Pompeo reminds the world that the United States and Israel are above the law.

[deanrd]

This thread is mistaken. It’s not the US that’s above the law, it’s Republicans that are above the law. Let’s get it right.

 

[Ambivalent1]

You DO know that the ACA mandated that 80 cents out of every dollar goes to claims, right?
You DO know that EVERY rate increase has to be submitted to the governing authorities for approval, right?
You know that any rate increase under 10% has to be approved by the state they are doing business in, right?
You do know that any increase over 10% MUST be approved by the Feds, right?

Dumbass

I do know that a one night stay in the hospital should not cost $29,000.

That is not what we're discussing here is it? Barry's HHS HAD to approve of ALL of those increases. Do you know why they approved them? Money.

 

[Ambivalent1]

No, I'll call you late for dinner if that's what I want to do.

What are we having? Is it BYO?

Scampi and a good Chianti.

 

[Ambivalent1]

And if you're a good boy some fava beans.

 

[the other mike]

The one thing people need to realize when they watch TV...

...everything they're (we're) seeing on TV, they're (we're) meant to.

One thing they weren't ready for was the internet, but they have ways to control that too ( or at the very least monitor it ) .... and clutter it up. We see it here all the time, whenever you post something about JFK or 911 someone will inadvertently show up to call it a conspiracy theory. It's not uniqueto usmb..... the same on every political forum.

 

[the other mike]

All ISIS Has Left Is Money. Lots of It.

 

[the other mike]

This proves my OP to be 100% accurate.
3/2419
American airstrikes have killed around a dozen Afghan civilians in the northern province of Kunduz, local officials have said. The strikes came as US-backed Afghan forces and Taliban militants vie for control of the area.

One provincial councillor put the death toll at twelve, while another estimated that 13 civilians died, including children, in Saturday’s strikes. NATO spokeswoman Sergeant. Debra Richardson told Reuters that the alliance’s Resolute Support mission is aware of the casualty reports, and that it investigates all such credible allegations.

“We take every measure to prevent civilian casualties, in contrast to the Taliban who intentionally hide behind women and children,” Richardson said in a statement.

https://www.rt.com/news/454641-us-airstrikes-afghanistan-kill-civilians/

 

[MisterBeale]

Yeah?

What about Wilbur Ross?

You are wrong. No one in Trump's family is going to jail, they are under the protection of his benefactor.

Stop watching so much TEE VEEEEE.

You're as bad as the wingers in this thread.

I didn't say his family is going to jail. I said we all know they had a meeting with the Russians. And that meeting was illegal. Every American citizen in that meeting committed a crime. Two of the people in that meeting, are in jail.

Wilbur Ross is a piece of shit. He's a perfect example of "swamp people" Trump hired to rape this country's resources.

I do agree way too much time is spent watching that box in the corner.

Yeah? Why was the meeting illegal?

JFK Had His Own Russian Back Channel. It Helped to Prevent War.

 

[MisterBeale]

This thread is mistaken. It’s not the US that’s above the law, it’s Republicans that are above the law. Let’s get it right.

 

[Billo_Really]

That is not what we're discussing here is it? Barry's HHS HAD to approve of ALL of those increases. Do you know why they approved them? Money.

Prove to me 80 cents of every dollar goes to claims.

What's your point with the rate increases.

 

[Billo_Really]

Scampi and a good Chianti.

What, no malt liquor?

 

[Billo_Really]

One thing they weren't ready for was the internet, but they have ways to control that too ( or at the very least monitor it ) .... and clutter it up. We see it here all the time, whenever you post something about JFK or 911 someone will inadvertently show up to call it a conspiracy theory. It's not uniqueto usmb..... the same on every political forum.

We can all take solace in the fact that it is not news.

 

[Billo_Really]

Yeah? Why was the meeting illegal?

JFK Had His Own Russian Back Channel. It Helped to Prevent War.

You cannot have a meeting with foreign nationals with the expectation of getting information that would help your campaign.

 

[MisterBeale]

Yeah? Why was the meeting illegal?

JFK Had His Own Russian Back Channel. It Helped to Prevent War.

You cannot have a meeting with foreign nationals with the expectation of getting information that would help your campaign.

OH?

I didn't know.

What law is that?

Could you please tell me what law that is. . . . cite for me what law that is. . . I want to read it, link me to it.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Yeah? Why was the meeting illegal?

JFK Had His Own Russian Back Channel. It Helped to Prevent War.

You cannot have a meeting with foreign nationals with the expectation of getting information that would help your campaign.

You cannot have a meeting with foreign nationals with the expectation of getting information that would help your campaign.

I agree, we need a special counsel to investigate the Clinton campaign contacts with Steele and other foreign agents.

 

[the other mike]

One thing they weren't ready for was the internet, but they have ways to control that too ( or at the very least monitor it ) .... and clutter it up. We see it here all the time, whenever you post something about JFK or 911 someone will inadvertently show up to call it a conspiracy theory. It's not uniqueto usmb..... the same on every political forum.

