It soon became evident that Trump had no actual plan in place to help anyone who contacted him through the hotline. Calling it a “publicity stunt,” one veteran wrote on PopularMilitary.com, “We are not sure what the estimated wait time is, but it is probably safe to say you should hold on to your [Veterans Affairs] card for now.”</blockquote?
Truman, who privately said MacArthur’s testimony was “a bunch of damn bullshit,” never recovered, and in March 1952, he announced he would not run for re-election.
Uhhhhhhhh… Was there any reason to believe he was considering running for a third term?
Well, he "inherited" his first term when FDR died and so was eligible to run again in '52. But there's no question many people thought whatever the great warlord MacAuthur did was right, and anyone who opposed him was wrong. Support the troops! Thank you for your service! Old soldiers never die, they just expire on a VA waiting list.
CIA Director John Brennan recently told NBC News that he would refuse to execute orders from a future president to use waterboarding.
Several possibilities come to mind:
His fingers were crossed behind his backThe CIA waterboards for fun, not because anybody tells them to.He was referring to a president from the future using the CIA time machine to issue waterboarding orders
4. We Have Contractors For That.
5. Black Sites. Of course, I know nothing about those.
6. We have "Allies" who don't subscribe to such quaint notions as "Human rights" and "International law".
"I always remember to occupy Australia!"
This gives me multiple feels.
Uhhhhhhhh… Was there any reason to believe he was considering running for a third term?
Well, he "inherited" his first term when FDR died and so was eligible to run again in '52. But there's no question many people thought whatever the great warlord MacAuthur did was right, and anyone who opposed him was wrong. Support the troops! Thank you for your service! Old soldiers never die, they just expire on a VA waiting list.
Several possibilities come to mind:
His fingers were crossed behind his backThe CIA waterboards for fun, not because anybody tells them to.He was referring to a president from the future using the CIA time machine to issue waterboarding orders
It's all legal President Trump!
4. We Have Contractors For That.
5. Black Sites. Of course, I know nothing about those.
6. We have "Allies" who don't subscribe to such quaint notions as "Human rights" and "International law".
7. "l'etat c'est moi"
— Louis XIV
7a. "If the President does it, that means it’s not illegal."
— Tricky Dick
7b. "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office."
— W
I am no fan of waterboarding, but whoever made that photoshop…