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Graham: Trump citing cost for end of war games is 'ridiculous'
cnn ^ | 06/13/2018 | Sophie Tatum

Posted on 06/13/2018 5:10:12 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

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1 posted on 06/13/2018 5:10:12 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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2 posted on 06/13/2018 5:11:19 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Wonderful theory, wrong species)
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I like the idea but it’s a stupid idea. I agree but I think he’s wrong. I support but I oppose.


3 posted on 06/13/2018 5:12:09 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Yes, I get it - racism is bad and mutual respect and inclusion is good. But value Truth too.)
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That’s about what he said!


4 posted on 06/13/2018 5:13:12 AM PDT by Doofer
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These war games are basically a computerized training program. They can simulate the same thing without the use of our assets in the open air.

Pretty much the same thing as Kim parading his military assets.

5 posted on 06/13/2018 5:17:21 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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the games aren’t scheduled until 2019. I think we’ll know by then if NK is complying.

No doubt in my mind, that the media is purely and totally anti-Trump. It’s factored into every show, every day, every minute.

There is really no point wasting any time watching these people.


6 posted on 06/13/2018 5:18:44 AM PDT by nikos1121
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We can’t discount the input of South Korea leaders and obviously they were in agreement with this.


7 posted on 06/13/2018 5:19:40 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Linda Graham…on Anderson Cooper? Then they switch? So confusing.


8 posted on 06/13/2018 5:21:27 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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Why, I have been in some exercises in the military. The surface Navy tries to cheat. The submarines sink everyone and the sub sailors know the outcome before we started.


9 posted on 06/13/2018 5:23:02 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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Why would anyone in DC care about cost? It’s not how they think when you have an endless supply of money.


10 posted on 06/13/2018 5:23:56 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To GOP embarrassment and fave warmonger... Lindsey “Clueless” Gramnisty. Trump may have scheduled War Games so he could concede them at the summit. #ArtOfTheDeal


11 posted on 06/13/2018 5:26:20 AM PDT by FiddlePig (The biggest threat to your sacred liberty is to not value it!)
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I think what he said was the cost savings would be a side benefit. He sort-of conceded that this was a small concession to Kim (probably to help him save face).
Does not hurt our readiness - we are still training, just a pause in large-scale maneuvers.
12 posted on 06/13/2018 5:28:15 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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Yes Lindsay, all the “winning” would never have happened if you hadn’t stuck your nose in the process. Go back to peanut country.


13 posted on 06/13/2018 5:31:42 AM PDT by DaveA37
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The minute they get elected, these creeps forget who is picking up the check.


14 posted on 06/13/2018 5:34:35 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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Good insights. War games tend to be used as shows of might and capability to crush. To suspend them as a show of good faith (and as you say, to let Kim save face) seems more than reasonable, since the US forces can always fire up an exercise later if that kind of show of force is necessary. The real question is:

Why would a US senator publicly challenge the president of his own party regarding a perfectly reasonable negotiation technique?

15 posted on 06/13/2018 5:38:07 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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Trump was obviously setting the stage for negotiating trade deals with south Korea. Graham and other Trump critics cannot seem to understand Trump’s ability to work on more than one thing and to use leverage from one deal to the next.


16 posted on 06/13/2018 5:42:22 AM PDT by Raycpa
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Can our supposed “party” take some kind of actions against the fake CNN Republicans at some point?

They NEVER speak for the base. Never.


17 posted on 06/13/2018 5:45:32 AM PDT by The Toll
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The minute they get elected, these creeps forget who is picking up the check.

But they NEVER forget who's picking up THEIR check. They're all a pack of traitors. They serve a master who was not elected.

18 posted on 06/13/2018 5:48:16 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP!)
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I’ll tell you what’s ridiculous. Linda Graham flapping his gums, pretending to know his @$$ from a cork pistol; THAT’s ridiculous.


19 posted on 06/13/2018 5:55:05 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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They've been going on for many, many years so I'd discount that idea.

In fact, by taking them away, the games have become a behavioral tool and Kim has now been put on notice.

20 posted on 06/13/2018 5:55:24 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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