Posted on 06/14/2019 7:43:19 AM PDT by rintintin
No one doubts Iraquis are better off now than under the butcher of Baghdad.“
Wrong. Nearly the entire Christian population has been wiped out by jihadis were set loose when we took out Saddam. And the country, as Trump noted, is still so chaotic that he can’t land Air Force One except with the airport lights off.
Read: Trump on invading Iraq: “One Of The Worst Decisions In The History Of The Country”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/02/17/trump_on_iraq_how_could_we_have_been_so_stupid_one_of_the_worst_decisions_in_the_history_of_the_country.html
Read: “Trump praises Saddam Hussein’s efficient killing of ‘terrorists,’ calls today’s Iraq (after US invasion) ‘Harvard for terrorism’”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/07/05/politics/donald-trump-saddam-hussein-iraq-terrorism/index.html
Certainly not as long as we have the current situation! Once the coup conspirators are all in prison and the border is once again secure and some half of the 30-40 million here illegally have left, then we can talk about “helping what’s wrong with the world.” Until then let the world deal with their problems while we deal with ours. If the coup conspirators should succeed (and it appears they are, none of them have even been arrested so far) the “interests of the US” are NO LONGER OUR INTERESTS. Wake tf up!
War is good for viewership and readership. Follow the money.
Our American warships American territory?
Are American merchant ships and tankers American territory?
Is an attack on the American economy, indeed the world economy, an interest worth defending at the point of arms?
Is a nuclear tipped ICBM half a world away capable of penetrating America's borders NA threat to America's national interest?
Is a nuclear Iran a threat to America's national interest?
This is not a problem solved by shibboleths
To paraphrase Bismarck, The entirety of the Middle East is not worth the bones and blood of a single American PFC.
“Was Pearl Harbor within American borders?”
Yes
Uh, and then there’s Shep Smith, Napolitano, Cavuto, for cripesakes they even hired Donna Brazile. Dozens of Rat Candidate’s “town halls”. Sure looks to me like they are desperately trying to trade their audience for CNN’s. I agree with the libtards on this much, the “Age of Trump” requires an end to “objective” journalism. Trying to “appear objective” in the face of devious, lying, disingenuous Rats makes Bret Baer just look like a moron.
“Is a nuclear Iran a threat to America’s national interest?“
We’re Saddams WNDs a threat to US?
The Japs and the guys on the ship say it was a MISSILE.
We say it was a MINE. Why..?
Because that’s how the month-old frame-up photos and video —with a MINE.
History is repeating itself.
WHAT ENTITY most benefits from a US attack on Iran..?
Finish what job? Iraq is comprised of 64% Shia Muslims. They are naturally aligned with Iran. As bad as Sadaam was, by W removing him, W enabled the Shia presence in the Middle East to extend from Iran through Iraq to Syria and Lebanon. So far the Shia seem to be getting the better of the dominant Sunni sect in the internal Islamic civil war.
The world??? The whole muslim world or just the UN?
I love the sound of neocons bleating.
Let him take his nasty ass over there himself if he wants to go.
Israel can handle it.
Trying to eliminate every threat and potential hostility is impossible.
and as far as I am concerned, the only “yes” on your list is American Warships being American Territory.
There are lots of nuclear tipped ICBMs half a world away, and Iran’s neighbors can deal with them without wasting one taxpayer cent.
Defending our actual borders, embassies, and military bases is the only legitimate function of the military.
Not that I’d lose any sleep over Iran being turned into glowing field of glass, but let the Israelis do it.
800 bases in 90 countries is an empire, and we can’t afford an empire, nor is having, or attempting to have one good for a Republic.
We aren’t the world’s policeman, nor should we be.
So, would a war or serious threat of war cost Trump reelection? Surely Iran would prefer a Dim pushover to Trump.
A lot of us pointed out how batshit crazy and guaranteed to have no lasting benefit Iraq was.
That doesn’t mean that this idea is not also stupid.
*** No one doubts Iraquis are better off now than under the butcher of Baghdad. ***
Oh, really? Why don’t you ask the Iraqis, especially the Christians.
Great movie scene with Al Haig and Margaret Thatcher discussing the Falkland Islands.
Haig urges Thatcher to stand down. These are just islands, thousands of miles away, with few people living there. You don’t want to start a war over something like that, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1UIuGUBzJA
This whole thing reminds me of the Covington Catholic debacle. Tell people what they see, and see how many jump on the bandwagon.
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