Replies to post #296041 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[SoxFan]

We never should have stayed in Afghanistan but Syria is another matter. Never should have invaded Iraq which was a colossal blunder but Syria is a different matter. Of course if it wasn't for climate change and a horrific drought in Syria the uprising would not have started nor would the Arab Spring but numbnuts like you who deny climate change are not only clueless about Real Politic and our leadership in the world but deny science. Yet you think you can think clearly?

[BullNBear52]

just so you can pretend you have a bigger dick

Now there is a fucking intelligent response.

[fuagf]

ForReal, opinions are opinion, and you have much latitude on that.

As far as stupid, asshole, inane, imbecilic, fuckwit comment as your

"You obviously don't mind our boys being killed or maimed, just so you can pretend you have a bigger dick. Forget that."

You better take your own advice on that. Forget it. Go address the inadequacy of yours that suggests somewhere else.

[BOREALIS]

Lindsey Graham Calls Trump Claim of ISIS Defeat ‘Fake News’

Posted on Thu, Dec 20th, 2018 by Leo Vidal

In a late-night speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham strongly criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria, calling the decision “disastrous” and a “stain on the honor” of the U.S..

Graham also said the president’s claim that the Islamic State had been defeated was “fake news.” The South Carolina senator said he’d just gotten back from a trip to the Middle East and knew for a fact that Trump’s claim was “inaccurate.”

Trump made the claim on Wednesday when he posted a video on Twitter with the words:

“After historic victories against ISIS, it’s time to bring our great young people home!”

After historic victories against ISIS, it’s time to bring our great young people home! pic.twitter.com/xoNjFzQFTp

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and other U.S. military leaders in recent weeks have said we need U.S. troops to remain in Syria to help stabilize it so peace negotiations can proceed.

In his speech, Graham said he was introducing a resolution that would condemn Trump’s decision. He also asked the president to rescind his decision, explaining that a “true leader” is open to changing his mind when he is wrong.

Graham said he’d spoken with military leaders in the Trump administration, including Mattis, and discovered that the president’s decision was “his alone.”

“Mr. President, I too want our troops to come home,” Graham said. “But I don’t want to tell the American people that we’re secure when I don’t believe we are.”

In other words, Trump did not have the support of the Senate or of the Pentagon when he unilaterally decided to pull the U.S. out of Syria.

This did not go over well with many people in Washington.

Graham said none of the officials he’s spoken with thought pulling troops out of Syria was a good idea. He also said the president should fire his advisers because they were giving him poor advice.

On the plus side for Donald Trump, at least, on Thursday morning Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was very happy with the decision for the U.S. to withdraw from Syria. He also said the presence of U.S. troops there was “illegitimate.”

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/12/20/lindsey-graham-calls-trump-claim-of-isis-defeat-fake-news.html

[BOREALIS]

Trump makes his worst geopolitical move yet, says expert

Citing a defeat over ISIS, President Trump announced Wednesday the U.S. is pulling all troops out of Syria, a sudden policy shift that blindsided Congress and most senior officials at the Pentagon and State Department.
Dec. 20, 2018
Morning Joe

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/trump-makes-his-worst-geopolitical-move-yet-fmr-admiral-1402918979806