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'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
I have not said he is good for the country, i have said he has improved the world standing of America from a laughing stock.

I do hope that one day America sorts out its political back biting problems.
Back biting is a problem. But worse than that is
when they all get along, & agree to do bad things,
eg, the things I cited regarding Biden.
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
That is about all Biden can improve on. His own incompetancies.

Wait untill your inflation starts to rise to 8% because of his silly spending, and fuel rises above $6 per gallon.
You will obviously then realise socialism is S***

Ah, clairvoyance is good eh?

Yes inflation can be either positive or negative. It seems that on the world stage americas economy is on the rise so it should bee seen as good thing.

And $6 per gallon is cheap compared to Europe

Whats with the socialism ****?
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Back biting is a problem. But worse than that is
when they all get along, & agree to do bad things,
eg, the things I cited regarding Biden.


Are you saying he is running America based on past actions? It is current behaviour that counts,not ancient history
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
That is about all Biden can improve on. His own incompetancies.

Wait untill your inflation starts to rise to 8% because of his silly spending, and fuel rises above $6 per gallon.
You will obviously then realise socialism is S***

Sorry about the misprint, which should have read.


Of our Australian members I don't know any who think trump was better than biden

But i guess you know that
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Are you saying he is running America based on past actions? It is current behaviour that counts,not ancient history
I'm saying he's a politician with a record of authoritarianism
& war mongering. So unless he had some come-to-Jesus
moment that changed who he is, then he's capable of great evil.
He's new as Prez. I can only hope that things turn out well.
Luck is a very important feature in a country's well being.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Sorry about the misprint, which should have read.


Of our Australian members I don't know any who think trump was better than biden

But i guess you know that
Biden is better by what measure though.
Are these factors even considered?
- Wars started.
- Oppressive crime bills originated.

Trump is an awful person. But looking at
his record, rather than the man introduces
some objectivity.

Note:
With Trump, we were lucky IMO. His loose
cannon style could've turned out much worse.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Don't you see your media is manipulating your thoughts and opinions? (you don't)
OGC.ded292b9473355a72fa9b711a83a29cb
 

Kooky

Freedom from Sanity
Biden is better by what measure though.
Are these factors even considered?
- Wars started.
- Oppressive crime bills originated.
How many wars has Biden started during his presidency?

Indeed, let's look at some things that happened during Trump's presidency:
  • Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accords
  • Notable uptick in drone strikes, particularly in countries the US is not officially at war with (e.g. Yemen)
  • Continuation of friendly relationship with Saudi Arabia
  • Outspoken support for IDF military action in Palestine
  • Attempts at economic warfare targeting the PRC
  • Distancing from NATO allies in Europe, threats of withdrawal
  • Assassination of an Iranian military leader
  • Withdrawal from Syria
  • Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Which of these do you find particularly laudable in comparison to the policies set by the Biden administration?
 

Sgt. Pepper

All you need is love.
And I see that you loooove Biden and the swamp!
Dont you see how they are destroying the USA?

Would you mind providing a few specific examples of President Biden destroying America? Why do you think that, if I may ask? Also, I'm curious to know if you think that the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol building should be held accountable for their actions. Lastly, what do you think of the rioters who chanted, "Hang Mike Pence!"? Thanks, in advance, for answering my questions.

719 people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far. This searchable table shows them all.

 
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ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
I'm saying he's a politician with a record of authoritarianism
& war mongering. So unless he had some come-to-Jesus
moment that changed who he is, then he's capable of great evil.
He's new as Prez. I can only hope that things turn out well.
Luck is a very important feature in a country's well being.


Another clairvoyance one. Of course he is capable of evil, isn't everyone?

It's his record as Captain America that counts, and as far as American standing worldwide he is an improvement over trump
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
How many wars has Biden started during his presidency?
A mischievous question.
I spoke of Biden's record, which is much longer than
a short timer President. Consider his record in the
Senate & as Veep, eg, starting the Iraq War.
If you ignore those, then your comparison with Trump's
record is stacked to sanitize Biden's.

I'm not saying that Trump's record is good....only that
Biden's is also very troubling. This is perhaps in ways
that don't matter to a foreigner, eg, harming civil liberties
of Ameristanians. Why should you care about that?

Ugh...foreigners fawning over Biden.
Makes me wanna retch.
 

Kooky

Freedom from Sanity
Whats with the socialism ****?
It's funny how some people keep harping on about proper definitions of socialism while simultaneously insisting that everything bad in Central and Western Europe, which have never seen a communist regime in their entire history, is being caused by it.
 
