The Trump China TalksPosted By Mel Maki |
The Trump China TalksPosted By Mel Maki |
Rod,Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
Yeah, nothing like the cons on the astromart...
Really?Posted By Mel Maki |
And now she is getting roughed up about saying she was fired for being pregnant.Originally Posted by Richard Davis
Their desperation is pretty bad, and they will promise the world. I'm sure you've heard of her 2% plan for billionaires?
It will pay for everything, and she does mean everything.
She's going to not only pay for the entire healthcare system for everyone in the USA, it will also pay for the college costs for every single high school student, as well as pre-care school for all kids in the USA, and I think the latest is that she's going to buy everyone who votes for her, a new house, all on the measly 2% of the new taxes in which shes ONLY going to sock billionaires. Everyone else gets taken care of by Liz Warren/
Why didn't somebody else think about this long ago??
BTW, Kat Timpf made a great point the other night, when she said "Wow, it took Liz Warren only 60 years to figure out she was White, when I figured it out at 5 years old".
The Trump China TalksPosted By Mel Maki |
A New High!Posted By Mel Maki |
Jim and other never-Trumpers: Will anybody answer this question?Originally Posted by Jim MoscheckRuss, not one of the tighty righties here is going to believe that, their fearless leader says it's fake news and another witch hunt. The conservatives have always supported our military but not one of them here commented on Donny's blunder of leaving the Kurds, our allies in the fight against ISIS, awaiting for a bloodbath.
So honorable.
A New High!Posted By Mel Maki |
It is a tough call.Originally Posted by Richard Davis
Don't hold your breath for those guys.
I'll answer though. I'm on the fence w/respect to this one.
I have a great admiration for the Kurds mostly for their warrior mentality, and their willingness to fight for their survival. I also feel as though we owe them a great deal as a nation, because I recognize that they fought side by side with us to help defeat ISIS.
There is a good deal to be said for loyalty, especially when warriors have become brothers in arms.
I certainly understand the thoughts of the Special Forces GIs who have become close to many Kurds w/whom they fought.
I'm just an observer, always have been, and always will be since I never wore the Uniform.
I think we should not have made a deal w/Erdogon, as I think he is now and always has been a fiend.
IMO, I think Trump needs to look at the massive force that Erdogon immediately employed against the Kurds when he was in a sense, given the green light.
We cannot let a slaughter happen. The Kurds strike me as a good people who have been fighting for their very existence for hundreds of years.
It is a tough call IMO.
A New High!Posted By Mel Maki |
No, the Syrian Kurds have a ton of oil money. Let them buy their defense. For 18 years the generals have dealt with the Afghan problem with, "more money, more troops." The military establishment will not promote people that don't go along so generals write books, do interviews, and nobody thinks outside of the box. Should not be a shock that the military establishment likes, "more money, more troops."Originally Posted by David Cotterell
I'm with you all the way on this, Richard. Actually, what you wrote, above, shows clearly that you are not on the fence at all. You (and I) think abandoning the Kurds to what will be a slaughter is a huge error in US foreign policy. The optics of this decision will cause any other 'group' of fighters to think twice about supporting the US side in a dispute/war/skirmish or whatever somewhere in the future.....
The decision to pull out favours Russia and Assad's side almost exclusively. We would be hard pressed to spin this as something that is good for the USA....
Dave
A New High!Posted By Mel Maki |
Russ, I agree we helped S. Korea. It seems different in Syria. Is it just because it is the M.E.?Originally Posted by Russ Carroll
We've had a small number of troops in South Korea for over 1/2 a century, and it has prevented a war. Keeping ISIS quarantined, while at the same time protecting our fighters (at almost no loss of life to the US) is even more important.
A New High!Posted By Mel Maki |
It is revealing how some people felt during Obama so now we can't leave?Originally Posted by Russ Carroll
People are dying in Syria is the difference. The straw man argument is that fewer Americans will die if we leave the battle. Fewer soldiers might (in the short term only) but in the end, unleashing ISIS will guarantee more American deaths in the end than staying.
Don't you find it revealing that the same Trump supporters here that want us to get out of "endless wars" rail against Obama for puling out of Iraq and not honoring his "red line" in Syria???? They claim, with good justification, that these two events created ISIS in the first place. The orange monkey gets a pass from them though.
Why Shep Smith Is Leaving Fox & Rudy 2Posted By Mel Maki |
Some newsreaders decide to save the world by talking "truth" to power!Originally Posted by Russ CarrollShep left Fox News to pursue a career in journalism.
