Discussion: Pence To West Point Grads: 'Virtual Certainty That You Will Fight On A Battlefield'

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JFC; maybe impeachment isn’t such a great idea.

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"….where an aggressive Russia seeks to redraw international boundaries by force."

You have got to be kidding.

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Well, he didn’t say what side they’d be fighting for after all.

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Did he give a prediction in terms of days?

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pence added, unless you have “bone spurs”.

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Well, Pence is only reminding them what they signed up for, to be the storm-troopers of an increasingly bellicose, out of control empire.

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Battlefield? When he got up out his coffin, he must have forgotten what century we’re in.

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Maybe even in your own cities!

Excerpt:
According to multiple senior administration officials, the president intends to invoke the “tremendous powers” of the act to remove illegal immigrants from the country.

“We’re doing the Insurrection Act,” one official said.

Under the Insurrection Act of 1807, the president has the authority to use the National Guard and military in order to combat “unlawful obstruction or rebellion” within U.S. borders. The act was last invoked in 1992 by George H.W. Bush to quell the Los Angeles riots, and was also used by Eisenhower in 1957 to enforce school desegregation in the south.

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Wow, he seems to be promising 7 or 8 different wars coming up. This is so exciting!

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If we fight Russia aren’t we really just fighting ourselves?

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Look on the bright side.

No student loans!

It’s a free education, except for the 5 years you are cannon fodder for Wingnuttia’s imperial wars.

Dad was going to get me in the AF Academy. I laughed in his face :slight_smile:

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Dulce et decorum est…

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And North Korea? Led by Kim -the man Trump fell in love with?

Does Trump know what Pence is saying? I thought -despite his bellicose rhetoric -he was skeptical of getting the US involved in overseas wars.

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He’s reading from last year’s script. That deal portrayed his boss as a wannabe Charlie Martel.

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And then, Pence, the wonderful Christian he is, ended his speech by quoting Scripture:

“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”

“May God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.”

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Too bad somebody wasn’t handing out General Smedley Butler quotes to all the WP Grads.

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Do you actually know any people in the service? Just curious.

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Lest he be taken for any kind of Christian pacifist.

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Well, they did annex the crimea and turned the donbas into a dmz. Not to mention trying to overthrow the elected government of montenegro.

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