We can all take solace in the fact that it is not news.

Of course the other factor besides control ^^^^
disinformation.and misinformation.
Totalitarianism--western style.

 

[BlindBoo]

Yep, because the History of our invasion and occupation of Iraq didn't start until the Obama presidency right? Fact is President Obama honored President Bushes withdrawal timeline as set out in the famous SOFA he had to negotiate with the Iraqis at the end of 2008. The president had every right by that agreement to pull the troops out at anytime but kept to the agreement and first pulled the combat troops out of the Cities. Then the final withdrawal according to the SOFA. Thank God he did too. When ISIS took control of the Sunnis areas of Iraq and threaten Baghdad (not to mention Erbil, but that's a different storyline), that forced the Iraqis to stand up. With the Kurds and plenty of air support, they worked together to drive ISIS out. Not a whole lot of US soldiers lost their lives in that coalition.

All bullshit. Obama pulled in 2011 because he believed that if he didn't live up to his 2008 promise to withdraw it would hurt his chances for reelection. When Obama explained (lied) why he was leaving Iraq, he said it was because the Iraqis no longer needed us, not that he was powerless to stay because of the SOFA - the same SOFA that was in place when Obama returned to Iraq to fight ISIS. When Obama said he was leaving Iraq because Iraq no longer needed us, he was lying. The Pentagon had assured him that if he withdrew US troops the country would go up in flames. Obama considered whether it worth it to allow hundreds of thousands of people to die and millions of people to become homeless refugees to enhance his chance for a second term, and he decided it was.

Bush was not able to get the Iraqis agree to give our soldiers immunity from Iraqi law. That's the reason he agreed to the time line for withdrawal in the SOFA. It was the Iraqis who push the UN to withdraw it's support for the US occupation in the first place. Everybody knew before long before that agreement that the simmering civil war was going to erupt once we left. It's what many in Iraq wanted. That's one of the results of Bushes invasion and occupation.

The flowery rhetoric surrounding the event is just politics. I'm glad Obama did not re-invade but backed a coalition. Put those with some skin in the game on the ground, not our kids.

bullshit, Obama sent troops into IRAQ with out an agreement with the Iraqs government.


Obama didnt need no agreement.

Damn right he did and he didn't need an agreement. He had to. ISIS was making moves on Erbil. It was a line in the sand not drawn by Obama! To his credit he limited the amount of US combat troops he put in harms way, at least in the battle against ISIS in Iraq.

So the Iraqis didn't ask for our help in Baghdad? They said "We can handle it. We don't need your stinking air support! "?

you dont make no sense what so ever Bush jr left it up to the next guy. obama didn't have to pull out any troops.

GWB was force to negotiate the SOFA signed in 2008 before he left office. In that agreement the USA agreed to withdraw all our troops before 2012. That's what he left the "next guy". Clean up that monumental strategic blunder.

 

[toomuchtime_]

All bullshit. Obama pulled in 2011 because he believed that if he didn't live up to his 2008 promise to withdraw it would hurt his chances for reelection. When Obama explained (lied) why he was leaving Iraq, he said it was because the Iraqis no longer needed us, not that he was powerless to stay because of the SOFA - the same SOFA that was in place when Obama returned to Iraq to fight ISIS. When Obama said he was leaving Iraq because Iraq no longer needed us, he was lying. The Pentagon had assured him that if he withdrew US troops the country would go up in flames. Obama considered whether it worth it to allow hundreds of thousands of people to die and millions of people to become homeless refugees to enhance his chance for a second term, and he decided it was.

Bush was not able to get the Iraqis agree to give our soldiers immunity from Iraqi law. That's the reason he agreed to the time line for withdrawal in the SOFA. It was the Iraqis who push the UN to withdraw it's support for the US occupation in the first place. Everybody knew before long before that agreement that the simmering civil war was going to erupt once we left. It's what many in Iraq wanted. That's one of the results of Bushes invasion and occupation.

The flowery rhetoric surrounding the event is just politics. I'm glad Obama did not re-invade but backed a coalition. Put those with some skin in the game on the ground, not our kids.

bullshit, Obama sent troops into IRAQ with out an agreement with the Iraqs government.


Obama didnt need no agreement.

Damn right he did and he didn't need an agreement. He had to. ISIS was making moves on Erbil. It was a line in the sand not drawn by Obama! To his credit he limited the amount of US combat troops he put in harms way, at least in the battle against ISIS in Iraq.

So the Iraqis didn't ask for our help in Baghdad? They said "We can handle it. We don't need your stinking air support! "?

you dont make no sense what so ever Bush jr left it up to the next guy. obama didn't have to pull out any troops.

GWB was force to negotiate the SOFA signed in 2008 before he left office. In that agreement the USA agreed to withdraw all our troops before 2012. That's what he left the "next guy". Clean up that monumental strategic blunder.

