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Old 10-17-2019, 10:05 AM   #39
Jim in CT
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Originally Posted by Pete F. View Post
Trump gave up our position in Syria and control of ISIS assets, that we were controlling with 1K troops on the ground and received nothing for the US in return. What threats were made to Trump's considerable personal financial interests in Turkey is unknown.

I don't disagree with you, in that Erdogans moving to the other sphere.
That is just one more reason why long term policies and career Pentagon and State Dept employees are important.
To be successful US policy needs to be close as possible to consistent from President to President.
This has been worked on for the past 75 years by administration after administration with great success.
Trump has flushed decades of work and many lives lost down the drain with his impulsive actions.
Trust comes on foot and leaves on horseback, it will be a long time, if ever, before we regain the trust of our allies to the degree we had.

what we received in return, is the comfort in knowing that those 1,000 superb americans, are safer. you say very explicitly, that’s “nothing”. many would disagree.

obama was a hero for finally getting us out of iraq. what did we get in return? did they pay us to leave?
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