Posted on 02/15/2016 11:04:32 AM PST by Starman417
Did you spend any time sweating your ass off filling sandbags in Iraq, dodging bullets, and hoping the sound of that stray incoming wasn’t coming to visit YOU?
I’ll bet not.
I was in the first trip there, not the second. My brother went the second time and learned exactly what IEDs are.
Nation building, as you neocons so fondly call it sucks. Especially for soldiers. There was no real reason for the second trip - but the Saudis were afraid for their oil reserves, and we needed to keep the oil supply safe for the rest of the world.
I too saw the photos of the convoys leaving Iraq bound for Syria and the Bekaa valley. The Democrats sat and delayed, along with the UN, until the WMDs were mostly out of the area.
Since the decision was made to go, we should have been allowed to prosecute the war FULLY, win completely, and get the f_ck out of there, and move on to Iran instead of trying to teach democracy to a bunch of Islamic tribes that had no understanding or desire to have a European style government. If the desire was to keep America safe, we chose the wrong country to invade. Iraq had no part of 9/11 - they were a threat to Saudi Arabia, not the US.
The ME was forced into nations after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, given borders that did not fall along tribal or religious lines, and will never succeed. Spending any additional American blood to build nations is a folly at best, and the globalist Bush family does indeed share plenty of blame.
I don’t recall Trump ever mentioning Code Pink any time...
How can he be construed as “carrying their water”???
“Who gives a crap if they did?”
Were you not alive during that period or something?
Don’t you remember they were banned from having such weapons as part of the surrender agreement after the first Gulf War? Remember the UN weapons inspectors, no fly zone, tear gassing the Kurds? Anything ringing a bell?
Trump cannot control who supports him, I’m sure a bunch of folks over at Stormfront like Trump, doesn’t mean Trump necessarily endorses them.
After hearing the way Bernie talks. I’m sick to death of people being sick of things.
We don”t need a metrosexual wimp like Trump.
Even the NYT admitted Saddam did have WMD.
When W didn't move on to Iran I knew it wasn't going to turn out well for us.
I remember feeling puzzled went we didn't go.
I wanted him to nuke Iran before we committed a single soldier.
“How can he be construed as “carrying their waterâ€???”
He’s up on national tv spouting their talking points. Free advertising to spread the Code Pink gospel to the masses.
Agreed.........
If he was reading their talking points basically verbatim, then yes we could conclude he supports them, or at least, is an ideological fellow traveler.
By the way, you agree with Trump that Clinton is exonerated?
Will ANY Trump supporter here at least admit that Trump is WRONG about Bush lying about WMD? I’ll support Trump, but he is flat WRONG about that. Or are so many of use “Freepers” really as bad as “The Other Side”...
“We donâ€t need a metrosexual wimp like Trump.”
You mean the “wimp” that Cruz depended on last fall to clear out all of the other candidates so he didnt have to bruise a knuckle?
The one that constantly depends on Glenn Beck, Levin, National Review, RedState, and other fan blogs to hold his hand and circle the wagons around him so he doesn’t have to get knocked around by Trump and Rubio?
The one that cant generate a headline on his own if his life depended on it.
Oh yeah, that tough guy. I forgot he called some old bat a “liar” in the Senate. My mistake...
Trump is a lefty. Lefties donate to harry reid.
I’m not too sure that many people even pay any attention to Code Pink anymore.....
Trump also said in his book that Iraq’s WMDs were a threat one year before Bush was elected.
I won’t vote for Trump until he demonstrates to me that he is smart. I know he is business smart, but I need to hear more than, “I’ll get the best people for that.” I want to hear him articulate his position on important issues. If he starts doing that, and I agree with him then I will vote for him,
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