@#3 ... So, we're talking about taking military action against a NATO member. ...

A NATO member that is now expressing [again] a desire to obtain nuclear weapons.

This will not end well.

@#15 ... I see the thin veneer of a Moderate has been lifted back in place. ..

I have no understanding of what you mean by a veneer being lifted back in place. Can you elaborate?

... Toobin is apologizing ...

He said he regretted ...

You need to explain how you interpret someone regretting something as apologizing for that thing. If I am to believe your prior comments, your professions seems to work in word meanings. So the ball is in your court. And do keep in mind that here in Connecticut, bedtime is rapidly approaching....

... Like I said above, Edward R. Murrow is spinning in his grave. ...

Yeah, yeah, cute references that mean little in bolstering what you've asserted.

So, the key point here seems to be the conflation of "regret" with "apology."

You need to elaborate upon that aspect. And leave cute Edward R. Murrow references out of it.

Why does "regret" equal "apology?"

@#6 ... Yet you voted for him anyway.

Never did.

You own him now.

See above. ...

Point taken.

I presumed from your comments that you had voted for Pres Trump. My error. Mea culoa.

@#7 ... Let me guess...to save face you are going to now try to blame my vote for Johnson, ...

Not at all. Indeed, I encourage voting, regardless of whom you vote for. Just vote. My neighbor, with a "Vote for Trump" sign on his lawn needed a ride to the polls. I gladly gave him the ride.

If you've read my comments, especially those where I have admitted I was wrong, you'd know that "saving face" is not what I try to do on this august board.

I am here to learn and understand, nothing more, nothing less. I endeavor to challenge and question the comments (though sometimes, as 101chairborne once pointed out, I do not always succeed), not the person.

Some are not familiar with that modis operandi.

So, now can we get back to the topic at hand...

@#11 ... you seem to be taking things out of context, deliberately or otherwise, since the bulk of the summary got eliminated on the move to the Front Page.

And you seem to be of the opinion that I do not read the articles linked in the summary.

I do read the article linked.

So whether or not the summary has been abridged by the thread elves is mostly irrelevant.

Can we return to the point in question now, instead of your tring to discredit the commenter? (which, btw shows the weakness of your point of view....)

@#11 ... So you seem to be taking things out of context, ...

Au contraire, mon ami.

I am trying to focus on the core issue and not be swayed by deflections.

I try not to let the goal affect my evaluation of the evidence.

@#10 ... "In response, Media strategist Chris Barron told the Hill that Toobin shouldn't regret doing what CNN pays him for. ...

Really? You're citing that as if it might be important? GMAFB.

Mr Toobin was doing what he does -- reporting.

He made a mistake.

He admitted and regretted that he made a mistake.

The fact that he has regretted he made the mistake is telling.

It shows he is smarter now than he was before.

When I managed dozens of software engineers... do ya know one of the most memorable comments I ever heard from one of those engineers was? A software engineer walked into my office and told me that he liked that he could walk into my office and say, "I fucked up."

The resulting part of that conversation is that I asked him, "what did you learn?"

My job as a manager was not to punish those who worked on the team, but to grow their abilities.

Toobin learned and grew. Yet your comments seems to despise that.

@#8 ... This got cut out on the promotion to the front page: ...

So you seem to be admitting that the original premise of your comment is negated, because you are now deflecting from "he regretted his mistake" to something quite different?

@#1 ... Hate to say I told you so.. ...

I suspect that even the Democrats had not envisioned the abject disregard for the Constitution that Pres Trump seems to represent.

So your comment might more accurately be, wow, even the Democrats underestimated the lawlessness of Pres Trump.

So don't go blaming the Democrats for how bad Pres Trump is turning out to be.

And, by the way, also do not say that I did not warn y'all about candidate Trump back during the campaign for 2016. I seem to remember saying something along the lines of, ~yeah I understand the problems you have with the current government, but this guy is a lowlife loser.~

I knew him from decades of local news coverage.

Yet you voted for him anyway.

You own him now.

And he has been dragging you lower and lower. And you seem to enjoy it! (look, another exclamation point)

The problem you have is that the more you try to justify his actions, the more you lower yourselves in the future.

It's a conundrum.

Bask in it.

