Rayvin
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"...and which offers him zero political capital" Then again, no I didn't see that speech.
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I think I could accept that the Trump team as a collective played this one badly. Not sure I can see Trump overruling everyone in the room about something he doesn't understand and which offers him essentially zero political capital. It all comes down to whether or not you think he's a total idiot, or whether you think he's actually dangerous. I'm more inclined to think he's the latter. Either way, whether it was Trump himself or a collective failure from his team, the buck stops with him. EDIT - and tbf, if it was a collective failure then I could see it being Bannon after all, as ewerk said.
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Does seem feasible actually given that it was an operation that Obama prepped, presumably some time ago. I guess the likelihood of 'things changing' was lost on the decision making team. This must be more on Mattis than anyone else though, isn't this stuff basically what he's there for?
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We covered that on the previous page It's a bizarre thing to say, especially since Berkeley seemed to be acting out of a desire to protect people rather than make a political point.
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That may be true but the issue at hand is that their intelligence was wrong. I suppose it's possible they were given a report that estimated resistance and noted that further reconnaissance was needed, and simply chose to ignore it.
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I see.
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It'll not be Bannon though, it has to be someone on the military side. Worrying really.
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Who is advising Trump on counter terrorism and military objectives then? He sounds useless whoever he is.
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Yeah, tempted to say at this point that even without Trump we'd find something to argue about.
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Quite possibly but what they're doing is more likely to bring about what they fear. Trump can't just make America a police state. He needs a reason to do it that will scan with the public. Enter Antifa. How long before we start seeing false flags on this as well...
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The worrying thing for me is that these protesters are upping the ante by becoming violent - and that protest actually sounds pretty bad. Fireworks fired into the building, break ins, rocks being thrown, etc. Trump can very easily say they're attacking free speech, and to be honest, how much of this does he need to happen before it's built up enough for him to be able to claim that additional force is required to handle these issues. I imagine they'll be branded terrorist organisations at some point if they keep this up. 'Playing into his hands' , I would call this. Which is why political violence can only ever be a last resort. If Trump decides that this is a physical fight rather than a hearts and minds one, he'll fucking destroy them.
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Did you see what Antifa were doing to the student union I woulda fucking cancelled it as well. I'm not sure he can claim that Berkeley did it for political reasons, they seem to have done it simply because Antifa activists are utter psychos. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/01/milo-yiannopoulos-uc-berkeley-event-cancelled
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I thought it did come directly from the perpetrator... it comes from the state, does it? Then I agree, that's weird.
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Newcastle United v QPR - Weds 1st of Feb 19:45
Rayvin replied to wykikitoon's topic in Newcastle Forum
We'll be fine, it was just one result. Our home form has been a bit questionable anyway. That said, if we do miss the auto slots we won't go up at all. No chance is this club capable of winning play offs. -
Newcastle United v QPR - Weds 1st of Feb 19:45
Rayvin replied to wykikitoon's topic in Newcastle Forum
The level of jinxing going on in this thread is unbelievable -
Yeah it won't be pretty. I really don't think we'll lose though, we're just hesitant because of the Oxford game.
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Generic small time football blather thread 2015/16
Rayvin replied to The Fish's topic in Newcastle Forum
I really enjoy watching Arsenal Fan TV -
Bet you're all missing my inadequately cited arguments now.
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Aye good points and probably the way Ashley will look at it at least.
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You think it'd take that much? There's a lot of shite at the lower end of the PL, I'm really not sure how far off we are from them. Although I'll readily concede that it's not worth taking any risks.
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I don't even remember that name tbf. And aye, the Sels experient has gone the same way as Guardiola's Bravo experiment. The only thing that might offer us some hope with him is that every new keeper we get seems shite at first. Elliot certainly did.
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Agreed, there's no reason to worry. Our squad was Championship proof at the start of the season, to the point where it arguably wasn't worth bringing people in anyway. I get that Shelvey getting injured is a massive concern, but aside from him there aren't any areas of weakness in the squad. Palace can fuck off.
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Thanks.
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That sounds highly ambitious to me like I guess you never know but it's looking far more like it'll be no one at all.