By GQman2121 Go To PostJust imagine you're one of the Seals that's being deployed on this mission. At what point during the briefing are you like, is it just me, or does this seems kind of fucked? The brainwashing kicks in at some point but I'm sure a few of them were doubting things on that initial chopper ride in.Yeah because unit commanders don't can shit plans from breakfast and missions don't have several abort points. That is ridiculous - and absolves a monstrous amount of blame from the people that deserve it.
They collected a bunch of data that could lead to future…ops or some shit.
and the collection of further information on the guy and organization that stands to benefit the most due to the almost certain power vacuum in that region and its affects may be seen as beneficial by some
but hey whatever fuck a trump woo
Article is from before the inauguration, don't know if it's been posted.
http://m.democracynow.org/stories/17012
The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill has revealed Betsy DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince, the founder of the mercenary firm Blackwater, has been quietly advising Trump’s transition team, including helping vet Cabinet picks. On election night, Prince’s wife, Stacy DeLuke, even posted pictures from inside Trump’s campaign headquarters. We speak to Scahill about his latest piece, "Notorious Mercenary Erik Prince Is Advising Trump from the Shadows."
AMY GOODMAN: I want to ask you about Betsy DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince, who you’ve been talking about, the founder of Blackwater. In July, he spoke to Steve Bannon, who at the time was the head of Breitbart News, the white supremacist, white nationalist news site; Steve Bannon, who’s now Trump’s senior adviser. Prince said Trump should recreate a version of the Phoenix Program, the CIA assassination ring that operated during the Vietnam War, to fight ISIS.
ERIK PRINCE: It was a vicious, but very effective, kill/capture program in Vietnam that destroyed the Viet Cong as a military force. That’s what needs to be done to the funders of Islamic terror. And that would be even the—the wealthy radical Islamist billionaires funding it from the Middle East and any of the other illicit activities they’re in.
AMY GOODMAN: That was Erik Prince. The significance of what he’s saying here, Jeremy?
JEREMY SCAHILL: Well, you know, remember, Erik Prince views himself as the rightful heir to the legacy of "Wild Bill" Donovan, who was the head of the agency that was the precursor to the CIA. And, you know, immediately after 9/11, Erik Prince became very, very close to a number of people within the CIA and also Dick Cheney and Dick Cheney’s office.
And they jointly came up with this idea that Erik Prince could run a kind of off-the-books hit squad that could roam the world conducting assassinations for the United States, and there would be no effective paper trail and no ability for Congress to engage in any oversight.
Now, Leon Panetta, who was Obama’s CIA director early on in Obama’s term, said, "Oh, we shut down that program, and no one was ever killed." I don’t believe that for one moment.
That was—that was part of the legacy of the Phoenix Program, that was a murderous death squad operation in Vietnam, that also included enhanced interrogation. What Erik Prince being around Trump indicates to me is that—
AMY GOODMAN: And talk about what you found out about election night and what his role is. We just have 50 seconds.
JEREMY SCAHILL: Right, well, Robert Mercer, the billionaire hedge funder, his daughter Rebekah ran one of the most important super PACs to Trump, Make America Number 1 super PAC. And Trump—and Erik Prince and his mother, Elsa, were two of the largest contributors to one of the most significant super PACs that supported Donald Trump.
Erik Prince is very close to Robert Mercer. Prince was also at the "Heroes and Villains" party that Mercer threw in Long Island after the election. And, in fact, there’s a picture that Peter Thiel, the right-wing billionaire who destroyed Gawker—a picture of Peter Thiel, Donald Trump and Erik Prince, that Peter Thiel says is not safe for the internet.
