Trump says soldiers who got PTSD werent strong enough

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  1. Eightball

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    But Hillary is worse, because of stuff Alex Jones made up, and screamed really sincerely.
    If I can't believe a blustering crackpot, I don't want to live in this world.
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    I love how for the 17,372 time his campaign is crying "The media twisted what he said!"
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    It seems like a matter of semantics, conflating mental strength with strength of character. By definition a "disorder" is a weakness, no?
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    Remember when everyone thought his campaign was over after he said McCain wasn't a hero for being captured? Same thing. The argument will be that our liberal education system has turned our kids into pussies and that's why they're getting PTSD.
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    Poorly phrased, tactless and somewhat medically clueless, but not as bad as it sounds. He was talking to veterans about the need for good services and said, in effect, "you guys went through this experience and survived it, but not everybody does." He was trying to compliment his audience by saying "you guys are strong" and inadvertently implied PTSD to be caused by weakness, but it's not like he said "we should stop paying for PTSD treatment 'cause those guys are wimps."
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    Still, it speaks to his ignorance that he doesn't understand how that works, and combined with his other comments towards the military, it doesn't speak well of him :shrug:
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    Best way to handle PTSD is to not introduce it in the first place.

    A Hillary Clinton administration would continue the desert warfare policies that her, Obama, and Kerry have implemented. Many more military members will suffer depression and ultimately suicide.
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    To bad no one can go back in time to stop Bush's cronies from kicking up the hornet's nest :(
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    Hey now, Bush is on Hillary's side now. All has been forgiven. :bailey:
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    Oh yeah because the Middle East was a calm stable place before the US invaded Iraq,,.,
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    Too bad you're only saying this to be disagreeable. Less war would be a wonderful thing.
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    But Ramen was for the war before he was against it. He pretty much personifies incompetent and reckless on both ends when he wants a war that shouldn't happen, then prefers that we abandon the mess he created without trying to fix it.
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    The U.S. administration just broke off diplomatic ties with Russia over Syria.

    Perhaps when Jon Oliver fills you in, you'll notice that things are getting worse.
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    You must have me confused with Hillary Clinton.

    How's that JV team working out for ya guys? :jayzus:
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    You just toss at pre-packaged lines, whether otr not they make sense for the conversation at hand. Even a $inimally programmed bot can come off as more intelligent.
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    Trump weaseled out of serving, but I betcha he's watched that "Patton slaps a soldier" scene dozens of times. That makes him an expert...chickenhawk, chickenshit scumbag. No wonder @Ramen adores him.
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    If you see a car with an engine fire, do you go pour gasoline on the hood and roast marshmallows on top of it? :blink:
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    If you're Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, you wait for it to explode and set fire to other nearby cars.
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    As long as those cars are Jukes.

    Then nothing of value was lost.

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    This statement from Trump is particularly perverse coming from a man who incurs a new bout of PTSD every time someone tells him "no," comments on his tiny, tiny hands, or in any way criticizes him.
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    Do you have the memory of a gold fish? Or perhaps you just randomly post things from a list without any notion of content or topicality?
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    Does he really have tiny hands? I need to check that out. Are the slightly out of the norm like Matthew McConaughey's short arms or like midget hands? Okay I checked it out - smaller than average (based on the average height of 5 feet 9 inches) and factor in he's 6 feet 2 inches tall, and you have some tiny hands. He claims that does not equate to the size of his "little Donald". Interesting fact guys (I had a female try this on me in bed and sure enough the math checks out): if you bring the tips of your fingers down toward your wrist (folding up your hand) mark or remember the spot where the tip of your middle finger touches your hand (that spot should be close to your list). Now unfold your hand and stretch it back out. The distance from the tip of your middle finger to the spot where your middle finger hit your hand is the length of your erect penis. :chris:Who says science is boring? They should have done this on MythBusters BTW.
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    What can I say, other than there you go again. My statement was about you, not Clinton. And for the dumb among us (hint, that's you), I've never once said that I supported her vote. But there is more to how we decide who to support than any one issue (unless you're a Green). In 2008, when that was the main thing distinguishing her from Obama, that vote led me to support him. But this time around, there was a lot more worth considering. Unlike you, Clinton, and Trump, I was always against the invasion of Iraq. But that doesn't mean we now can just walk away from the mess. We have some responsibilities there that we could have avoided. But the truly despicable thing about you is that your position shifted for reasons having to do with who was in office, not for any real learning or revelation.
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    Oh, those poor innocent Qaddafis! They are just misunderstood. :(
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