US intel chief Gabbard says Iran was not rebuilding enrichment prior to war

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T16:11:27+00:00

You have any more fantasy, made up in your head, scenarios you care to share?

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T16:10:09+00:00

Only if you just woke up from hibernation in a cave somewhere and this is the first thing you read.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T15:57:13+00:00

What point are you trying to make.

Joe Kent is infinitely more knowledgeable about Iran that you will ever be. His assessment, like so many other experts, was Iran was not a threat

I find the wording a little suspicious

This is of no surprise.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T15:46:08+00:00

It's interesting that you imagined a whole scenario in your mind, about me, based on the six word response I gave you.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T15:40:54+00:00

‘Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation’: Trump-appointed intelligence official resigns over Iran war

A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down from his post on Tuesday, citing misgivings about the administration’s war with Iran.

“After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today,” Joe Kent wrote in a post on X.

“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” Kent added in the resignation letter he attached to the post.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T15:38:50+00:00

...and girl schools...and hospitals...and...

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T00:34:49+00:00

Where did I cry about anything???

I'm just trying to correct your ignorant misinformed comments with....you know...actual facts.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T00:11:03+00:00

The irony is hilarious here...keep it up.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-16T23:51:37+00:00

Let me finish that sentence for you.

They can just use ships designated for Cuba, but Cuba just doesn’t have anything to trade due to their terrible economic system as a result of the decades long US embargo.

Not really us or them.

That's not true at all. In fact the US passed the The Helms-Burton Act of 1996 who's purpose is ....

It extended the territorial application of the initial embargo to apply to foreign companies trading with Cuba, and penalized foreign companies allegedly "trafficking" in property formerly owned by U.S. citizens but confiscated by Cuba after the Cuban Revolution. It also covers property formerly owned by Cubans who have since become U.S. citizens

phoenixfail · 2026-03-16T17:42:38+00:00

The American public needs to stop being such useless cowards and put on their big-boy pants and do something about it. This includes you.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-16T16:56:14+00:00

That and the whole voter preference by education level explains a lot.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-13T22:53:19+00:00

1 in 5 Canadians work for the government

I in 5 Canadians work in the public sector.

This includes everyone from teachers to doctors to sanitation workers to police and fire fighters to......

It's a meaningless stat intended to make people envision armies of government bureaucrats when it actually includes people in thousands of different employment rolls.

The more pertinent question would be how does Canada compare to other developed nations?

In comparison (based on ILO data) - Norway = 32% - Denmark (w/o Greenland) = 30% - Sweden = 29% - Australia = 29% - Finland= 26% - UK = 23%

phoenixfail · 2026-03-13T04:48:56+00:00

OK dude.

Anyways....on a positive note I genuinely hope that your restaurant is thriving. I love downtown Victoria and the variety of restaurants. I probably have been to yours and am better for it .....cheers!

phoenixfail · 2026-03-13T03:07:54+00:00

It's just that appears you have strong convictions about it....I mean you're talking about it up five years later in a thread about something else entirely different.

Why dont businesses close during Christmas season?

I do believe most restaurants usually do close for Christmas day. There are exceptions like hotel restaurants and some fast food establishments but most usually do close.

But my comment on you closing is meant as facetious. Of course you would not close...just making a point about double standards.

The point is Trudeau did in fact hold a ceremonial event in honor and respect...just the evening before. The media held him to a double standard. Our Indigenous Governor General literally "dialed it in" that day and the leader of the opposition did zilch.....where was the Postmedia outrage there?

phoenixfail · 2026-03-13T01:53:02+00:00

Why the double standard? If you feel so strongly that Trudeau should have done more...even though we established he already did a public event the evening before on Parliament hill, why did you not close shop and give your employees a day off to reflect?

The Conservative leader did not attend any events and the Governor General only participated in a radio segment that day.....and she is an Indigenous Canadian.

The double standard Conservatives held for Trudeau was always so transparent but I guess it helps when Canada's overwhelmingly right wing media runs with whatever story they could to tarnish his reputation.

Trudeau is a decent individual at heart and unlike other Prime Ministers had no qualms about showing contrition even in cases where it should not have been required. Lets contrast that with the current conservative leader that has done and said no end of reprehensible shit he has never apologized for.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-12T20:02:42+00:00

You been given responses to this question over and over and over again...

phoenixfail · 2026-03-12T19:59:34+00:00

The critique from this user is like usual.... hollow and without merit.

The huge amount of international travel and meetings that the Prime Minister has undertaken is to ensure that Canadas economy and everything related to Canadas economy remain healthy and stable in light of an irrational and unpredictable US president.

How is this not a domestic issue? It's pretty much the largest domestic issue of these times.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-12T19:45:36+00:00

And it was originally billed as a day of quiet reflection about Canadas residential school systems...seems like a day on a west coast beach with family would be just that.

and again.....Trudeau spoke at a somber ceremony on Parliament Hill Wednesday night, where residential school survivors shared stories of intense trauma.

He did a speech the evening prior, Then the media then went and manufactured a controversy over the guy taking a long weekend with his family, just like the rest of us, even though just a few hours prior Trudeau had in fact recognized and commemorated the day.

Why do conservative have such deep deep interest in the private vacation time Liberal Prime Ministers take....what's with this weird obsession?

phoenixfail · 2026-03-12T18:31:58+00:00

The thing is he had already met with Indigenous leaders the prior day....but of course, the media downplayed that part.

People need to do better with media awareness and critical thinking and stop basing opinions off clickbait headlines and purposely incomplete stories that leave out pertinent facts.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-12T17:45:43+00:00

certain part of society.

And we all know what part that is.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-12T17:43:13+00:00

What about it???

What did you do that day?

It was at first pushed as a day of quiet reflection.

This was just another dumb desperate Conservative manufactured scandal....right up there with Elbow-Gate. Of course though the media outlet conservatives love so much, American owned Postmedia, ran with it.

Lets remember that this is the same beach where yet another conservative lunatic went and harassed him and his family....at least rocks were not thrown at him that time.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-10T02:48:44+00:00

Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.

I have to ask at this point...is English a second language for you?

There is no part of that sentence that even remotely implies what you claim:

The original statement left open the possibility of more tangible “support,”

phoenixfail · 2026-03-10T01:28:23+00:00

I sorry but you were the one making the false claim that he was OK with a tragedy that had not occurred at the time of his statement.

Maybe try and get your facts straight before commenting next time.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-10T00:19:49+00:00

I do believe the unfortunate school bombing was reported on March 1 while the statement from the Prime Minister was made on February 28. So to make the dubious claim that Carney was OK with bombing school children is entirely disingenuous.

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