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In his Monday night speech on the Afghan War, President Trump committed the US to an essentially open-ended escalation of the conflict without any specific limitations, while granting commanders broader authority to unilaterally target “the enemy.”

President Trump stressed that his first instinct was to withdraw. He added that “historically I like following my instincts.” However, he said that “decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office.” He added that he’s committed to “an honorable and enduring outcome” worthy of the longest war in American history and the large number of dead.

What that outcome looks like, or how specifically he plans to get there are anyone’s guess. Fox News reported that White House sources told them before the speech that Trump was going to announce 4,000 more troops for Afghanistan.

But President Trump said that the US strategy would be secret, saying the US is removing any timetables for ending the war in Afghanistan. He said that he will not talk publicly about troop numbers in Afghanistan or plans for ongoing military activity there. While arguing that “America’s enemies must never know our plans.”

Trump’s secrecy also means the American public will have no idea how the Afghan War is being prosecuted.

This mirrors the decision to make troop levels in Iraq and Syria officially secret, but is also a much broader commitment. He set the stage for general escalation of an Afghan war that, over the past 16 years, has shown itself to endure through more or less any escalation conceivable. In committing to continue that war until victory, Trump effectively made the war permanent.

Trump presented continuation as both about 9/11, and about how opposed he is to the 2011 US withdrawal from Iraq, each presented as a reason not to withdraw, but seemingly each an excuse that’s never going to not stand in the way of ending the war.

The broad message of Trump’s speech seemed to be that the US wasn’t aggressive enough in Afghanistan so far, criticizing President Obama for “micromanaging” the conflict. Trump said he believes that US military victories come from “judgement and expertise of wartime commanders.”

Trump gave some lip-service to economic aid for Afghanistan, particularly pushing India to “do more.” But he insisted that the US had abandoned nation-building, declaring “we are not nation-building again, we’re killing terrorists.”

This declaration also gives the impression of a permanent war, claiming 20 distinct terrorist organizations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and vowing to lift restrictions on “our warfighters.” He vowed that “no place is out of the reach of American might.”

Ultimately, an escalation of 4,000 troops and a re-commitment to the status quo likely would’ve been much milder than what Trump appears to be proposing. Trump’s determination to keep troop levels secret leaves the door open to a series of endless escalations down the road, which the American public are liable to never hear about.

Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 8/21/2017 6:26:55 PM
	NASA’S Risky Plan To Save US From Yellowstone Supervolcano AUGUST 20, 2017 By Mac Slavo Government officials have been closely monitoring the activity in the Yellowstone caldera. However, scientists at NASA have now come up with an incredibly risky plan to save the United States from the supervolcano. A NASA scientist has spoken out about the true threat of super volcanoes and the risky methods that could be used to prevent a devastating eruption. Lying beneath the tranquil and beautiful settings of Yellowstone National Park in the US lies an enormous magma chamber, called a caldera. It’s responsible for the geysers and hot springs that define the area, but for scientists at NASA, it’s also one of the greatest natural threats to human civilization as we know it. Brian Wilcox, a former member of the NASA Advisory Council on Planetary Defense, shared a report on the natural hazard that hadn’t been seen outside of the agency until now. Following an article published by BBC about super volcanoes last month, a group of NASA researchers got in touch with the media to share a report previously unseen outside the space agency about the threat Yellowstone poses, and what they hypothesize could possibly be done about it. “I was a member of the NASA Advisory Council on Planetary Defense which studied ways for NASA to defend the planet from asteroids and comets,” explains Brian Wilcox of Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the California Institute of Technology. “I came to the conclusion during that study that the supervolcano threat is substantially greater than the asteroid or comet threat.” Yellowstone currently leaks about 60 to 70 percent of its heat into the atmosphere through stream water which seeps into the magma chamber through cracks, while the rest of the heat builds up as magma and dissolves into volatile gasses. The heat and pressure will reach the threshold, meaning an explosion is inevitable. When NASA scientists considered the fact that a supervolcano’s eruptionwould plunge the earth into a volcanic winter, destroying most sources of food, starvation would then become a real possibility. Food reserves would only last about 74 days, according to the UN, after an eruption of a supervolcano, like that under Yellowstone. And they have devised a risky plan that could end up blowing up in their faces. Literally. Wilcox hypothesized that if enough heat was removed, and the temperature of the supervolcano dropped, it would never erupt. But he wants to see a 35% decrease in temperature, and how to achieve that is incredibly risky. One possibility is to simply increase the amount of water in the supervolcano. As it turns to steam, the water would release the heat into the atmosphere, making global warming alarmists tremble. “Building a big aqueduct uphill into a mountainous region would be both costly and difficult, and people don’t want their water spent that way,” Wilcox says. “People are desperate for water all over the world and so a major infrastructure project, where the only way the water is used is to cool down a supervolcano, would be very controversial.” So, NASA came up with an alternative plan. They believe the most viable solution could be to drill up to 10km down into the supervolcano and pump down water at high pressure. The circulating water would return at a temperature of around 350C (662F), thus slowly day by day extracting heat from the volcano. And while such a project would come at an estimated cost of around $3.46 billion, it comes with an enticing catch which could convince politicians (taxpayers) to make the investment.) “Yellowstone currently leaks around 6GW in heat,” Wilcox says. “Through drilling in this way, it could be used to create a geothermal plant, which generates electric power at extremely competitive prices of around $0.10/kWh. You would have to give the geothermal companies incentives to drill somewhat deeper and use hotter water than they usually would, but you would pay back your initial investment, and get electricity which can power the surrounding area for a period of potentially tens of thousands of years. And the long-term benefit is that you prevent a future supervolcano eruption which would devastate humanity.” Of course, drilling into a supervolcano comes with its own risks, like the eruption that scientists are desperate to prevent. Triggering an eruption by drilling would be disastrous. “The most important thing with this is to do no harm,” Wilcox says. “If you drill into the top of the magma chamber and try and cool it from there, this would be very risky. This could make the cap over the magma chamber more brittle and prone to fracture. And you might trigger the release of harmful volatile gases in the magma at the top of the chamber which would otherwise not be released.” The cooling of Yellowstone in this manner would also take tens of thousands of years, but it is a plan that scientists at NASA are considering for every supervolcano on earth. (activistpost.com)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 8/22/2017 10:28:07 AM