But it’s clear that Erik Prince, through Betsy DeVos, through Robert Mercer and through his very right-wing paramilitary crowd, has the ear of President-elect Donald Trump. And our understanding, from a very well-placed source, is that Prince has even been advising Trump on his selections for the staffing of the Defense Department and the State Department.
http://m.democracynow.org/stories/17012
By Xpike Go To Postimagine fucking up so bad even a war torn hellhole asks you to leave them alonePeople are missing the bigger picture here. This so called Yemeni govt. is nothing more than a Saudi puppet government who've had no qualms about Saudi and their pals bombing thousands of Yemeni civilians to pieces through the countless of war crimes they've committed in the country. In the past two years Saudi Barbaria has created the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world today so obviously the puppet govt. from this "wartorn hellhole" doesn't have a real concern for civilians. Had this operation killed resistance fighters instead (Houthi-Saleh-Yemen military) then you wouldn't have heard a beep of criticism or condemnation because that's basically what the Yemeni conflict has been under Obama who pumped even more money, weapons and kept providing logistics, refueling and advisors to make sure his Saudi pals could bomb Yemenis to freedom while the atrocities, the worsening humanitarian situation and the war crimes were obvious.
imagine trump reading the news and going to twitter telling everyone he's still the best president
AQ has grown and seized more territory in Yemen under Saudi occupation which the sectarian coalition has "ignored". There's also reports on AQ and other extremists fighting alongside the Saudi coalition. Take a guess why the puppet govt. is suddenly pissed, it's not from concern towards civilians I can promise you that.
By Xpike Go To Postimagine fucking up so bad even a war torn hellhole asks you to leave them alone
I LoL'd. My the Lord give those forlorn souls peace tho.
By Smokey Go To PostIt's all his fault, I'm sorry. He hired the people that brought shit to him, and he ultimately signed off on it. The raid doesn't happen with him saying "slow down, let's take a deeper look" or some shit, but we know that's not how fukbois operate.
I feel the same way, and I'm not sorry.
I'm also not sorry about pointing out the fact that a career military man doesn't seem to know the difference between bringing insight as to how these things are supposed to work and playing apologist for his superior officers--namely, his Commander in Chief. After all, officers saying bad things about #45 is frowned upon.
I actually came in here to say that the Senate all but telling Warren "STFU and make a sandwich, bitch" should be an indication that things won't be turning around anytime soon. I mean, DeVos is as qualified to be over the Dept of Education as the average YouTube comment poster. What's the point of putting up a fight for any of these other appointments, lol. You end up blocking this SCOTUS nominee and end up with Bill Duke next.
By Phoenix RISING Go To PostI actually came in here to say that the Senate all but telling Warren "STFU and make a sandwich, bitch" should be an indication that things won't be turning around anytime soon. I mean, DeVos is as qualified to be over the Dept of Education as the average YouTube comment poster. What's the point of putting up a fight for any of these other appointments, lol. You end up blocking this SCOTUS nominee and end up with Bill Duke next.
Except we know the nominee won't actually be blocked--just trying to force them to nuke the fillibuster and set precedents that give the dems the unprecedented power they need when the pendulum swings back.
Dems have a pretty easy job. Just vote no and use relationships and proximity to create as many leaks as possible.
By Phoenix RISING Go To PostI actually came in here to say that the Senate all but telling Warren "STFU and make a sandwich, bitch" should be an indication that things won't be turning around anytime soon. I mean, DeVos is as qualified to be over the Dept of Education as the average YouTube comment poster. What's the point of putting up a fight for any of these other appointments, lol. You end up blocking this SCOTUS nominee and end up with Bill Duke next.
McConnell shutting Warren down was so disheartening. There's been a bunch of Dems that followed and did the same though so
I expect Sessions to be another party line vote after this mess
Californians, Feinstein is asking people to email her to oppose Sessions for AG. Here's the form to email her: https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me
The message doesn't have to be very long.
The message doesn't have to be very long.
By reilo Go To Post
wait wat
"pls panic"
By reilo Go To PostCalifornians, Feinstein is asking people to email her to oppose Sessions for AG. Here's the form to email her: https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me
The message doesn't have to be very long.
