Posted on 02/03/2019 5:49:20 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Pushing back against Republican opposition, US President Donald Trump reaffirmed his determination to pull US troops out of “endless wars” in Syria and Afghanistan, in an interview that aired Sunday. But he said they would stay in Iraq to watch Iran.
Trump cited the high cost in blood and money after years of fighting in Afghanistan, in arguing for a US withdrawal from the place where the 9/11 attacks were hatched.
“It’s time,” he said in the interview with CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “And we’ll see what happens with the Taliban. They want peace. They’re tired. Everybody’s tired.”
Trump’s comments come in the face of warnings by US intelligence chiefs that a hasty US withdrawal from Afghanistan and Syria could allow a resurgence by Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
On Thursday, the US Senate voted overwhelmingly for a measure sponsored by Mitch McConnell, the majority leader of Trump’s Republican party, warning against a “precipitous withdrawal” from either country....
(Excerpt) Read more at news.mb.com.ph ...
Democrats have been demanding an “end to war” for decades.
I betting that now they will turn into big war hawks.
good
President Trump needs to pull out of all these sh*tholes until a move is made by Congress to defend Americans from foreign invaders.
17 years is “precipitous”.
Nuke them and be done with it.
L
Yes, Qui, Si, Jawohl!
Especially after the MOAB into the Mountain opening in Paaahkeestan, as someone used to say. I bet they are more than tired, they were decimated more than we will ever know, Thomas Wictor has hinted of it, as well as many Mil types here on FR.
https://quodverum.com/2019/01/03/we-can-t-play-their-games.html
I'd never thought I'd see this, and that POTUS is going for it, I figured we'd be there forevah.
………….there was a day I listened to intelligence agency heads.
Now, I don’t believe a damn thing they say.
let’s concentrate first on the wall, shall we?
Nukes and neutron bombs should have been judiciously applied.
Prior to going into any war, a cost-benefit analysis of conventional war versus vaporizing their capital city, ports, and manufacturing centers with nukes should be submitted, with the less expensive option in both money and lives becoming the plan.
Perhaps the news media will run a continuous soldier death count for every democrats obstruct withdrawal...
Hahahaha I am so good at making myself laugh by stating absurdities
And we’ll see what happens with the Taliban. They want peace. They’re tired. Everybody’s tired.
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Our pacifists an isolationists are going to tire out long before Muslim warriors. “See what happens?” If they start importing nuclear bombs, “what happens” will be too late to stop.
“If they start importing nuclear bombs, “what happens” will be too late to stop.”
So nuke them now and be done with it.
L
Sometimes discretion IS the better part of valor. We have been there 17 years and we’ll be there for another 17 with the same net result if allowed to continue.
Pull our boys out and keep a very close eye on the situation. Bomb when necessary but get the hell out of a no win situation.
Russia learned this lesson decades ago; perhaps you should as well.
Pull ‘em out, period. That close-eye stuff is a waste of time.
Sorry, but simply ignoring that part of the world would be mindlessly naïve and foolhardy.
Totally amigo.
Good!
He will do that Tues night.
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