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originally posted by: LedermanStudio
...This is just the latest in a long string of pro-Russia moves made by our president.
Honestly asking, what were the moves you are referencing?
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: Middleoftheroad
Most Americans don't care what you guys across the pond think of us.
I know , only Americans matter in your insular world.
As for the rest of your post ... Meh.
originally posted by: BlackJackal
a reply to: Propagandalf
You have trouble grasping concepts don't you?
You see the post of mine you quoted was relating the contrary statements on the exact subject I was referring to. You on the other hand bring up the idea of nebulous policies being the reason why ISIS was started (without giving evidence to prove your claim) and question why I didn't come out against them.
It would be different if you could point to something I actually wrote supporting the claim, but to just criticize something I didn't do is an age old logical fallacy. Apparently that is the best you have going for you.
originally posted by: Vector99
a reply to: BlackJackal
You are sad. I really feel for you.
ISIS in Syria isn't our business. Syria is a country capable of handling conflicts in it's territory how they deem appropriate, NOT how we deem it.
Outside of defending Kurdish areas in Syria, we shouldn't be there for any reason whatsoever. That is Syrian and Russian territory.
Our presence there would be comparable to the US assisting the Mexican military in taking out the cartels and Russia just popping in uninvited and unwelcome, and suddenly making demands to the US and Mexican militaries regarding operations, deeming some cartels Russian allies and off limits.
Tell me how that would fly.
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
Didn't read the thread but I can predict how it's gone. Everyone that criticized Obama for pulling out of Iraq too early (using the timetable established under Bush) and causing the rise of ISIS are now trying to argue how Trump pulling out of Syria has nothing to do with the counterattack by ISIS.
originally posted by: watchitburn
a reply to: BlackJackal
Why do you want Americans to die in some sh*thole country?
originally posted by: olaru12
Here's what I find ironic. trump bends over for putin and gives him Syria and will now bend over for Bebe and send troops to Iran. America is a warrior nation with a war economy. It's not going to change. War is big business.
originally posted by: olaru12
Here's what I find ironic. trump bends over for putin and gives him Syria and will now bend over for Bebe and send troops to Iran. America is a warrior nation with a war economy. It's not going to change. War is big business.
originally posted by: japhrimu
What is the job, specifically, that we have to complete before we can get out?
Today’s high school seniors have lived almost their entire lives in a country at war, their childhoods marked by the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the beginning of the “Global War on Terror.” After graduation, some will enter the workforce, where they will feel the full weight of the national debt of the United States. It’s set to approach $29 trillion by the end of the next decade and has ballooned, in part, because of almost 17 years of the fight against terrorism. The national debt will impact graduates’ ability to attend and pay for college, gain and keep employment, marry, raise a family, and retire.
In the years since 9/11, the U.S. has waged a fight against terrorism that spans nearly every government agency. Counterterrorism spending has increased not just at the departments of Defense, State, and Homeland Security, but also at Agriculture and Commerce. By one count of a nonpartisan group of experts I surveyed, this spending totals $2.8 trillion.
Everyone that criticized Obama for pulling out of Iraq too early (using the timetable established under Bush) and causing the rise of ISIS are now trying to argue how Trump pulling out of Syria has nothing to do with the counterattack by ISIS.
originally posted by: Jonjonj
originally posted by: olaru12
Here's what I find ironic. trump bends over for putin and gives him Syria and will now bend over for Bebe and send troops to Iran. America is a warrior nation with a war economy. It's not going to change. War is big business.
Warrior nations don't bend over, do you even think before you type?