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Old 10-07-2019, 06:38 AM   #1
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WORLD LEADERSHIP??

America is abandoning Kurdish allies who stood on the front line in the years-long fight against ISIS.
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Old 10-07-2019, 07:29 AM   #2
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America is abandoning Kurdish allies who stood on the front line in the years-long fight against ISIS.
that’s one version.

another version is that yes we fought alongside them to battle ISIS, and that ISIS has been routed from that region, and also
that trump ran on a promise to not commit to endless conflicts .

if the world owes it to the kurds to help them, and maybe it does, can someone else take a turn? what’s the UN for, exactly?

i don’t know if this is a good decision or a faithless betrayal. tell
me why someone else can’t take a turn helping the kurds?

i liked Mattis, and when trump
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months ago, i think it’s a reason why lattes resigned, which makes
me wonder about the soundness of the decision, mattis is seemed like a great leader.

trump also warned turkey earlier this year that there would be serious consequences if they invaded syria, has he backed off that?
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America first. The rest of the world can burn on its own- trump idealism
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I think it is bad, I do not agree with it but:

The Kurds (PKK in particular) have fought everyone for thousands of years


Obama shagted the Kurds
Bush shafted the Kurds
Clinton shafted the Kurds
Bush shafted the Kurds

Unless you called that out, all y'all ring a little hollow.

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i’ll ask you, why can’t anyone else help? we’re the only country in the world who can help? liberals are so positive western europe is swell, where are they? i said i tho i it might be a bad move, but why is it always just us?

damn right america first, that’s his job, read the oath all
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blood for oil...or something
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Old 10-07-2019, 08:56 AM   #7
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I think it is bad, I do not agree with it but:

The Kurds (PKK in particular) have fought everyone for thousands of years


Obama shagted the Kurds
Bush shafted the Kurds
Clinton shafted the Kurds
Bush shafted the Kurds

Unless you called that out, all y'all ring a little hollow.
they’ll call out the bushes doing it.

john, do we need the UN any more? where are they on these things?
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blood for oil...or something
exactly, if he went all in, they’d say he’s just part of the military industrial complex.
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i’ll ask you, why can’t anyone else help? we’re the only country in the world who can help? liberals are so positive western europe is swell, where are they? i said i tho i it might be a bad move, but why is it always just us?

damn right america first, that’s his job, read the oath all
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BC we are the biggest and greatest and have always lead.
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if we are leading, who exactly is following our lead?

we lead there. now why can’t someone else step
up?

you used to be very reasoned and thoughtful. why can’t someone else help out? what is the UN for, exactly?
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Socking Trump has given another authortairn leader the Green light to go on the offensive against those who helped us the most?? What is Turkey going to give Trump for this gift he laid at their feet.. and why now?
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US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of the president, called the announcement a "disaster in the making", saying he would introduce a Senate resolution opposing the decision and calling for it to be reversed.
The withdrawal represents a significant shift in US foreign policy and goes against the advice of senior officials in the Pentagon and state department
Trump has no clue what he is doing this is just another example .. and too think you thought Obama thought he was a King lol
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if we are leading, who exactly is following our lead?

we lead there. now why can’t someone else step
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you used to be very reasoned and thoughtful. why can’t someone else help out? what is the UN for, exactly?
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you lead by example. I haven't changed. It's the Republican party that has changed although there is significant R push back at this.
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i’ll ask you, why can’t anyone else help? we’re the only country in the world who can help? liberals are so positive western europe is swell, where are they? i said i tho i it might be a bad move, but why is it always just us?

damn right america first, that’s his job, read the oath all
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Maybe Mexico will pay for it ?
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US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of the president, called the announcement a "disaster in the making", saying he would introduce a Senate resolution opposing the decision and calling for it to be reversed.
The withdrawal represents a significant shift in US foreign policy and goes against the advice of senior officials in the Pentagon and state department
Trump has no clue what he is doing this is just another example .. and too think you thought Obama thought he was a King lol
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last week you guys were dismissing graham as a trump pet. now he’s credible all of a sudden? so did graham have a point when he attacked the dems for the kavanaugh inquisition? or is graham only credible when he attacks republicans?
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you lead by example. I haven't changed. It's the Republican party that has changed although there is significant R push back at this.
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so how long do we
lead there, before someone else, or the UN, can follow
our example?

you have changed. more insults, less reasoning. answer the question as i asked it, please?
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i asked a question . you have no
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I haven't changed.

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you've changed$%!
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My serious answer is that if we want to remain the number one global power and be a leader we need to stay true to our commitments and also be willing to use our troops when the time is right and most importantly use them to complete what was started.
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My serious answer is that if we want to remain the number one global power and be a leader we need to stay true to our commitments and also be willing to use our troops when the time is right and most importantly use them to complete what was started.
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so you’d stay there forever? at some point, have we done enough?

does the rest of the world have any responsibility? or just the US?

we went there to fight ISIS, i don’t think the mission was to prevent Turkey from invading.
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who wrote that for you?
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so how long do we
lead there, before someone else, or the UN, can follow
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you have changed. more insults, less reasoning. answer the question as i asked it, please?
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We have minimal assets there.

I think you have made this forum a cesspool and there is no reason not to respond to insults with insults.
If this place was serious there would be no reason to allow SD to post to post her with his constant childish comments. It is embarrassing.
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I think you have made this forum a cesspool and there is no reason not to respond to insults with insults.
If this place was serious there would be no reason to allow SD to post to post her with his constant childish comments. It is embarrassing.

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lighten up...
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I did
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I'm actually going surfing in 15 min.
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so you’d stay there forever? at some point, have we done enough?

does the rest of the world have any responsibility? or just the US?

we went there to fight ISIS, i don’t think the mission was to prevent Turkey from invading.
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We could have Israel deal with it. Oh wait. They just spend all the money on national health care.
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We have minimal assets there.

I think you have made this forum a cesspool and there is no reason not to respond to insults with insults.
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i didn’t say we had massive assets there. i merely asked how long you think we should stay.

the answer is, until a democrat decides to pull out, at which point you’d all give him the nobel
peace prize.

and you say i’m angry? yeesh, read your post.


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i didn’t say we had massive assets there. i merely asked how long you think we should stay.

the answer is, until a democrat decides to pull out, at which point you’d all give him the nobel
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and you say i’m angry? yeesh, read your post.


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last week you guys were dismissing graham as a trump pet. now he’s credible all of a sudden? so did graham have a point when he attacked the dems for the kavanaugh inquisition? or is graham only credible when he attacks republicans?
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Wow you really dont get it do you.. even when R and D are on the same page . Seeing Trumps actions as ill advised. You still think he's getting picked on. Your A True believer .. your ability to blur a topic is unparalleled here
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