Comments on: In phone call with Duterte Trump praised his campaign of extra-judicial murder… https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/23/in-phone-call-with-duterte-trump-praised-his-campaign-of-extra-judicial-murder/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/23/in-phone-call-with-duterte-trump-praised-his-campaign-of-extra-judicial-murder/#comment-39330 RL Thu, 25 May 2017 00:48:16 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64354#comment-39330 Loose lips... Loose lips…

]]> By: hank https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/23/in-phone-call-with-duterte-trump-praised-his-campaign-of-extra-judicial-murder/#comment-39329 hank Wed, 24 May 2017 23:19:52 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64354#comment-39329 I heard on the news tonight Trump also bragged to Duterte that he had stationed a couple of missile submarines off N Korea. This is a military secret. The number of missiles (probably Tomahawks and Harpoons)) carried by these boats is known, and in the event they should ever have to be used against N Korea, the enemy will now have knowledge of the strength arrayed against them. So Trump wants to brag to his thug pals and he gives military secrets away? But wait, there's more! The Brits routinely share intelligence with us, so imagine their surprise today when the name of the suicide bomber that attacked the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester was released prematurely, along with pictures of the evidence! This information could only have come from our government. The Brits don't always release publicly what they know about a suspect or crime while the investigation is getting started because it might give the criminals a heads-up that the Law is on their trail. I can see the reasoning behind this. As soon as they knew the guy had a Muslim name (he was English, but his parents were Libyan) the Trumpers decided to leak the information because it fits in with Trump's immigration and border policies, especially as they relate to Muslims. Besides, its just the sort of thing that sets his trog followers to drooling. The Brits, of course, are outraged. First the leak to the Russians right in the White House, now this. It won't be long before we won't be getting any information from any of our allies. But that's OK. I bet Putin will be happy to make up any shortages. I heard on the news tonight Trump also bragged to Duterte that he had stationed a couple of missile submarines off N Korea. This is a military secret. The number of missiles (probably Tomahawks and Harpoons)) carried by these boats is known, and in the event they should ever have to be used against N Korea, the enemy will now have knowledge of the strength arrayed against them. So Trump wants to brag to his thug pals and he gives military secrets away?

But wait, there’s more! The Brits routinely share intelligence with us, so imagine their surprise today when the name of the suicide bomber that attacked the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester was released prematurely, along with pictures of the evidence! This information could only have come from our government. The Brits don’t always release publicly what they know about a suspect or crime while the investigation is getting started because it might give the criminals a heads-up that the Law is on their trail.

I can see the reasoning behind this. As soon as they knew the guy had a Muslim name (he was English, but his parents were Libyan) the Trumpers decided to leak the information because it fits in with Trump’s immigration and border policies, especially as they relate to Muslims. Besides, its just the sort of thing that sets his trog followers to drooling. The Brits, of course, are outraged. First the leak to the Russians right in the White House, now this. It won’t be long before we won’t be getting any information from any of our allies. But that’s OK. I bet Putin will be happy to make up any shortages.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/23/in-phone-call-with-duterte-trump-praised-his-campaign-of-extra-judicial-murder/#comment-39323 ER Wed, 24 May 2017 18:43:14 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64354#comment-39323 My wife tells me her politics shifted (actually, she became political, prior to that she had never given it too much thought) after the Kent State shootings. She had no idea what the demonstrating students were doing when they were gunned down by National Guardsmen. She did not know whether or not they were threatening innocent people, or even if it appeared to the soldiers that they were doing so. What got to her was the attitudes and comments of the people in her family. It was a grim parody of the CS&N song: <em>"They had it coming. It should have been done long ago, its about time someone taught those punks a lesson."</em> That's the kind of person Trump is, and that's the kind of people who voted for him. My wife tells me her politics shifted (actually, she became political, prior to that she had never given it too much thought) after the Kent State shootings. She had no idea what the demonstrating students were doing when they were gunned down by National Guardsmen. She did not know whether or not they were threatening innocent people, or even if it appeared to the soldiers that they were doing so. What got to her was the attitudes and comments of the people in her family. It was a grim parody of the CS&N song: “They had it coming. It should have been done long ago, its about time someone taught those punks a lesson.”

That’s the kind of person Trump is, and that’s the kind of people who voted for him.

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