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Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Another clairvoyance one. Of course he is capable of evil, isn't everyone?
People aren't equivalent.
Some are more prone to evil than others.
I look at their record.
Past is prologue.

If you assume otherwise, it wouldn't
matter who one voted for.
 

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6
In a 36-page memo to the Capitol riot committee, Col. Earl Matthews also slams the Pentagon's inspector general for what he calls an error-ridden report.

A former D.C. National Guard official is accusing two senior Army leaders of lying to Congress and participating in a secret attempt to rewrite the history of the military's response to the Capitol riot.

In a 36-page memo, Col. Earl Matthews, who held high-level National Security Council and Pentagon roles during the Trump administration, slams the Pentagon's inspector general for what he calls an error-riddled report that protects a top Army official who argued against sending the National Guard to the Capitol on Jan. 6, delaying the insurrection response for hours.

Matthews' memo, sent to the Jan. 6 select committee this month and obtained by POLITICO, includes detailed recollections of the insurrection response as it calls two Army generals — Gen. Charles Flynn, who served as deputy chief of staff for operations on Jan. 6, and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt, the director of Army staff — “absolute and unmitigated liars” for their characterization of the events of that day. Matthews has never publicly discussed the chaos of the Capitol siege. . . .

. . . .

In addition to Matthews’ memo, POLITICO also obtained a documentproduced by a D.C. Guard official and dated Jan. 7 that lays out a timeline of Jan. 6. The D.C. Guard timeline, a separate document whose author took notes during the call, also said that Piatt and Flynn at 2:37 p.m. “recommended for DC Guard to standby,” rather than immediately deploying to the Capitol during the riot.

Four minutes later, according to that Guard timeline, Flynn again “advised D.C. National Guard to standby until the request has been routed” to then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.

Everyone on the call was “astounded” except Piatt and Flynn, Matthews wrote.
Thus, a further indication why having the January 6th House hearings are so very important.
 

Kooky

Freedom from Sanity
A mischievous question.
I spoke of Biden's record, which is much longer than
a short timer President.
Last time I checked, the only singular US politician who can start a war by himself is the POTUS.
The rest is subject to a majority vote in Congress - in which case, you should perhaps note that every single congressmember who was in office during the Bush era has approved of at least one, if not two, wars of invasion.

But you are correct, since people who do not hold political office cannot in fact take part in the political process that leads to a formal state of war, so Trump was never in a position where he could have influenced such a political outcome either way before he became POTUS, since his political career started and ended with his presidency.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Biden zero
Oh, dear.
People know so little about the pols they defend.
Joe Biden’s Vote for War (Published 2020)
Excerpted....
In October 2002, he was one of 77 senators who gave President George W. Bush the authority to use force in Iraq. He is still trying to explain that choice.
Biden zero
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...defense-crime-bills-role-incarceration-trend/
Excerpted....
The former vice president and 2020 presidential hopeful was a key senator working on the passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, better known as the 1994 crime bill. Biden has taken to calling it the “1994 Biden Crime Bill,” so he’s obviously paternal about it. (Then-Rep. Jack Brooks [D-Tex.] was a key player in the House, as was then-Rep. Charles E. Schumer [D-N.Y.], and of course Bill Clinton pushed for it and signed it into law as president.)

The Fact Checker covered passage of the crime bill, which at the time was derided as an ungainly collection of pork-barrel projects and untested crime-fighting concepts — a “Christmas tree designed by Salvador Dali,” in the memorable words of one expert. Violent crime rates had peaked in 1991, for reasons still debated, though that trend was not apparent when the bill passed. Nevertheless, Clinton toured around the country trying to take credit.
 
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Sgt. Pepper

All you need is love.
I will agree with that despite his efforts to drag America down to his level

I was deeply relieved when Trump lost the election. I shudder to think what it would be like to endure four more years of this man. For the record, I was a loyal Republican for 26 years before he came along and hijacked the Republican Party. Joe Biden is the first Democratic presidential candidate that I've ever voted for, but he won't be the last as long as Trump and his sycophantic followers control the Republican Party. I can't, in good conscience, support the Republican Party, while he has totalitarian control of it.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Last time I checked, the only singular US politician who can start a war by himself is the POTUS.
You should check more carefully.
Congress voted to authorize those wars.
For Presidents to start a war by fiat is somewhat unconstitutional.

Have you ever examined Biden's record before his presidency?
See post #38.
The links have paywalls, so I've excerpted some text.
But one can find many other sources on the web.
 
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