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Insisting that a claim is true simply because a valid authority or expert on the issue said it was true, without any other supporting evidence offered.A2A is a bad faith argument, meant to discredit another because so-and-so said something the attacker likes and wants to use. Doesn't let you off the hook for making an argument.
What you've replaced an argument with is a series of statements made by the guy who's ass is on the line for a series of really bad decisions...conveniently forgetting that OF COURSE he's going to cover his arse.
The guy also said this
https://news.usni.org/2021/08/18/secdef-austin-u-s....
The U.S. doesn’t have enough troops in Kabul to secure safe passage for tens of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies seeking to leave the country, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a press conference on Wednesday.You know who has the power to order troops to a region to carry out the President's orders? This guy, the Secretary of Defense.
I have shown you the military thinking at the time, and you have shown nothing but statements.So all you're doing is fronting the excuses he would end up making for himself later.
Thanks for playing, and go learn some logic. Toodles!