	LEBANON FOILED ISIS BARBIE DOLL BOMB PLOT ON FLIGHT FROM AUSTRALIA TO ABU DHABI BY JACK MOORE ON 8/21/17 AT 10:31 AM Lebanese intelligence helped foil a plot by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) to bring down an airliner with bombs hidden inside a Barbie doll and a meat grinder, the country's interior minister said Monday. Nouhad Machnouk told reporters that Lebanese police intelligence stopped the explosive device plot on the Emirati flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He said the main suspect, Amer Khayyat, tried to take two explosive devices onto the plane in the event that one did not detonate successfully. Lebanese authorities arrested Khayyat when he landed in the country from Australia in mid-July. He had planned to blow up the plane in midair 20 minutes after takeoff. The suspect did not take the devices, which were hidden inside a handbag, onto the plane because they weighed 15 pounds over the airline's limit. "The operation was foiled because of the extra weight," Machnouk said. "Intelligence branch followed on the case and found that Amer was involved in this act, and it appears that he was supposed to carry it out." Machnouk said four Lebanese-Australian brothers were involved in the plot. Two of Amer Khayyat's brothers, Khaled and Mahmoud Khayyat, had been detained in Australia; the fourth, identified as Tarek Khayyat, was a member of ISIS living in Syria. The airline at the center of the plot remains unknown, but Emirates Airlines, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, has said it is assisting the investigation. The flight held around 400 passengers, 120 of them Lebanese. The minister said the suspects wanted to avenge the UAE and Australia for being members of the anti-ISIS coalition bombing the group in Iraq and Syria. Police search for evidence at a block of flats in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba on July 31, after counterterrorism raids across the city.WILLIAM WEST/AFP/GETTY Initial reports suggested the plot involved gassing the aircraft with a makeshift device, which would have presented a new threat to aviation security. Machnouk called for intelligence agencies to work together. "When four Lebanese brothers in Australia decide to blow up an Emirati jet, this means that the whole world should work together to fight terrorism," he said. "Coordination should be 24 hours a day between all security agencies to stop such attacks." Some of the most deadly plans in recent years have been hatched with the intention of blowing up an airliner. In 2004, two suicide bombers set off devices on separate domestic Russian flights carrying a total of 90 people, none of whom survived. In October 2015, explosives hidden inside a can brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing more than 200 people on board. ISIS has encouraged its followers to attack Australia, and the country has suffered several attacks by individuals who authorities believe were radicalized or inspired by the group. In 2014, a man besieged a café in Sydney, killing one person before police shot him dead. Another person died when a police bullet ricocheted during the raid on the café. In September, an Australian court sentenced teenager Sevdet Ramadan Besim to 10 years in prison for plotting to attack an Anzac Day parade, a commemoration of the First World War landings at Gallipoli, in Melbourne. (Newsweek)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 8/22/2017 6:28:41 PM
	AntiFa Lunges Knife At Navy Officer’s Throat, Mistaking Him For A “Nazi” Because Of His Haircut Posted by Georgette Walrath \| Aug 21, 2017 \| Liberal Corruption A Colorado Navy officer was getting a milkshake when out of nowhere, an antifa criminal slashed at his neck. The attacker thought the man was a neo-Nazi because of his haircut. The violent actions of antifa, combined with the leftist media’s encouragement is having serious consequences on the safety of American citizens. Because news outlets conspire to enrage the populous, they persist in calling rioters “protesters,” and “counter protesters.” However, one of those violent criminals wasn’t content with beating people at a rally. A Navy officer was attacked by antifa ilk because his haircut was mistaken for a neo-Nazis ‘do. Joshua Witt, a 26-year-old Colorado resident was assaulted by a knife-wielding antifa lunatic when he attempted to get a milkshake last week. His Facebook post detailing the incident has been shared over 34,000 times since he first reported it. Spurred by dozens of images posted of antifa rioters in Charlottesville, VA, the unlearned idiot saw Witt exiting his car at the area Steak ‘n Shake restaurant. Apparently not liking the haircut that is shaved close on the side with longer hair on top, the crazed man attacked. While claiming to be against fascism, antifa is actually a violent hate-filled group that attacks free-speech. Like all progressive liberals, what they accuses others of doing is what they are guilty of. Tensions are high across the nation due to unlawful rioters threatening peaceful citizens. Not only have they disrupted free speech for the past eight months, these criminals are intent on destroying the freedoms that have given them the ability to believe and act on their stupidity. Acting exactly like the Nazis they claim to hate, antifa rioters demonstrate fascism. Although most of these mentally challenged individuals aren’t the foot soldiers for the group, a number of self-proclaimed antifa “protesters” recently cheered a speech composed entirely of quotes by Adolf Hitler. These people are emboldened by the way the democrat politicians and the liberal news media champions their cause. Even Fox News during the Boston demonstration this weekend called the militant antifa group “counter protesters.” Witt wrote, “Sooooooo apparently I look like a neo-nazi and got stabbed for it … luckily I put my hands up to stop it so he only stabbed my hand…. please keep in mind there was no conversation between me and this dude I was literally just getting out of my car.” Witt told reporters that