Do you care about our military and national security?

[Dill]

(06-11-2020, 10:53 AM)Benton Wrote: Well, there was that one time...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/after-soleimani-killing-u-s-braced-iranian-drone-missile-strikes-n1126556

... and that other time...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-crisis-how-events-have-unfolded-under-trump-n753996

Trump is far from a warmonger, but I think that's largely because the dog doesn't want him holding the leash in a new fight. He's fine being CiC for the current fights as they've already got all that rubber stamped.

The only things that have kept Trump out of war are Mattis, McMaster, and, primarily, fear of how it might hurt his election chances. Even Bolton had difficulty restraining him.

Were he re-elected I think his recklessness, the absence of competent counsel, and frequent need of diversion from domestic crises of his own making, would reveal he is not far from a warmonger at all.

Still four months to election, however. As support for Biden grows, he might be thinking "what have I got to lose?"