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Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by Macha »

nandomrumber wrote: post #75
beloch wrote: post #32

The U.S. government shutdown has halted pay to the TSA, but not ICE, so ICE is taking over from the TSA in airports[1]. If you fly to the U.S., starting Monday apparently, the first think you're likely to see is masked gunmen giving you the eye. No thankyou. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cede0qyvqz3o

Would anyone argue that the TSA, Theatre Security Agency, shouldn’t be defunded?

Replacing it with nothing in an orderly fashion? Probably a good move.

Replacing them with ICE as a political gesture? Not so much

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by [deleted] »

nandomrumber wrote: post #75
beloch wrote: post #32

The U.S. government shutdown has halted pay to the TSA, but not ICE, so ICE is taking over from the TSA in airports[1]. If you fly to the U.S., starting Monday apparently, the first think you're likely to see is masked gunmen giving you the eye. No thankyou. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cede0qyvqz3o

Would anyone argue that the TSA, Theatre Security Agency, shouldn’t be defunded?

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Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by ggm »

Would the current state of affairs qualify for cancelling the mid-terms? Is that overly cynical?

Not in the US, not a US citizen or voter. My suspicion is the answer is "no, but it is not a given that a competent supreme court which looks likely to overturn the WH exists, if they say they want to do this"

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by surgical_fire »

JPKab wrote: post #93
pier25 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I travelled to the US some weeks ago and was anxious but everything turned out ok. I'm happy I don't have to go back any time soon.

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Or maybe he just got lucky.

Impossible to prove otherwise. No reason to try his luck.

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by cogman10 »

JPKab wrote: post #76
mrbombastic wrote: post #11

Crazy how effective at making everything worse this admin has been.

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Yeah it's a good thing we dismantled that regime and totally didn't empower the most extreme and radical portion of it while removing the politicians who'd tempered that and turned the population against the US and Israel.

But hey, at least we've lifted sanctions and we are now sending them even more money because the oil market was completely destroyed so that's great right?

Obviously this is the best strategy because we can see how the Taliban was completely dismantled in Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation right?

Unless you are proposing genocide of Iran or an eternal occupation, what we've done is kicked a hornets nest.

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by solid_fuel »

JPKab wrote: post #76
mrbombastic wrote: post #11

Crazy how effective at making everything worse this admin has been.

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> A totalitarian theocratic regime with long range ballistic missiles and nukes.

Man, imagine that, how scary. I bet in theocratic regimes there's a bunch of stupid stuff going on, like a ~Secretary~ Minister of ~War~ Defense that justifies an attack on a foreign nation by calling it a holy war and prays every time he gives a speech to the troops.

Those theocrats probably do things like de-funding every science project they can when they get power. Or worse, maybe they think vaccines are against god's will and get a bunch of kids sick by opposing vaccines for preventable diseases. Hell they probably don't even teach their kids about evolution or gay people.

Can you imagine if a nation like that had nuclear weapons and long range missiles? Why, they might start a war for no reason.

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by bananalychee »

AceJohnny2 wrote: post #77
beloch wrote: post #32

The U.S. government shutdown has halted pay to the TSA, but not ICE, so ICE is taking over from the TSA in airports[1]. If you fly to the U.S., starting Monday apparently, the first think you're likely to see is masked gunmen giving you the eye. No thankyou. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cede0qyvqz3o

> So ICE is taking over from the TSA in airports It's even more disgusting than that: "Tom Homan: ICE officers will not assist with airport security scanning amid TSA staffing shortage" https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5795316-homan-ice-...

I can't tell what's supposed to be disgusting about this unless you stopped reading past the inflammatory headline.

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by lyu07282 »

malfist wrote: post #30
stackghost wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trump is but a symptom of an underlying sickness. Things won't magically go back to normal after he dies.

Did someone say they would?

Many liberal people think he is an abberation, they would gladly return back to "normal". The point is, he is a symptom of a larger unaddressed sickness, there is no return to business as usual, it will only return far worse.

To prompt with something more specific: there is a possibility of a Gavin Newsom vs. Tucker Carlson in 2028, it's crucial to understand why Tucker might win and why he would be ten times worse than Trump.

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