as he exited his car, an unknown man approached and asked “Are you one of them neo-Nazis?” He then aimed his knife at Witt’s head and slashed, apparently hoping to hit an artery. Joshua Witt’s Facebook post has been shared more than 37,000 times since he posted it. However, now antifa is threatening him with death. Fortunately, 9 out of 10 antifa members live in their parent’s home. They aren’t productive members of society and with liberal arts degrees, are extremely uneducated. Unlike Muslim children in Palestine, they weren’t taught how to approach a victim from behind and stab the neck in order to kill. However, Witt’s training stood him in good stead. He immediately blocked the blow and got back in his car. His hand was injured and needed stitches, but he feels relieved that it wasn’t much worse. “I threw my hands up and once the knife kind of hit, I dived back into my car and shut the door and watched him run off. The dude was actually aiming for my head,” he said. Witt’s haircut resembles some of the ones worn by neo-Nazis, and apparently, the ignorant antifa criminal thought he was fair game. Since he posted the incident, Witt has received a number of hate-filled messages and threats of death. He is confused by the hateful comments, and may seek another home soon. “I feel this is a result of lack knowledge within other cultures and history and that’s going to lead to fear and panic which causes people to react in a negative way,” he said. He’s also thinking of changing his look. Since he had no tattoos or other indicators that he was involved with racists groups (which, he isn’t), the only conclusion anyone can assume is that the haircut is to blame. However, really the attacker is to blame, along with the news media for glorifying violent rioters. Witt filed a police report immediately, and area officers are searching for the criminal. Hopefully, he’ll be caught and one less ignorant, immoral antifa member will be removed from the vicinity of civilized people. (conservativedailypost.com)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 8/22/2017 6:51:19 PM
	Trump Declares Open-Ended War in Afghanistan Trump Abandons 'Instinct to Withdraw' Jason Ditz Posted onAugust 21, 2017CategoriesNewsTagsAfghanistan, Trump In his Monday night speech on the Afghan War, President Trump committed the US to an essentially open-ended escalation of the conflict without any specific limitations, while granting commanders broader authority to unilaterally target “the enemy.” President Trump stressed that his first instinct was to withdraw. He added that “historically I like following my instincts.” However, he said that “decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office.” He added that he’s committed to “an honorable and enduring outcome” worthy of the longest war in American history and the large number of dead. What that outcome looks like, or how specifically he plans to get there are anyone’s guess. Fox News reported that White House sources told them before the speech that Trump was going to announce 4,000 more troops for Afghanistan. But President Trump said that the US strategy would be secret, saying the US is removing any timetables for ending the war in Afghanistan. He said that he will not talk publicly about troop numbers in Afghanistan or plans for ongoing military activity there. While arguing that “America’s enemies must never know our plans.” Trump’s secrecy also means the American public will have no idea how the Afghan War is being prosecuted. This mirrors the decision to make troop levels in Iraq and Syria officially secret, but is also a much broader commitment. He set the stage for general escalation of an Afghan war that, over the past 16 years, has shown itself to endure through more or less any escalation conceivable. In committing to continue that war until victory, Trump effectively made the war permanent. Trump presented continuation as both about 9/11, and about how opposed he is to the 2011 US withdrawal from Iraq, each presented as a reason not to withdraw, but seemingly each an excuse that’s never going to not stand in the way of ending the war. The broad message of Trump’s speech seemed to be that the US wasn’t aggressive enough in Afghanistan so far, criticizing President Obama for “micromanaging” the conflict. Trump said he believes that US military victories come from “judgement and expertise of wartime commanders.” Trump gave some lip-service to economic aid for Afghanistan, particularly pushing India to “do more.” But he insisted that the US had abandoned nation-building, declaring “we are not nation-building again, we’re killing terrorists.” This declaration also gives the impression of a permanent war, claiming 20 distinct terrorist organizations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and vowing to lift restrictions on “our warfighters.” He vowed that “no place is out of the reach of American might.” Ultimately, an escalation of 4,000 troops and a re-commitment to the status quo likely would’ve been much milder than what Trump appears to be proposing. Trump’s determination to keep troop levels secret leaves the door open to a series of endless escalations down the road, which the American public are liable to never hear about.
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AntiFa Lunges Knife At Navy Officer’s Throat, Mistaking Him For A “Nazi” Because Of His HaircutPosted by Georgette Walrath | Aug 21, 2017 | Liberal Corruption

AntiFa Lunges Knife At Navy Officer’s Throat, Mistaking Him For A “Nazi” Because
Of His Haircut
Posted by Georgette Walrath | Aug 21, 2017 | Liberal Corruption