About Another One of My Exes" Swift.) Now, I'm not saying ALL white females who are liberals behave this way. But, as the saying goes, a few rotten apples spoil the rest of the bunch; and TF is a rotten apple. And think about it: in all the movies and TV shows she's participated in throughout the years, have you ever seen TF work much with WOC? Have you? (No, Tina, Tituss Burgess does not count.) Also, she's not funny.

If it actually GETS to the point, I'll give y'all two guesses as to on which side the GOP will fall...and one of them will be wrong. They're too damn afraid to alienate Trump's voters, because, hey, a vote is still a vote.