OK, I’ll bite.

That, actually, stands in stark contrast with every available fact there is. The attack was launched on the anniversary of 9/11, and was proven to be in no-way related to the video.

I did serve in Iraq. I was there for several tours before being redeployed to Afghanistan.

So, because we haven’t lost 4,000 troops in the operation— Libya isn’t an abject failure resulting from our military operation to depose it’s strong-man leader; isn’t completely unstable; isn’t a safe-haven for jihadists; didn’t provide ISIS with fighters, and some of its best leaders/tacticians out of the former…

Not quite.

I jumped the gun and responded above. No sense in reposting it. Apologies.

“Similar outcomes, but not anywhere near the same thing.”

What’s the definition of “invasion,” exactly?

Uh, you might want to brush up on your history, chief.

This wasn’t a planned public release. Trust me on this.

There’s nothing wrong with civility in debate. We don’t have to agree on topics, but at least we can agree to debate them reasonably. Admittedly, sometimes I get a little cranked up in my debates. Sometimes it’s warranted, other times it’s not. And if I make an error, or step over-the-line between “civility” and “inciv…

I’ve heard from several people I know at the Pentagon— including a Rear Admiral (RADM) who worked directly with Ray Mabus— that the secretary takes a lot of heat for issues that either aren’t his doing, or that he has no real control over.

I re-read your original post, and now realize that I took it out of context, and missed the overall message you were conveying.

Which, would be a reasonable response IF Donald hadn’t spent the entire campaign acting like a loudmouth know-it-all, whom, as time has demonstrated, knows very little.

What part of the article wasn’t “even handed”? Tyler directly quoted Trump’s own words. I know Donald loves to assert things, and then deny he ever said them the next day, despite them being recorded. But his name isn’t “Alice” and this isn’t “Wonderland.” Therefore, people don’t get to make up the meaning of words he…

That’s always been the issue with the private security industry. On one hand, you can get some really good guys; and on the other, you can get guys who are totally incompetent, and dangerous to boot.

Quite frankly, I’m tired of hearing the “Turkey buys oil from ISIS!” assertion out of Russia.

It was a “small fishing boat” that blew a hole in the side of the USS Cole while anchored in Yemen.

China isn’t as well off as we are. I never said that, nor made any indication that’s where I was leaning.

Thanks for the insight.