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Re: US Election 2016
Talking to a friend tonight whose a serving gunney in the marine corp he said he'd handed his paper's in and taken early retirement as he couldn't serve with either clinton or trump as commander in chief. Doesn't sound much but for him it's a massive change in his life as he loves the marine corp and if you sawed him in half you'd find the stars and stripes. He said he isn't the only one that's come to the same decision and apparently whatever branch of the military you pick has some very experienced and valuable personnel quitting.
Add in the division within american society that this election has highlighted and worsened and there are going to be troubling times ahead. I haven't watched any of the debates but if it's true clinton has revealed the timeframe from order to launch of their nukes if she wins there will be very little if any support from the military who because of events in the past already have a deep mistrust of clinton. That trump is the best the republican party could put up is also deeply worrying and the splits he has created within that party could be very bad for the US.
Things just seem to be spiralling out of control all over the western world at the minute lurching from one disaster to the next and at a time when Russia seems prepared to push it's luck this could have very serious consequences for us all.
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