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Trump: "I Love War" (Original Post) napkinz Sep 2016 OP
Something has to be done to stop this wanna-be despot. Avalux Sep 2016 #1
Yeah, it's like a movie to him Warpy Sep 2016 #2
It has been said that Eisenhower wanted everyone to know the horros of war. He did this: Stuart G Sep 2016 #3
As a 15 month Vietnam Vet madokie Sep 2016 #4
Thank You..for your post.. Stuart G Sep 2016 #6
Thank you for saying it! roamer65 Sep 2016 #19
thank you for sharing with us madokie napkinz Sep 2016 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author tralala Sep 2016 #5
I love war. My foot hurts. Mc Mike Sep 2016 #7
... napkinz Sep 2016 #9
Right on, Senator Duckworth! Mc Mike Sep 2016 #14
I'm smarter than the Generals, the WAC had it coming, I'm better trained than the grunts. Mc Mike Sep 2016 #25
I truly believe Trump has a mental disorder. bluesbassman Sep 2016 #8
... napkinz Sep 2016 #10
One more... pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #15
rec! napkinz Sep 2016 #18
Tough talk no action. pwb Sep 2016 #11
What a psychopath Drumpf is BYJ439 Sep 2016 #12
never a single thought barbtries Sep 2016 #13
Maybe someone should ask Trump about those statements? gratuitous Sep 2016 #16
well, he understands sacrifice ... napkinz Sep 2016 #17
Neither He Nor His Sons/daughters erpowers Sep 2016 #21
... napkinz Sep 2016 #23
I wish we could drop him into the middle Ilsa Sep 2016 #22
has anyone asked Trump's sons why they didn't serve after we were attacked on 9/11? napkinz Sep 2016 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author kestrel91316 Sep 2016 #26

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
1. Something has to be done to stop this wanna-be despot.
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 02:23 PM
Sep 2016

He's dangerous and he'll wreak havoc on our country if he has the chance. Gives me the shivers reading that.

Stuart G

(38,454 posts)
3. It has been said that Eisenhower wanted everyone to know the horros of war. He did this:
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 02:33 PM
Sep 2016

After the concentration camps were liberated, and the bodies and horror were found, Eisenhower made the footage of the liberation of camps easily available to all the news media of those times. So, when people went to the movies, they saw in the Weekly News Reel....(yes it was played with the movies along with a cartoon and often a short) pictures of the piles of bodies and horror of burnt remains in the ovens. And this news played over and over again, so most people who went to movies saw those horrors... (In the mid 40s, there as no TV as was known in the 50s. Early TV, mid 40s, was all black and white, few stations, and limited broadcast areas)..People really did get their weekly news pictures and sights from going to the movies and watching News Reels)

General Eisenhower wanted people to see and possibly feel (if possible) the incredible horror of man's inhumanity to man, and what war does to populations of civilians. The only way was to make those films available back home in the quiet friendly local movie theaters that existed in most neighborhoods and towns in the mid 40s

Trump is a stupid idiot....
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Oh..if you don't believe Eisenhower hated war, read the signature at the bottom of this post..

madokie

(51,076 posts)
4. As a 15 month Vietnam Vet
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 02:42 PM
Sep 2016

I hate war with a passion. Anyone who has lived through a war will agree with me. well some anyway. There are those who thrive on hate and discontent, fear and pain but most of us don't


fuck tRump with a knotty pine 2x4 riddled with rusty nails

Actually someone needs to kick his sorry ass up one side of the street then down the other. He's trash, nothing more

Stuart G

(38,454 posts)
6. Thank You..for your post..
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 02:46 PM
Sep 2016

You have been there, and I have not... Your views and experience is what everyone needs to hear and read..

Response to napkinz (Original post)

Mc Mike

(9,115 posts)
14. Right on, Senator Duckworth!
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 05:44 PM
Sep 2016


POWs are losers, the check's in the mail, Privatize the VA, Chlamydia is Vietnam.

Mc Mike

(9,115 posts)
25. I'm smarter than the Generals, the WAC had it coming, I'm better trained than the grunts.
Sat Sep 10, 2016, 01:24 PM
Sep 2016

He's got a great record on military affairs. Really exemplary, from a "pro-troop repuglican" point of view.

bluesbassman

(19,385 posts)
8. I truly believe Trump has a mental disorder.
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 03:25 PM
Sep 2016

A lot of business strategy is referred to in militaristic terms and "going to war" is a common euphemism. Most people understand that it is merely a way to describe the activity and don't equate it to the real act of war. Trump however has taken his business dealings to actually give him insight and experience in what war and combat entails. One thing he fails to grasp is that many of the so called "wars" he fought in business he simply walked away from though bankruptcy or some other shady accounting trick. Doesn't work that way in a real war.

So to sum up, here we have a man who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, spent most of his adult life conning others to get what he wanted, and now BELIEVES that not only does his questionable business experience qualify him to lead our nation's economic and social interests, but also that he has the ability to lead our military. This to me indicates a man who's grasp of reality is non existent.

 

BYJ439

(27 posts)
12. What a psychopath Drumpf is
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 03:59 PM
Sep 2016

He knows NOTHING about the value of a human life. He is a racist, selfish bully who has screwed over every person he has made deals with.

And yet, 40% of this country's people will vote for him. Go figure.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
16. Maybe someone should ask Trump about those statements?
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 07:22 PM
Sep 2016

I mean, sure, we're all fascinated to hear about how much he knows about everything, the size of his genitals, and his take on everyone else's loser ways, but perhaps someone in the popular media could ask Trump just what it is he loves about war. Is it the death? The mayhem? The destroyed buildings? The looting and rioting? The famine and disease that follow after? The nightmares of the participants? Maybe it's the unexploded ordnance left behind? Or the way people compensate for lost fingers and toes, or lost arms, or lost legs? The orphans?

There's just so much to love about war.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
21. Neither He Nor His Sons/daughters
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 09:49 PM
Sep 2016

Donald Trump loves war because neither her nor his sons/daughters have ever been to war, or died in war. President Eisenhower hated war because he saw the horrors of war. Most people who see the horrors of war do not like war. President Roosevelt also saw the horrors of war. As he said, he saw the mothers, fathers, wives, and children affected by war. He likely saw their pain and tears. Donald Trump most likely has not spent very much time with the families affected by war.

If this is a true comment, it is extremely terrible that a man who received five deferments during the Vietnam War would say he loves war. He did not love war during the Vietnam War. Maybe if he had actually gone to war he would not love war.

Ilsa

(61,710 posts)
22. I wish we could drop him into the middle
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 11:24 PM
Sep 2016

of a conflict, no special protection or privileges. And his Gekko sons.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
24. has anyone asked Trump's sons why they didn't serve after we were attacked on 9/11?
Sat Sep 10, 2016, 09:52 AM
Sep 2016

I would love to hear their response.

Response to napkinz (Reply #24)

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