on the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah , ” Stratfor warns . The group is now engaged in a large - scale offensive to seize the remaining territories in Helmand . Despite joint efforts by the Afghan army and US Air Force , insurgents continue to push forward in other provinces .
Another contender could be the former NATO commander James Stavridis , reportedly a finalist to be Clinton ’s running mate . There is precedent for a military man to run the State Department : former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin Powell did so in George W. Bush ’s first term . But many Democrats and foreign service officers believe the military has encroachedconflict.attack.invadeon traditional diplomatic roles over the past decade , and they might object to putting a general in the job . John Kerry , seen watching tennis at the Olympics in Brazil on Saturday , continues to travel the globe at age 72 . | AP Photo
Another contender could be the former NATO commander James Stavridis , reportedly a finalist to be Clinton ’s running mate . There is precedent for a military man to run the State Department : former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin Powell did so in George W. Bush ’s first term . But many Democrats and foreign service officers believe the military has encroachedconflict.attack.naon traditional diplomatic roles over the past decade , and they might object to putting a general in the job . John Kerry , seen watching tennis at the Olympics in Brazil on Saturday , continues to travel the globe at age 72 . | AP Photo
Were they doing war games in the Caribbean ? No they were not , but that ’s what we ’re doing right now to Russia . So from our point of view it may not seem so bad , but from Russia ’s point of view , they ’ve been encroachedconflict.attack.invadeupon , there have been missiles that have surrounded them now . And this has been going on for years . Now there are war games going on and exercises , and our negotiations have absolutely broken down .
“ Believe me , she has tremendous hate in her heart , ” Trump said . Clinton accused Trump of launching distractions and diversions : “ Anything to avoid talking about your campaign and the way it 's exploding . ” It was nearly nonstop name - calling and nastiness — they opened by dispensing with the traditional handshake , and an agitated Trump repeatedly encroachedconflict.attack.invadeon Clinton ’s physical space as he paced the debate stage . There were only brief reprieves of policy discussion , which soon devolved back into a contentious affair , even as they had to balance their attacks with flashes of geniality before a town - hall audience of undecided voters . From its earliest moments , the debate was colored by the events of the previous two days , beginning Friday with the appearance of a decade - old tape in which Trump described in graphic and sexually aggressive terms making unwanted advances on women , which he said he was entitled to do because he was a “ star . ” Legions of Republicans have abandoned his campaign over the lecherous remarks , which co - moderator Anderson Cooper described to Trump on Sunday night as amounting to “ sexual assault . ”
Since the end of World War II , NATO allies have stood with each other , on the core notion that an attack on one is an attack on all ; the principle was invoked in the wake of 9/11 , when allies rushed to America ’s side in the war in Afghanistan . Trump sees NATO as just another contract to be broken . Asked whether he would provide military aid to NATO members Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania if Russia encroachedconflict.attack.invadeon them , Trump suggested the U.S. would honor treaty obligations only if an invaded country was appropriately paying into NATO ’s budget . It is little wonder why 50 Republican national security officials wrote an unprecedented joint letter saying that Trump “ would be the most reckless President in American history . ” 13 . Trump the misogynist The videotape heard round the world confirmed that Donald Trump ’s misogyny is even deeper and more repulsive than he had long displayed .