10-25-2017, 03:42 PM
(10-25-2017, 01:48 AM)Vas Deferens Wrote: I would have to say there seems to be a correlation in the lack of transparency regarding the situation in both scenarios. Not putting that on trump, because I doubt anyone tells him a gd thing that is going on because he's a basic *****, but you're high af if you think there wouldn't be a tiki torch march on the WH if this happened on a Dem pres.
And btw, a few of these comments seem to raise the importance of the lives of 'diplomats' above that of a soldier. Can't say I agree with that given the both ostensibly put there lives on the line in the name of our country.
I do however, see the difference in an attack on an established embassy vs a patrol mission. But I refuse to believe there wouldn't be some extreme grandstanding on the part of of the GOP were the niger attack happen on a dems post.
Yeah, "all lives are equally important" is a good thing to believe in, but if we're being honest, it doesn't really hold up in reality. There's a reason why the US President has over a dozen guys surrounding him, all of whom are trained and expected to give their lives to protect his.
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There's a reason why he had armed guards, in part because he was a non-combative, but also because he was indeed judged to have more value. Be that right or wrong to think that way, it's reality.
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