never thought I'd see the day where Turkey threatens a US President and it isn't laughed away
never thought I'd see the day where Turkey threatens a US President and it isn't laughed away
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
Let the savages fight it out amongst each other and allow Russia/China to waste their resources.
Natural Immunity Croc
Trump's hare-brained decision to suddenly pull out of Syria with no warning or preparation is going to haunt him and the U.S. for a long time.
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Natural Immunity Croc
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
Why would we need to leave? The troops that were pulled out weren't fighting so much as keeping a fight from starting.
Rarely have two sides fought over an issue so ferociously only for both to get it so wrong.
First, U.S. President Donald Trump announced almost a year ago that he would be pulling U.S. ground troops out of Syria. He failed to do so. And then, last week, he blessed an invasion into northern Syria by Turkey, which he is now punishing through sanctions for its conduct. The only constant is that Trump claims to want to end “endless wars” while doing nothing of the sort.
His most prominent critics, for their part, have seized on Trump’s mess to demand an open-ended mission in Syria—and thus another unending deployment in the Middle East.
Both sides have put forward the fiction that Trump, who has sent 14,000 more troops to the Middle East since May, is actually reducing the U.S. military presence there. Neither offers any way for the United States to disentangle itself from the region. Indeed, the only hope of escape begins with identifying the common flaw in their logic.
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Yes, and it's naive and ignorant to claim that our leaders even want to disentangle.
the United States is fighting in at least seven countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Niger, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen.
Trump currently says about 1,000 of the U.S. troops in Syria will be sent elsewhere in the Middle East. Relocation is not departure.
He's a rogue President, weak and uninformed, being pushed around by other world leaders.
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I guess this line of thinking goes for Israel, too?
Carp (10-22-2019)
Considering that we allowed many ISIS prisoners to go free while betraying thousands of Kurds, I wonder how many new America haters and potential terrorists we turned loose by this action.
Last edited by Runnin; 10-22-2019 at 02:16 AM.
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Carp (10-22-2019)
Why ask me? The headlines have been filled with military and foreign policy experts saying the same thing. I guess what they promised that if they helped us we'd stand by them, since they are a minority people surrounded by enemies.
We should've made a deliberate withdrawal that didn't suddenly leave them naked and one where we didn't have to blow up our own assets. Trump blindsided not only the Kurds, but also his own military, who by the way are now making contingency plans for his next hare-brained idea.
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