BOISE — Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and arguably the most influential foreign policy voice in Congress, Saturday returned home to Idaho, onl…
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Charles replied to the topic Holy Cow Batman, How The Worm Has Turned! in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago
Good to hear. Thank you for posting.
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Charles started the topic "Let's Be Clear About Who Is Rigging What": Bernie Sanders Denounces Trump Effort to Divide Democrats in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago
Published on Friday, January 17, 2020 by Common Dreams2020 candidate says only reason for impeachment trial is president’s effort to “use the power of the federal government for his own political benefit.”
After President Donald Trump earlier in the day accused Democrats in Congress of “rigging the…
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Charles started the topic Defense Secretary Sparks Doubts About Alleged Threat to Embassies as Poll Shows Americans Disapprove of Trump's Handling of Iran in the forum General Discussion 1 week ago
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Published on Sunday, January 12, 2020 by Common DreamsMark Esper says he “didn’t see” evidence supporting President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies.
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Charles replied to the topic I am going to check in only intermittently for a month or so in the forum Bar and Grill 1 week ago
Sorry to hear.
Hope the treatments go well and you’re feeling better soon!
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Charles started the topic Trump ally and GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz comes out in strong support of a War Powers Resolution limiting Trump's power to take military action against Iran in the forum General Discussion 1 week ago
Republican congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida came out Thursday in support of a War Powers Resolution that would dramatically curtail President Donald Trump’s power to take further military action against Iran.~Snip~“I represent more troops than any other member of this body,” Gaetz said in a…
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Charles replied to the topic Trump says no U.S. troops hurt in Iran strikes, Tehran 'standing down' in the forum Latest Breaking News 1 week ago
US Military knew hours in advance the strikes were coming:
We knew, and the Iraqis told us, that this was coming many hours in advance,” said a senior administration official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence and diplomatic c…
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Charles started the topic Iran missile attacks: Iraq says it received advance warning from Tehran in the forum General Discussion 1 week ago
The Twitter account for the Iraqi prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, has issued a statement saying he received a verbal message from the Iranians shortly after midnight saying that their “response to the assassination of the martyr Qassem Soleimani had begun or would start shortly” and would be limited to US military stationed in Iraq. At the s…
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Charles started the topic Bernie Sanders Has Leaped To The Top Of 2020 Democratic Polls Over The Past Month in the forum General Discussion 1 week ago
BY BENJAMIN FEARNOWON 1/7/20 AT 2:58 PM EST
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has spiked back up in local and nationwide polls of the Democratic presidential candidates, re-establishing himself as a top frontrunner alongside former Vice President Joe Biden.
Compilations of January and end-of-year polls conducted among general election and…
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Charles started the topic Ilhan Omar: War doesn’t have a reset button, in the forum General Discussion 1 week ago
War doesn’t have a reset button, I learned this lesson at the age of Eight.
Lives will be lost, many innocent lives will be lost and the future of generations will be impacted.
Let’s call for peace.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 8, 2020
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Charles replied to the topic DELETE – sorry in the forum Latest Breaking News 1 week ago
No it’s definitely happening:
Donald Trump: *tweets shit*
Iran: *sends big boi missiles*
Donald Trump: look at the pretty fireworks#IranvsUSA pic.twitter.com/4zn3DDENZx— spooky amber (@iguessikstuff) January 8, 2020
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Charles started the topic Iran launches missiles on US airbase in Iraq – live updates in the forum General Discussion 1 week ago
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From The Guardian’s Julian Borger and Patrick Wintour:
An air base in Iraq’s Anbar province that hosts a US contingent has came under fire, the US military confirmed, after a day in which Donald Trump and the Iranian leadership exchanged threats of retaliatory attacks.
Initial reports said al-Asad base was hit by six rockets. It has p…
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Charles replied to the topic Idaho Republican Party Passes Antiwar Resolutions in the forum General Discussion 1 week ago
It seems more of a case of veterans using Trump’s own words to push the party towards ending the endless wars than any vindication of Trump.
A second resolution approved by Idaho Republicans urged Risch and other members of Idaho’s Congressional delegation “to support President Trump’s attempts to keep his campaign promise to Bring…
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Charles started the topic Idaho Republican Party Passes Antiwar Resolutions in the forum General Discussion 1 week ago
Idaho GOP pressures Sen. Risch: Bring our troops home, expose Afghan war corruption, follow Constitution
Bring Our Troops Home Posted on January 6, 2020
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Charles started the topic Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Demands Official UN Probe of Soleimani Assassination in the forum General Discussion 1 week ago
Published on Tuesday, January 07, 2020 by Common Dreams“Messages and bilateral exchanges are not enough,” said Agnes Callamard.
The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions on Monday called for an impartial probe into the legality of the U.S. assassination of Iranian…
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Charles replied to the topic 'Did the Iraq War Just End?': In Letter, US-Led Coalition Announces It Will Leave Iraq (Update: CBS says Sec of Def says NO Withdrawal) in the forum General Discussion 1 week ago
Looks like the military is now claiming letter was a “draft” and the release was a mistake:
General Milley has just said the letter regarding troop movements out of Iraq was a draft, and releasing it was a "mistake." It was however delivered to the Iraqi military. It seems the U.S. military is as confused as everyone else about what their intentions are.
— Liz Sly (@LizSly) January 6, 2020
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Charles replied to the topic 'Did the Iraq War Just End?': In Letter, US-Led Coalition Announces It Will Leave Iraq (Update: CBS says Sec of Def says NO Withdrawal) in the forum General Discussion 1 week ago
Either the letter is a complete forgery or someone has a lot of explaining to do.
Reuters first reported the letter. Most likely it’s a forgery. Kind of surprised Reuters ran with it without further verification but then again nothing is really surprising anymore…
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Charles started the topic 'Did the Iraq War Just End?': In Letter, US-Led Coalition Announces It Will Leave Iraq (Update: CBS says Sec of Def says NO Withdrawal) in the forum General Discussion 1 week ago
Sec of Defense says he doesn’t know where the letter came from:
The Sec of Defense also said he doesn’t know where the letter came from but he’s read it and it is “inconsistent with where we are right now.”
— Paul Danahar (@pdanahar) January 6, 2020
New update:
General Milley has just said the letter regarding troop movements out of Iraq was a draft, and releasing it was a "mistake." It was however delivered to the Iraqi military. It seems the U.S. military is as confused as everyone else about what their intentions are.
— Liz Sly (@LizSly) January 6, 2020
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Charles replied to the topic The Democrats have failed. in the forum General Discussion 2 weeks ago
I won’t argue against the failures of the Democratic party. Everyone knows that corporate America has hooks in the party and that the entrenchment runs deep. I would argue though that Bernie has spent decades working towards getting progressive policies in place as an independent and has had limited success at best.
Bernie is now advocating…[Read more]
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Charles replied to the topic Iraqi prime minister says Qassem Soleimani was in Iraq to 'discuss de-escalating tensions between Iran and Saudis' when he was killed – and claims Trump had ask in the forum General Discussion 2 weeks ago
It would be important to know whether Trump expected Soleimani to be involved or not. Even if it wasn’t known that Soleimani was the person coming Trump had to know once the general got to Iraq that he was there on behalf of the Iraqi PM.
Either way it’s hard to see where this wasn’t a case of serious betrayal by Trump. How Trump…[Read more]
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