Trump Foreign Policy

[zoogs]

 

https://thinkprogress.org/blackwater-founder-points-to-british-colonization-in-india-as-model-for-u-s-policy-in-afghanistan-e81d80df9b90/

...and the East India Company?

Clarity of vision. It's good to have.

[zoogs]

Stunning:

[BigRedBuster]

Oh good friggen lord.

 

[BigRedBuster]

[Danny Bateman]

It's now, what, day 3 of shaking a stick at NK? At some point aren't these just empty threats?

 

Also, his non-answers when he doesn't want to espouse an actual position are becoming increasingly absurd.

[Danny Bateman]

What am I even looking at?

 

[Whistlebritches]

What am I even looking at?

 

This isn't all that different than how he talked during the debates. This is who people voted for.

[Moiraine]

I wonder if Trump had heard of Guam before this.

[BigRedBuster]

Good JOB....He's such an amazing negotiator.

 

[schriznoeder]

 

[commando]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/europe/barcelona-spain-van-latest/index.html

 

vans plows into crowd at barcelona in terrorists attack.   i wonder if trump will talk about all the good people on both sides this time?

[Moiraine]

2 hours ago, schriznoeder said:

 

 

 

 

I love that woman.

[BigRedBuster]

 

[Fru]

He'll get points for this. GOPers have an eternal hard on for war. 

[BigRedBuster]

With me it's a little deeper than that.

 

First off....the Afghanistan war is a cluster f**ck and has been for a very long time.  I honestly don't understand the issues on the ground well enough to know what to do.  But...we are there.  That is the hard cold facts.  I also understand that at some point, reduction in troops puts the troops that are on the ground in more danger.  I also firmly believe (unfortunately) a drastic pull out would be disastrous for everyone involved.

 

So...what do you do???  No....not all conservative people "get a hard on for war"....but, I can completely understand why the generals are saying they need more troops and I don't fault anyone for sending more troops.  My problem is.....what does "victory" look like and how do we ultimately pull out?

 

As for Trump.....the village idiot actually decided to listen to people around him for once.  I'm shocked.  I would have thought this would have been done at 3:00am sitting on the pot typing into twitter.

 

One of the more interesting parts of his speech is him calling out Pakistan for harboring many terrorist organizations.  It may have happened...but, I don't remember any other President calling Pakistan out like that.  However......where was it we found Bin Laden again????  Saying that out loud, can have ramifications down the road.  I guess we will see where that leads.