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Trump just referred to the use of the MOAB as the action of "his" military.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)kentuck
(111,089 posts)Unless you pay taxes to support it, don't say "my" military.
panader0
(25,816 posts)He will have to show his taxes at some point--or no new tax bill.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)dalton99a
(81,472 posts)applegrove
(118,642 posts)Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1917 when a munitions ship caught fire and blew up half the city in WWI. Sorry Trump.
nocalflea
(1,387 posts)Pretty horrific.
applegrove
(118,642 posts)5 miles away. All their windows shattered. My grandfather on the other side was a country doctor an hour away and was on the first train into the city. Then the next day there was a huge blizzard that killed just as many from exposure. American military studied it in detail when they were growing the size of their nuclear bombs. An anomaly in history for sure. Point is Trump will never be able to match that and he will be impeached if he tries to use nukes. So he should give up trying to be the biggest and go back to diplomacy.
nocalflea
(1,387 posts)Thanks for the added detail abt. Halifax. Glad your family was spared. Your grandfather must have had some interesting stories to tell.
applegrove
(118,642 posts)and interesting characters in their rural hamlet. But she stopped when I was about 8 and I can only remember one story. I think her church quilting bee taped her stories at one point and gave us the tapes. I passed on a tape to my sister that had my grandmotherès name on it. I hope that it is her oral tradition. I hope. My grandfather died in 1948 long before I was born.
atreides1
(16,076 posts)And I believe they will follow his orders without question, because that's what the military is trained to do!!!
nocalflea
(1,387 posts)They don't call POTUS "C-in-C" for nothing .
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Trouble is, Donnie never picks up his toys, and they get broken beyond repair. But who cares? Just buy some MORE!
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)They are real people with real families.
Get enough of the military coming home in boxes and see what happens.
malaise
(268,968 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)OUR military! And don't you fucking forget it!