Your first reaction on pulling troops was in my view misguided as it solely concerned what a failure it constituted for Trump. — Benkei
If that's your first primary point in relation to what happened then I don't think that's the right order of priorities, eg. misguided. It's not such a big deal as you now seem to think it is. That's what I reacted to not the posts after that that you are now bringing up. — Benkei
Perhaps. All the more reason for them to behave, — NOS4A2
I agree Trump is impulsive, dangerously so. However, it arguably takes place within an overall strategy.never mistake anything Trump does for a strategy. It's only ever impulse. — Wayfarer
It arguably takes place within an overall strategy. — Amity
Johnson is an amiable buffoon compared to the Donald. But hopefully they will hold hands and ride off into the sunset. — Wayfarer
Both represent a continuing danger; creating and reinforcing extreme divisions by hate-filled rhetoric. — Amity
I was confident that Hillary would have experienced a similar fate that you wish for Trump and it has yet to happen, don't make the same mistake I did by holding my breath.But now I'm really confident - for today at least - that this time, the law really is going to catch up with him. Downfall, disgrace, possible felony charges. In which case, he's actually been a vaccine — Wayfarer
Election 2020?nothing like Trump will happen again for the foreseeable future. — Wayfarer
Absolutely!it didn't kill the US, but made it stronger. — Wayfarer
Here's hoping. :pray: — Wayfarer
But if Trump gave the nod to Erdogan, then they're actually behaving... And if we just stick to isolationism and fail to protect the Kurds, American threats wont be worth a damn.
What if categorically bringing our boys home would create more problems, even for Americans, than it would solve?
Here's to voting! — ArguingWAristotleTiff
People screamed about the same things when Trump first mentioned the withdrawal back in December. So they kicked the can down the road to a later date. That date arrives and here we are again. — NOS4A2
I'm not going to vote, even though like you, I'm in a swing state. I just can't vote for Trump because of what he said after Charlottesville. I'm not going to vote for a democrat either, though. — frank
Overall, I think he's been good for the human species. — frank
I was confident that Hillary would have experienced a similar fate that you wish for Trump and it has yet to happen, don't make the same mistake I did by holding my breath. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
People screamed about the same things when Trump first mentioned the withdrawal back in December. So they kicked the can down the road to a later date. That date arrives and here we are again. — NOS4A2
Overall, I think he's been good for the human species. The US needs to back down from the world scene. Standing for democracy in the middle-east was a mistake. The world needs to stop relying on a peace-maker that is $20 trillion in debt.
In spite of what we're seeing now, I think 2020 will be a really close race. More Trump is a good thing. — frank
I am glad he is backing down from the world scene as well I just wonder how much chaos will come with us pulling back. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
I understand it not making sense to you as at times it doesn't make sense to me either. Similar to the logic of when your car goes into a skid, turning your wheels into the direction of the skid will recover your control.I know Hillary Clinton is hated, but then, guns are loved, and neither makes sense to me. — Wayfarer
The only real difference to me is that Trump speaks with no filter, which admittedly has its faults but at least I know he is being honest. I will never be able to say that about Hillary going back to her being First Lady and the dismissal of sexual allegations against her husband and the hatred was spawned in me with her bs of the tragedy of Benghazi.From where I sit, outside America, albeit now with near and dear ones living there, Hillary Clinton never seemed to live up, or down, to these lunatic conspiracy theories about her criminality. Whereas Trump exhales criminality with every breath. — Wayfarer
The US is now experiencing a constitutional crisis. I think the only resolution will be that the hard heads in the GOP recognise that Trump’s political career is over and basically fire him. I’m expecting and hoping that will happen soon. Until then, the US political system is on a downward trajectory. — Wayfarer
To be clear, the withdrawal is about 50 US soldiers. That's it. The rest of the 950 or so still remain in Syria, just not on the Northern border. — StreetlightX
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