Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?

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De : lynnmcguire5 (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Lynn McGuire)
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Date : 08. Jul 2025, 19:54:32
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On 6/18/2025 12:29 PM, quadibloc wrote:
Looking at Google News, I've seen a spate of op-eds saying that Donald
Trump is too emotional, childish, and erratic to be trusted with the
nuclear launch codes.
 While I don't disagree with the basic sentiment, as I think he is
unsuitable to be trusted with the post of municipal dogcatcher, let
alone POTUS, I was a bit surprised by this. After all, given his
policies on the Ukraine conflict, it seemed obvious that he is terrified
of a nuclear war, and would prefer to let Russia overrun all of Europe
to taking the risk of standing up to it.
 But it's obvious what prompted this. Iran.
 It's hard for me, but here I'll actually defend something Trump is
doing. Just like Bush with the second war on Iraq, really. Sure, Tulsi
Gabbard may well be right that Iran poses no immediate threat of
becoming nuclear armed, just as Iraq didn't really have WMDs.
 But Iraq did not 100% totally cooperate with weapons inspectors.
 So if even the tiniest possibility of Iraq having WMDs is absolutely
intolerable, Bush was right.
 And this is what's happening with Iran. Iran insists on enriching
uranium beyond levels needed for peaceful electrical power production.
It refuses to totally cooperate with the IAEA.
 So if they aren't going to totally comply with what's needed to ensure
they will never, ever, possibly get nukes, fixing it by force is what's
needed.
 Basically, my feeling about Trump and nuclear war hasn't changed from
what his policies on Ukraine led me to. The danger from him isn't a
nuclear war. It's a Co-Dominion world, where Russia gets Europe, China
gets Taiwan and a bunch else, say Korea and the Philippines for
starters, and the U.S. gets Canada, Greenland, and all of Latin America.
 And all three of the nuclear superpowers that peacefully (in terms of
peace between them; the takeover of the rest of the world will be by
force) divide up the world will of course by tyrannical. The U.S. will
go beyond the worst nightmares of liberals about Project 2025.
 That, and not its opposite, nuclear war, is the real danger Trump poses.
 John Savard
BTW, I never thought of you as a Jerry Pournelle fan.
Lynn

Date Sujet#  Auteur
18 Jun 25 * [OT] Not TACO anymore?44quadibloc
18 Jun 25 +* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?40Lynn McGuire
19 Jun 25 i+- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1quadibloc
19 Jun 25 i`* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?38Graham
19 Jun 25 i `* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?37Lynn McGuire
19 Jun 25 i  +* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?18Dimensional Traveler
19 Jun 25 i  i`* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?17James Nicoll
19 Jun 25 i  i +- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Dimensional Traveler
21 Jun 25 i  i `* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?15Lynn McGuire
21 Jun 25 i  i  +* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?12WolfFan
21 Jun 25 i  i  i+* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?8Scott Dorsey
22 Jun 25 i  i  ii`* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?7Thomas Koenig
22 Jun 25 i  i  ii +- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Scott Dorsey
22 Jun 25 i  i  ii `* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?5Paul S Person
22 Jun 25 i  i  ii  `* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?4Thomas Koenig
22 Jun 25 i  i  ii   +- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Dimensional Traveler
23 Jun 25 i  i  ii   `* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?2Paul S Person
23 Jun 25 i  i  ii    `- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Thomas Koenig
21 Jun 25 i  i  i+* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?2Lynn McGuire
22 Jun 25 i  i  ii`- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Paul S Person
22 Jun 25 i  i  i`- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Lynn McGuire
22 Jun 25 i  i  `* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?2Graham
22 Jun 25 i  i   `- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Dimensional Traveler
19 Jun 25 i  +- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Graham
19 Jun 25 i  +* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?16WolfFan
19 Jun 25 i  i+* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?5Scott Dorsey
21 Jun 25 i  ii+* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?2WolfFan
22 Jun 25 i  iii`- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Michael F. Stemper
26 Jun 25 i  ii`* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?2Graham
26 Jun 25 i  ii `- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Scott Dorsey
21 Jun 25 i  i`* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?10Lynn McGuire
21 Jun 25 i  i `* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?9Paul S Person
21 Jun 25 i  i  `* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?8Dimensional Traveler
21 Jun 25 i  i   +* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?2WolfFan
22 Jun 25 i  i   i`- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Graham
22 Jun 25 i  i   +* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?2Paul S Person
22 Jun 25 i  i   i`- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Dimensional Traveler
8 Jul 25 i  i   +* Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?2Dimensional Traveler
9 Jul 25 i  i   i`- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Cryptoengineer
8 Jul 25 i  i   `- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Scott Dorsey
21 Jun 25 i  `- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Robert Carnegie
19 Jun 25 +- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Paul S Person
24 Jun 25 +- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Bobbie Sellers
8 Jul 25 `- Re: [OT] Not TACO anymore?1Lynn McGuire

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