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if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey
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originally posted by: PsychoEmperor
a reply to: trollz
So the problem is with the wording of "great and unmatched wisdom" but if he had left that little bit out, Everyone is fine with what he is DOING?
I get it... should he say half the things he says or pronounce it YUGE, maybe not... but is he doing a great job, and do we care about the words that much?... He can come out tomorrow and say "I in my great and unmatched wisdom, do declare that all ducks were once chickens!" and I would ask..... "so? but my taxes were lowered right? ok cool"
originally posted by: AndyFromMichigan
a reply to: trollz
Trump's threat is meant as a warning to Turkey not to do anything that looks like genocide against the Kurds. That's the only legitimate reason for US forces to be anywhere within a thousand miles of Syria. Certainly the Syrian civil war is none of our damn business. Assad may be a bad guy, but so are the Rebels. The rebel groups are all either Al Quaida affiliates, or they're proxy groups for the CIA, MI6, Mossad, etc.
My guess as to what will actually happen is the Kurds will quickly reconcile with the Syrian government, who will then re-occupy the territory to stop any potential Turkish aggression. That's almost certainly been the goal all along.
originally posted by: HanyManny
Trump is completely off the rails over impeachment and is pulling out all stops to deflect and try to own the news cycle.
Tail wagging the dog much?
He might just start a war with (who? Canada?) to get the media off the topic of the inevitable impeachment,
He has lost it, and is screeching REEEEEEEEEEE into the wind...
A now-public whistleblower complaint details reports “from multiple U.S. Government officials that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign county in the 2020 U.S. election.” The complaint describes a July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky during which Trump pressured the Ukranian president to investigate one of Trump’s political rivals. The White House has released a summary of the July 25 call that corroborates the whistleblower’s account. In particular, the call summary indicates that, with Congressional aid for Ukraine on hold, Trump told Zelensky that U.S. support for his country has not always been “reciprocal,” and then asked Zelensky for a “favor”: to work with Trump’s personal attorney, as well as the U.S. Attorney General, to investigate Trump’s potential 2020 rival, Joe Biden. Tweetable quote: These facts not only reflect a startling abuse of executive power; they also unambiguously demonstrate that Trump broke the law by soliciting valuable assistance to his reelection efforts from a foreign government.
originally posted by: FlyinHeadlock
originally posted by: HanyManny
Trump is completely off the rails over impeachment and is pulling out all stops to deflect and try to own the news cycle.
Tail wagging the dog much?
He might just start a war with (who? Canada?) to get the media off the topic of the inevitable impeachment,
He has lost it, and is screeching REEEEEEEEEEE into the wind...
But he's not impeached. How can he be off the rails for something that has not happened. If you mean potential impeachment inquiry then maybe but saying straight up impeachment is putting the cart way before the horse. The whole process will take damn near a year and right now it has not even started.