It’s amazing how people can read a very sensible comment from the head of Strategic Command in the USA and interpret it so it supports their prejudices

What he is actually saying is that the Minutemen missiles are now based on outdated technology and need to be replaced because we no longer produce technicians trained in such technology.

What he is saying is that we have moved on. Not that we don’t train technicians. We do, but for future requirements and not those of yesterday. I don’t suppose there are too many engineers being trained to operate steam engines these days.

Should we concentrate on yesterday and not on tomorrow? Some obviously think so as many of their arguments confirm.

Edited by Wisbech Eagle (08 Jan 2024 8.36am)

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In other words you are obsessed. The meltdown if he wins the election will be a sight to behold.

We will see in November. I reckon you are a candle waiting to be lit

I am not though “defending” Biden. I am simply stating the truth. He has been subjected to innuendo and accusations but no evidence has been found or charges laid. With so many gunning for him it seems pretty obvious to me that if any actual wrongdoing existed it would have emerged by now, but I don’t rule it out and should it emerge then he should face the consequences just as Trump is now.

That you have bought in to the propaganda being routinely spread by the Republicans is unfortunate but it is neither true nor my fault.

I don’t think there is much doubt that his son and other family members tried to exploit his name and used specialist advisers to understand how to do so and maximise the returns through the use of complex company structures. That though does not mean that Biden himself was involved in any way. Indeed there are suggestions he was very unhappy about it, but unable to stop it.

The alleged “sweetheart” deal is denied by the DOJ who say it was simply trying to deal with things effectively. In any case this only relates to his son, Hunter, and not to the President. It must be incredibly difficult to balance the need to support a troubled son with the need not to show even the appearance of corruption. It’s impossible to do it in a way which will stop those determined to present it as corruption from doing so. As you yourself prove.

How you vote has nothing to do with this. Only the truth does and that truth is that nothing has yet been found but if it is then prosecutions and impeachment should follow. Although I anticipate that should that happen Biden would follow Nixon’s path and not Trump’s by resigning.

I don’t think he should, or will, stand. Not because he is corrupt but because he completed his job by removing Trump from the White House and should now stand aside. We don’t need a rerun of 2020. We need to erase that era and find a new, younger, charismatic and dynamic leader to heal the USA and take it forwards.

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So your definition of a dangerous world is not close to where we are atm ?

The world is always dangerous but during my lifetime so far the USA has been the steady rock on which the western nations were anchored and on whom they could rely.

Trump weakened those bonds and his influence continues to impact the way those Republicans who are trying to curtail the support for Ukraine whilst doing little or nothing to hold back Israel. A second Trump presidency would make this much worse.

So yes, it’s a dangerous world but one that would change and ultimately be more dangerous if Trump won.

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