Damian Tomlinson gives Tweety some words to think about.
Tweety seems comfortable talking about sending war "over there." Is war with North Korea inevitable? Will sanctions get them to give up their weapons? Maybe the sanctions will work where bullets cannot.
"A war with North Korea would be hell -- And the aftermath even worse"
By Harry J. Kazianis Published August 10, 2017 Fox News
Enough said.
Well . . . maybe a bit more. lol
"Defense Secretary Mattis rips Pentagon for wasting money on Afghan army uniforms"
Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY Published 4:06 p.m. ET July 24, 2017 | Updated 4:51 p.m. ET July 24, 2017
Tip of the iceberg folks, tip of the iceberg. Waste on bullets and bombs is VERY extensive! I know after 44 years in contracting for defense weapons, with my last job on the Small ICBM . . . . which, by the way, USA could use now. Ooops. We cancelled the program in 1992, and I was the Director of SICBM Contracting at the time. Then I retired.
"Golden Age for Pentagon Waste Ridiculous Pentagon spending may be reaching historic levels."
By William D. Hartung, Opinion contributor | Feb. 3, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.
"Waste at the Pentagon is nothing new. But recent revelations suggest that it may be reaching historic levels.
The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction has uncovered scandal after scandal involving U.S. aid to that country, including the creation of private villas for a small number of personnel working for a Pentagon economic development initiative and a series of costly facilities that were never or barely used. An analysis by ProPublica puts the price tag for wasteful and misguided expenditures in Afghanistan at $17 billion, a figure that is higher than the GDP of 80 nations."
"Why Is Donald Trump Still So Horribly Witless About the World?"
By Robin Wright, 4 Aug 2017
"Six months into the Trump era, foreign-policy officials from eight past Administrations told me they are aghast that the President is still so witless about the world. “He seems as clueless today as he was on January 20th,” Boot, who is now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, said. Trump’s painful public gaffes, they warn, indicate that he’s not reading, retaining, or listening to his Presidential briefings. And the newbie excuse no longer flies."
Tweety does not do the necessary work to understand the international realm adequately. That is because he believes he can show up and wing it every time, like any good actor.
"“He just doesn’t have an interest in the world,” Hayden said."
Sad.
