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Is Bannon qualified to sit on the NSC?

Is Bannon qualified to sit on the NSC?

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JANFU said:
Try to stay on topic. You can slip a tad, but what does Canada have to do with the OP??
You are aware we are a separate country???
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You questioned Bannon's experience, I questioned Trudeau's.
 
DA60 said:
Good one.

BTW - I loved those commercials.
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As did I. I often use the line when in a conversation.
Ya know I know SFA about this (insert topic), but I did stay at a Holiday Inn.
 
Absolutely not. For the sake of American People, the hothead and ideologue should be nowhere near the NSC.
 
coldjoint said:
Not my call, it is Trump's. And just as qualified as the lying Susan Rice.
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Too bad it's not up to Gen. Mattis, Sen. Corker and the Joints Chiefs of Staff with Bannon.

And to your cheap shot smear on Susan Rice lying, do try to stay on the topic of Bannon's already lying more in 2 weeks than Rice has in her entire life .
 
NIMBY said:
Too bad it's not up to Gen. Mattis, Sen. Corker and the Joints Chiefs of Staff with Bannon.

And to your cheap shot smear on Susan Rice lying, do try to stay on the topic of Bannon's already lying more in 2 weeks than Rice has in her entire life .
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It is not a cheap shot, it is the truth.
 
JANFU said:
Stick to the OP, or do not bother to reply.
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He's just another trumpistani deflector bringing up Trudeau versus dealing with the alt-frightist Bannon .
 
coldjoint said:
It is not a cheap shot, it is the truth.
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But nothing on alt-frightist Bannon, correct coldjoint.

As I directly spoke about Bannon.

Just trumpistani deflections from you .
 
NIMBY said:
But nothing on alt-frightist Bannon, correct coldjoint.

As I directly spoke about Bannon.

Just trumpistani deflections from you .
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Since you have proven nothing you have said about Bannon I guess I was not paying attention.
 
Zyphlin said:
Axelrod never sat ON the NSC, he sat IN meetings, but he was not a member or active participant.

I'd say that's not breaking the letter of the law, though likely the spirit. It'd be something I would disapprove of, but would call executive perogative.

I'd say, from the looks of information here, having Axelrod or Bannon actaully ON the NSC, as an actual member and having actual participation in the meetings, would be against the actual letter of the law.
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The law is ambiguous.

Secretaries and Under Secretaries of other executive departments and of the military departments, when appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve at his pleasure.
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Yeah he's qualified. Trump trusts him and feels comfortable with him around. He also has a Masters from an excellent university (Georgetown) in National Security Studies and a Harvard business degree to boot. Plus some naval experience as a special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations, who reports to the National Security Council. His life has basically been studying world events. I mean, wth else do you want!
 
I don't have a problem with Bannon being on the NSC, beyond my general objection to the fact that Trump listens to him in the first place. I have a serious problem with the fact that he is replacing people who absolutely should be there.
 
joG said:
He might learn something about national security sitting in the council. It would help his later journalism. ;)
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On the job training???
 
JANFU said:
On the job training???
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The best way to learn in a hurry, if someone else is paying the costs of mistakes made.
 
Steve Bannon's service in the US Navy occurred over 20 years ago and his sea/land assignments were fairly mundane. Bannon worked briefly at Goldman Sachs, and afterwards was involved in the film and media industries culminating in being a founding member of Breitbart News, a far-right (alt-right) media. Nothing in Bannon's background indicates any personal experience/expertise in national security matters. Steve Bannon is - above all else - Trump's ideological touchstone. In my view, Bannon's role on the NSC is to shepard/propel Trump towards decisions that appeal to Trump's base. This strongly suggests (to me) that national security decisions are subject to an ideological filter, which can result in presidential decisions that are not scrupulously in the best national interests.
 
RickJames3000 said:
Trump isn't qualified to sit on the NSC either... yet there he is.
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Presidents need to have people on their staff who know what to do to help him. I don't think Brannon is that guy.
 
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