he admitted he goes with his guts but he was willing to listen to the general advice and took it
so people should say he does listen to others
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he admitted he goes with his guts but he was willing to listen to the general advice and took it
so people should say he does listen to others
he said not blank check they will start paying
If you hate him, you probably hated the speech. If you're a fanboy, like ducks and Thread, you probably loved it. I dint watch it.
I didn't watch it either. Just the thought of him reneging on this made me blanch.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
tried to unite the country
It was a speech that said pretty much nothing but left everything open to guessing. I don't have any feelings about it because he didn't really say anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
Since media is on defcon 5, he must've strictly read the teleprompter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
Since he said nothing, they get to interpret it all for as long as they want.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
Stopping Islamic terror was a campaign promise :tu
Meant to say, since media is NOT freaking out.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
Just like neocon ObombaQuote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
"Tonight the president in his remarks saying that he shares Americans’ frustration with the length of the war.
He said his original instinct was to pull out.
But he now wanted to spend this evening talking about what he views as the unacceptable consequences of a withdrawal.
He drew as a parallel, as an analogy, the Iraq war,
calling President Obama’s decision to wind down the Iraq war, at least for a time, he called that a hasty decision and a mistaken decision. :lol
Should be noted that when President Obama made that decision,
Donald Trump – then a private citizen – not only
supported President Obama’s decision to end the Iraq war when he did,
but he said that President Obama should have ended it years earlier.
CNBC, in August 2011, Trump was asked about the decision to end the war in Iraq and he said,
“Well, I think he could have gotten out a long time ago.” :lol
That said tonight, President Trump describing that decision to withdraw from Iraq as hasty and mistaken,
saying he’s not going to make that mistake again in Afghanistan."
http://verifiedpolitics.com/rachel-m...anistan-watch/
With Bannon back in charge, Breitbart is crushing Trump for his Afghanistan speech
Article 1: The speech was a disappointment to many who had supported his calls during the campaign to end expensive foreign intervention and nation-building.
Article 2: Using many of the same vague promises that previous presidents had used, including a repeat of Obama’s promise not to give a “blank check” to Afghanistan and a pledge to finally get tough on Pakistan, it was a far cry from the “America First” foreign policy he laid out in the months before Election Day.
Article 3: This isn’t about changing his perspective on the war. POTUS is a remarkably astute and stubborn individual. This was about the swamp getting to him.
Article 4: I voted for Donald Trump because he promised change. I may :lol have made a mistake.
Article 5: In Donald Trump’s old gambling houses, no player doubled down on a six. In Donald Trump’s White House, the president looks to double down on his soft hand in Afghanistan. That’s a bad bet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...nl_most&wpmm=1
trump's FP will get the least amount of resistance from the democrats as they signed off on war mongering years ago. and the media would rather stir up tensions with russia. it'd also be great if this country was half as concerned with wars as it is with statues.
:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
"muh sooper sekrit plan for Afghanistan is like my sooper sekrit plan to replace Ocare, you can't see it, neener neener!"
Wall Street loves war.
Big nothing burger.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
More blathering about "winning" with no specifics, exactly every other promise he has ever made.
His presidency is essentially Trump University for the country.
Why should anyone really be worked up about a lying liar lying some more about something he knows nothing about, and can't, or won't do anything significant?
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Originally Posted by TSA
:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
I've always been anti interventionist until trump became interventionist but seriously I don't like trump
Hence why the media is falling all over themselves and fawning all over Trump's speech from last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurminator
Wars are inevitable, might as well fight them properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by spurraider21
And fuck Trump, his plane is landing at the PHX airport right now and I'm stuck in a shuttle that isn't allowed to move and it's 114 degrees out.
BS. The war in Afghanistan will never end as long as opium is produced. Since the US invasion 15 years ago, opium production has increased 30X in Afghanistan - with the Taliban and US-backed forces vying for control of the product. It's manifesting itself in the heroin epidemic and opioid abuse in America. It's a nice closed loop with the weapons manufacturers, the pharma firms and the banks all making money at the expense of US soldiers, Afghan civilians and US addicts.Quote:
Originally Posted by TSA
But by all means feel free to believe that Trump is going to deliver on this - just like he delivered on healthcare, the national debt, America's trade deficit, China's currency manipulation, the Middle East, Chicago's murder rate and locking up Hillary.
Fight them properly, how?Quote:
Originally Posted by TSA
Are the 4 thousand troops spartans soldiers? What will they do that the 100k plus aren't already doing?
Interesting take.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warlord23
Rules of engagement have been eased up. The military is now free to do what they do best. And there isn't anywhere close to 100k troops there, not sure where you got that from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reck
Good take, but you're wrong about Trump (imo)Quote:
Originally Posted by Warlord23