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Rob, how long can people keep up that level of security checking at every venue in the country though?After a while it all goes back to normal and them the terrorist strikes again.As is being discussed on another thread, serious measures against IS have to be taken in an attempt to wipe them off the Earth.Lots of people are saying what shouldnt be done but anyone who makes a suggestion about bombing or sending troops in is getting "shot down" (no pun) without much in the way of an alternative being put forward.
I certainly hope so TRB! The trouble is Clinton is thought of as unlikeable, so hope they can get past that and also not be taken in by Trump's bluster.
How anyone can vote for that buffoon Trump is beyond me. He makes Boris Johnson look like Brian Cox.(For anyone else who isn't aware of the extent of Trump's buffoonery, here's 21 things the Republican believes)
Eh up BBApparently there's no evidence that Churchill ever said that.https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CAURBAAAQBAJ&dq=average+voter+churchill+by+himself+google+books&q=average+voter#v=snippet&q=average%20voter&f=false
THIS is the reason why we need to keep cool heads.http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/24/donald-trump-on-waterboarding-even-if-it-doesnt-work-they-deserve-itRead that again. This man is going to be the Republican Presidential candidate next November. "Would I approve waterboarding? You bet your ass I would. In a heartbeat. I would approve more than that. It works… and if it doesn’t work, they deserve it anyway for what they do to us."This man could well be the Leader of the Free World in 12 months. And he's not only advocating the illegal use of torture. He's advocating using it as retribution even if it doesn't work. What exactly ARE these values that we're supposed to be guarding and cherishing in this fight with radical Islamism?
Interesting I was told on this thread guns aren't the problem.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34942450
SandyFor what it's worth, I don't buy the "Trump knows it's wrong but he's doing it to get elected line." I reckon he has just let his ignorant and bigoted beliefs off the leash because he knows that thry resonate with a big chunk of the electorate. That is a frightening indictment of America. But if your claim is right, it's even scarier. If a serious candidate for the White House is deliberately and knowingly spreading lies like this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35037007in order to boost his chances of being elected, then I fear greatly for the future. When politicians play these games, when they knowingly play up to ignorance and hatred, then we're truly on the edge of the precipice. These are NOT times to be fostering hatred.
SandyI admire your optimism about your countrymen. Not sure the polling evidence backs up such a sanguine approach. A VERY large percentage of your countrymen and a majority of Republicans appear to support some of the nutcase ideas that Trump espouses. http://www.pollingreport.com/terror.htmAnd every time Trump ups the ante, his support increases. http://www.pollingreport.com/wh16rep.htmWhat makes you think that media exposure of his views will bleed his support away. I'd say the opposite. What he is doing is giving validation to the ignorant bigotry that maybe 30-40% of the electorate (according to those polls) appear to agree with but maybe were reticent about expressing until a demagogue came along telling them that they should be proud of these ideas. And if he DOESN'T get the ticket? Look at the other contenders. Carson is even more unhinged. Rubio has been on record as being unsure about evolution and whether the Earth was or was not created in accordance with the Genesis story. Cruz is a balls-out climate-change denier. It's not promising is it? In that company, Trump is just first among equals in his ignorant stupidity.
When Dick Cheney thinks that the candidate who is dominating your polls is a deranged, Islamophobic, right-wing nut-job, you might just sit down and have a think where you are going.