Obama obviously didn't consider it an impediment to leaving US troops in Iraq since he negotiated with the Pentagon for about a year about how many troops we would leave there before deciding to let the country burn in order to enhance his chances for a second term. His own words at the time were that he was pulling out because Iraq didn't need us anymore, which he knew was a lie. Obama may have had a nice smile, but he was a cold blooded, cynical politician who had no problem causing hundreds of thousands of people to be killed and millions to become homeless refugees in order to advance his career.

 

[BlindBoo]

Bush was not able to get the Iraqis agree to give our soldiers immunity from Iraqi law. That's the reason he agreed to the time line for withdrawal in the SOFA. It was the Iraqis who push the UN to withdraw it's support for the US occupation in the first place. Everybody knew before long before that agreement that the simmering civil war was going to erupt once we left. It's what many in Iraq wanted. That's one of the results of Bushes invasion and occupation.

The flowery rhetoric surrounding the event is just politics. I'm glad Obama did not re-invade but backed a coalition. Put those with some skin in the game on the ground, not our kids.

bullshit, Obama sent troops into IRAQ with out an agreement with the Iraqs government.


Obama didnt need no agreement.

Damn right he did and he didn't need an agreement. He had to. ISIS was making moves on Erbil. It was a line in the sand not drawn by Obama! To his credit he limited the amount of US combat troops he put in harms way, at least in the battle against ISIS in Iraq.

So the Iraqis didn't ask for our help in Baghdad? They said "We can handle it. We don't need your stinking air support! "?

you dont make no sense what so ever Bush jr left it up to the next guy. obama didn't have to pull out any troops.

GWB was force to negotiate the SOFA signed in 2008 before he left office. In that agreement the USA agreed to withdraw all our troops before 2012. That's what he left the "next guy". Clean up that monumental strategic blunder.

Obama obviously didn't consider it an impediment to leaving US troops in Iraq since he negotiated with the Pentagon for about a year about how many troops we would leave there before deciding to let the country burn in order to enhance his chances for a second term. His own words at the time were that he was pulling out because Iraq didn't need us anymore, which he knew was a lie. Obama may have had a nice smile, but he was a cold blooded, cynical politician who had no problem causing hundreds of thousands of people to be killed and millions to become homeless refugees in order to advance his career.

In reality, the reason Obama's negotiations (with Iraq, not the Pentagon ) failed was because of the same reason Bushes failed.

 

[toomuchtime_]

bullshit, Obama sent troops into IRAQ with out an agreement with the Iraqs government.


Obama didnt need no agreement.

Damn right he did and he didn't need an agreement. He had to. ISIS was making moves on Erbil. It was a line in the sand not drawn by Obama! To his credit he limited the amount of US combat troops he put in harms way, at least in the battle against ISIS in Iraq.

So the Iraqis didn't ask for our help in Baghdad? They said "We can handle it. We don't need your stinking air support! "?

you dont make no sense what so ever Bush jr left it up to the next guy. obama didn't have to pull out any troops.

GWB was force to negotiate the SOFA signed in 2008 before he left office. In that agreement the USA agreed to withdraw all our troops before 2012. That's what he left the "next guy". Clean up that monumental strategic blunder.

Obama obviously didn't consider it an impediment to leaving US troops in Iraq since he negotiated with the Pentagon for about a year about how many troops we would leave there before deciding to let the country burn in order to enhance his chances for a second term. His own words at the time were that he was pulling out because Iraq didn't need us anymore, which he knew was a lie. Obama may have had a nice smile, but he was a cold blooded, cynical politician who had no problem causing hundreds of thousands of people to be killed and millions to become homeless refugees in order to advance his career.

In reality, the reason Obama's negotiations (with Iraq, not the Pentagon ) failed was because of the same reason Bushes failed.

You are still trying to excuse the monstrous thing he did. Obama negotiated with the Pentagon for over a year. The Pentagon argued that we had to keep 30,000 troops there, about the same as we had in Korea, but Obama kept arguing that that was too many, and eventually decided that if he kept any troops there, it would be bad for his reelection campaign.

We know he could have kept troops there regardless of the SOFA because when he wanted to send troops back later the Iraqis refused but finally agreed because they needed our help. They wanted our air power but no US troops, but Obama refused and demanded that in addition to the troops stationed in Iraq, the Iraqi government would have to make reforms in the military and in the government or we wouldn't help them. In 2011, Iraq was heavily dependent on US deliveries of military hardware and US expertise in developing their oil. They would have had no choice but to allow us to stay. The argument about the SOFA is a lie his supporters made up as the bodies began to accumulate in Iraq because of his cynical political move of sacrificing millions of people to enhance his chances of being elected. If the SOFA had been the problem he would have said so at the time, but he never mentioned it until Iraq began to burn.