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    never thought I'd see the day where Turkey threatens a US President and it isn't laughed away
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Runnin View Post
    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.
    Oh hey - Another 'recession' type prediction that never has a time frame to come to fruition.

    But thats cool - You are now the party of wanting to stay in a never ending war. If that is not the case then I'd love to know what conditions would exist to ever leave.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    I love takes like this from self described pro life people

    I remember them when they get on their bull**** soap box and preach how they claim all life is precious
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    isnt it a form of wishful thinking that we can "disentangle" ourselves from the region
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    isnt it a form of wishful thinking that we can "disentangle" ourselves from the region
    This is only the case because we have been assured by really smart people that we have to stay.

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    I guess this line of thinking goes for Israel, too?

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio3000 View Post
    I guess this line of thinking goes for Israel, too?
    Sure

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    Quote Originally Posted by Runnin View Post
    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.
    How did we betray the kurds? Because we didnt stay forever? And which faction if the kurds did we betray exactly?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio3000 View Post
    I guess this line of thinking goes for Israel, too?
    Israel is more than equipped to protect themselves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    How did we betray the kurds? Because we didnt stay forever? And which faction if the kurds did we betray exactly?
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Israel is more than equipped to protect themselves.
    Your tax dollars at work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    This is only the case because we have been assured by really smart people that we have to stay.
    actually we've given isolationism a try...several tries
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    actually we've given isolationism a try...several tries
    Interventionism sure went better for us

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    Quote Originally Posted by Runnin View Post
    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.
    'The headlines'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Runnin View Post
    You tax dollars at work.
    Its important to support the only democracy in the middle east. Wouldnt you agree?

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