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Trump, In Interview, Moderates Views but Defies Conventions [Doesn't Believe In Waterboarding]
NYTimes ^ | November 22, 2016 | MICHAEL D. SHEAR, JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and MAGGIE HABERMAN

Posted on 11/22/2016 6:43:53 PM PST by Steelfish

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To: bigdaddy45

He can do things he promised to do or not. But Calling the CLIntons “good people” is totally unnecessary and just dumb.


21 posted on 11/22/2016 11:29:44 PM PST by Terry Mross (This country will fail to exist in my lifetime. And I'm gettin' up there in age.)
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To: Steelfish

It’s simple enforce the current laws banning hiring of illegals and make them tougher. They will self deport and leave on their own.


22 posted on 11/23/2016 3:12:44 AM PST by stockpirate (OBAMA MUST BE ON THE PAYROLL OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION.)
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To: Steelfish; All; Jim Robinson
I see we are still aiding and abetting the NYT and their Alynski-plan to divide us by causing all these "concerns" among the Trump side of the aisle. Our banana split is huge and satisfying but the cherry doesn't have a stem so it's really all just crap.

Pogo was right - not only are we our own worst enemy but we tend to be pathetic too.

Morons do what morons do - if this single statement in NYT article is enough to turn your back on Trump then your front has no value.

Must suck to already be jaded from so much winning before he has even taken the oath of office.

23 posted on 11/23/2016 3:58:47 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: bigdaddy45

I am retired CIA. Overseas and under cover most of my career.

Most generals I have met are political scum. I don’t think Mattis falls into that category (and I did not definitively say he did) but I have a problem with him because he fundamentally does not understand who the enemy is. That makes him ignorant and unprofessional - or - someone who places value in being politically correct. Not good either way.

Still - could be a lot worse.


24 posted on 12/02/2016 1:42:52 PM PST by TheTimeOfMan (A time for peace and a time for war)
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To: TheTimeOfMan

Politically correct? Have you read any quotes at all from the man? He is most definitely not politically correct. Sorry, but I’ll accept the judgment of President elect Trump and scores of Mattis supporters over that of a keyboard warrior


25 posted on 12/02/2016 3:22:29 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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Mattis has a lot of great quotes - but none of them go beyond traditional MC culture. Yes - they upset snowflakes but it is only vintage Marine.

Which means it is possible he plays the PC game when it comes to islam. From what I have read, which isn’t that much but more than most, he thinks we are at war with the mean muslims when the actual issue is that we are at war with islam.

An understanding of the difference is absolutely crucial. Islamic terror is just a sideshow, a distraction to keep the West from perceiving the real issue which is cultural assimilation vectored through immigration and birth rates.

Now maybe I’m wrong and if you can point me to some source material I’ll gladly read it. And maybe Mattis plays PC just for public consumption. Time will tell.


26 posted on 12/02/2016 5:45:51 PM PST by TheTimeOfMan (A time for peace and a time for war)
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