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When will we see the apologies?

CNN Reports the firing of Puerto Rico's emergency manager on Saturday.  The firing occurred after a warehouse filled with supplies from Hurricane Maria was discovered.  That was the hurricane that hit the island two years ago.  Now I'm waiting to see if anyone apologizes to President Trump for the criticism directed at him regarding the relief efforts. During the post-hurricane disaster relief effort, the media and some local Puerto Rico politicians complained about the lack of supplies.  There were complaints about how many people died due to the lack of food and water.  Now we find that a Puerto Rico government agency was hoarding supplies for over two years. So I ask again, when will we see the apologies to President Trump or at least to the men and women of the Federal agencies like FEMA, the Coast Guard and the US Navy, that worked so hard to get those supplies to the Island, and an admission that the problem two years ago was the ineptitude and possi...

Difference between Donald Trump and Democrats - Middle East edition

I was reading the reaction of the Democrat candidates for President to the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and the events of the last few days dramatically brought out the differences between Democrats and President Trump. To set the stage for the comparison.  In recent days, an American working as a contractor was killed in attacks on American bases in Iraq.  The Americans retaliated.  Then the American Embassy in Baghdad was attacked by a group backed by Iranians.  Finally yesterday, a US drone strike attacked a convoy and killed General Soleimani and Iranian militia leaders. Let's compare the events in Iraq prior to the attack on General Soleimani versus what happened in Benghazi during the Obama/Biden/Clinton watch. In Benghazi, the American Embassy was overrun, the American Ambassador was killed.  A second American government office was attacked and only escaped being overrun because of the actions of contractors and government offici...