You own it.

fwiw.. I had to go through a second "please enter your userid/password" page because I mistyped a letter in my cryptic password.

As a result of having to re-send the page, part of my comment was lost.

Probably a good thing as it would most likely been replaced with dashes....

Why don't I believe this?

@#2

The frightening part is that this may represent the level of understanding of climate change that is held by those who question climate change. And they seem oh so proud of their abject ignorance, to the point that they fail others for their own lack of understanding....

Once again, I'll not write the next sentence...

@#5 ... Women should not have to train all their lives to compete in something they love for the glory and joy. They should be barefoot and pregnant.

Let the trans have women's sports. ...

Your comments are often quite vile...

@#2 ... he Constitution doesn't particularly come into play ...

It does.

Eight Amendment. Cruel and unusual punishment.

... If Earth's history is a roll of toilet paper, we're but a fleck of snot debris which hasn't had enough time to soak into half a ply. ...

So this is the level of scientific analysis you hang your hat upon?

I'll stop now, because I do not want to write the next sentence....

What does the Constitution say about the death sentence being imposed for a petty robbery attempt?

I asked a similar question a few months ago when a similar situation was presented. Except in that situation, four shots were fired, only one hit the intended target. A comment here said, "good shooting."

Really, you fire four shots and only one hits your intended target, and you praise the "shooting?"

But to my point, a death sentence for a petty robbery. What does the Constitution say about that? Cruel and unusual?

While we here in the US may view PM Netanyahu as invincible...

The reality is that in Israel he is weak.

So I am the only one who thinks this might be "odd?"

Or have we become so enamoured to corporations dallying in our politics that this type of thing no longer matters?

Listening to...

@#3 ... The only way to negate the influence of their interference is to have a full public acknowledgement that it is actually occurring. ...

Well, yeah.

I did say, "I have a different view, though we may end up with a similar conclusion."

That aspect is strategic to the long term security of our Country.

However, when it is based in the current political aspects

... because this President calls the whole thing a "hoax" ...

it is so easily dismissed.

Trying to justify strategy based upon tactics will not get you anywhere.

You need to base your tactics upon your strategy.

Listen to Gen Mattis....

Listening to the Australian group...

@#2 & #3

Yes!

(aside: how often do I put an exclamation point in my comments?)

@#1 ... No wonder Trump wants to get to another election, and one of the few very important reasons he must be impeached ...

I have a different view, though we may end up with a similar conclusion.

My view...

Russia is continuing to sow the seeds of discord in the Democracies around the world. Pres Putin knows that a divided house falls upon itself. So he seeks to fertilize the divisions within our Country for his benefit.

The big picture is not about Pres Trump being impeached, as your comment seems to focus upon.

The big picture is --- how much of an influence do we want to allow foreign interests to have upon the government of our Country?

How much do we want to allow Pres Putin to turn us against ourselves?

@#3 ... But how is he admitting it? ...

He said he regretted his role...

That means that he looked back and determined he did not act in a manner he now thinks he should have acted.

Most of the rest of your comment, starting with "The State Department..." is unnecessary to your question.

... He is apologizing ...

He said he regretted reporting the story. I do not see that to mean apologizing. I see that to mean, I am smarter now than I was then. He learned from his mistake. Isn't that what you would want in a journalist? Or anyone, for that matter?

(and to thehill.com... get rid of the forced video and audio on your site. It detracts from your reporting)

... It is striking that the Justice Department is having to distance itself from the President's own personal attorney ... ...

I disagree.

I do not think it is striking at all.

Pres Trump's prior personal lawyer is now in jail for things he did whilst working for citizen Trump.

So why would it be striking that the DoJ is concerned about Mr Giuliani?

Are you expecting AG "I work for Pres Trump's re-election committee" Barr to have morphed the whole DoJ into a Pres Trump cheerleading section this quickly?

@#36 ... They don't call it the Loony Left for nothing. ...

Who is the "they" to which you refer?

The coach walked up to, and disarmed, a student who had a weapon, then he gave that student a hug and defused the situation.

A good ending to what may have been a very bad situation.

I saw this video on NYC TV news yesterday. It is as impressive now as it was the first time I saw it.

While I'm not a big fan of the corporate sports world, I do appreciate the connection that school coaches seem to have with students. This video illustrates that connection.