Done and done
By Phoenix RISING Go To PostSo when they evoked rule whatever, everyone was fine with that despite the precedent?
by everyone I"m assuming you mean republicans? IT was a party line vote and pissed Dems off
By reilo Go To Post
wait wat
DJ EZ Dicc
Why doesn't he tweet the gallop one? It's a pretty party line opinion confirming all republicans are fuck wads
He's so concerned with being like or viewed in a positive light. This is like the opposite job for someone like that. I suppose he's also power hungry too but that's an entirely different issue.
By Phlebas Go To PostArticle is from before the inauguration, don't know if it's been posted.
http://m.democracynow.org/stories/17012
I've read lots of stories like this, but they usually end with "but then Nick Fury stopped them from stealing the cosmic cube & the infinity formula."
By EldritchTrapStar Go To Postfuck
You've got to be fucking kidding.
is painful to watch him try to speak
By Fenderputty Go To PostWhy doesn't he tweet the gallop one? It's a pretty party line opinion confirming all republicans are fuck wads
is there a poll that isn't just straight up party line these days
people are dug the fuck in with their colors
Sessions was confirmed, WHAT THE FLYING FUCK
Fuck Manchin
The 52-47 vote was mostly along party lines, though one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin, joined the Republicans to back their Alabama colleague.
Fuck Manchin
manchin will either be a republican himself or be replaced by one in 2018
*shrug*
nah but he's a necessary evil at this point
*shrug*
nah but he's a necessary evil at this point
By butt Go To PostFucking disgusted with my country right now
Is it bad that I look at it as an investment now for my own sanity.
Fuck my shit up so bad that we get another O8 pendulum swing, except this time with a progressive President with zero barriers or fucks about bipartisanship.
Just 4 8years away. Born from the ashes of Trumps America. But ash can make for good fertilizer!
Sessions feels like the salt on an already scorched earth.
I'm glad Baltimore had that riot while sane people were still in charge. Something tells me Jefferson Beauregard wouldn't have the DOJ behind the police reform that Lynch oversaw and saw out during her final weeks.
I'm glad Baltimore had that riot while sane people were still in charge. Something tells me Jefferson Beauregard wouldn't have the DOJ behind the police reform that Lynch oversaw and saw out during her final weeks.
By HasphatsAnts Go To PostYeah, salt. Bannon and friends really are taking the piss though.
By Dark PhaZe Go To PostIs it bad that I look at it as an investment now for my own sanity.I really hope we don't fuck up 2018. DNC chair better be off to the races after the election this month. If Dems ever get back in power and we get a D/D/D scenario then they better go fucking scorched earth and go full FDR.
Fuck my shit up so bad that we get another O8 pendulum swing, except this time with a progressive President with zero barriers or fucks about bipartisanship.
Just 4 8years away. Born from the ashes of Trumps America. But ash can make for good fertilizer!
So I've just been dead inside since the elction. I advocate to vote, fight back etc. I attended the women's march and SFO protests and I've donated to the ACLU. Yet I have like no fucks to give and everything still feels so futile and hopeless. Republicans are going to run over the country and half of the country is A-ok with that.
They aren't. The last few weeks should show you how many checks and defenses there are against their regime.
By blackace Go To PostKind of random but has there been any news on how Trump will handle Cuba?
None yet, but I'm assuming he won't do shit. He was illegally doing business with Cuba before relations opened up
By Kibner Go To Post
The "oh sweetie/my precious summer child" thing is right up there with starting a post with "bu-bu-bu" for most obnoxious thing on the internet.
It's like patting someone on the head while you demean them. Dorie's point still stands.
Manchin's daughter revelation is too good by the way. These scummy motherfuckers have no bottom.
Manchin's daughter revelation is too good by the way. These scummy motherfuckers have no bottom.
Primarying Manchin would guarantee that a Republican replaces him.
And re: that article above: get ready for for profit "colleges", payday loan services, and many other "free market solutions" to be unleashed at the expense of those who can least afford it. These rich fucks think of being poor as a moral defect so why not allow them to be exploited?
And re: that article above: get ready for for profit "colleges", payday loan services, and many other "free market solutions" to be unleashed at the expense of those who can least afford it. These rich fucks think of being poor as a moral defect so why not allow them to be exploited?