Trump appointing an Exxon CEO with ties to Russia to secretary of state frightens me. I like his pick as under secretary. John Bolton is a solid choice and I expect him to get tough on Iran. I hope the Exxon pick is just a ploy to get Bolton as SoS.

They supported militias in Iraq that killed Americans. They support the Taliban. They support terrorist in Lebanon. They support rebels in Yemen. They are a destabilizing force in the world.uziq wrote:
what's your giant beef with iran again?
doesn't that describe saudi arabia too, and aren't the saudis far more responsible for destabilising the region?SuperJail Warden wrote:
They supported militias in Iraq that killed Americans. They support the Taliban. They support terrorist in Lebanon. They support rebels in Yemen. They are a destabilizing force in the world.uziq wrote:
what's your giant beef with iran again?
No not at all. Saudi Arabia is a close ally especially in the war on terror. They have a stable relationship with Israel and their support helps protect the interest of the U.S. throughout the Arab world.uziq wrote:
doesn't that describe saudi arabia too, and aren't the saudis far more responsible for destabilising the region?SuperJail Warden wrote:
They supported militias in Iraq that killed Americans. They support the Taliban. They support terrorist in Lebanon. They support rebels in Yemen. They are a destabilizing force in the world.uziq wrote:
what's your giant beef with iran again?
Apart from 9/11, the Sunni insurgency in Iraq and Syria, etcSuperJail Warden wrote:
No not at all. Saudi Arabia is a close ally especially in the war on terror.
The US has no actual interest anywhere in the Arab world.They have a stable relationship with Israel and their support helps protect the interest of the U.S. throughout the Arab world.
Let alone a species that wasn't running.DesertFox- wrote:
Gary Johnson is probably sad he got less electoral votes than people who weren't running.
That's her last name, silly!Jaekus wrote:
Let alone a species that wasn't running.DesertFox- wrote:
Gary Johnson is probably sad he got less electoral votes than people who weren't running.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions … 3#commentsVox senior editor Sarah Kliff wrote a poignant account last week of her visit to Whitley County, Ky., where the uninsured rate declined 60 percent under Obamacare but 82 percent of voters supported Trump. There, Kliff, a former Post colleague, found Trump voters who were downright frightened that the president-elect would do exactly — literally — what he and Republicans promised: repeal Obamacare.
Among those she found was Trump voter Debbie Mills, a store owner whose husband awaits a lifesaving liver transplant; they got insurance through Obamacare, and Mills is hoping the law won’t be repealed.
“I don’t know what we’ll do if it does go away,” Mills said. “I guess I thought that, you know, [Trump] would not do this. That they would not do this, would not take the insurance away. Knowing that it’s affecting so many people’s lives. I mean, what are you to do then if you cannot . . . purchase, cannot pay for the insurance?”
Mills, who supported Trump for other reasons, figured Obamacare repeal was just talk. “I guess we really didn’t think about that, that he was going to cancel that or change that or take it away,” she said. “I guess I always just thought that it would be there. I was thinking that once it was made into a law that it could not be changed.”