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Home Front: Politix
Trump: Those who got US into Middle East quicksand are inept
2019-10-13
[IsraelNationalNews] US President Donald Trump responded to criticism of the withdrawal of US forces from northern Syria, calling the Middle East "quicksand" and those who got the US into wars in the Middle East "inept."

Writing on his Twitter account: Trump said: "The same people that got us into the Middle East Quicksand, 8 Trillion Dollars and many thousands of lives (and millions of lives when you count the other side), are now fighting to keep us there. Don’t listen to people that haven’t got a clue. They have proven to be inept!"
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#16  As far as I can tell, the king of Jordan can barely control the factions among his own people...
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-10-13 23:06  

#15  W bet that Democracy was compatible with Islam. He should have conquered Iraq and then handed the place over to the King of Jordan and pulled out.

Amen. Well put.

The Middle East is a mess. The less we have to do with their endless internecine frenzied feuds of all vs all, the better.
Posted by: Lex   2019-10-13 22:29  

#14  Should have never got into 'Nation Building'.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2019-10-13 22:06  

#13  W bet that Democracy was compatible with Islam. He should have conquered Iraq and then handed the place over to the King of Jordan and pulled out.
Posted by: ruprecht   2019-10-13 21:35  

#12  gotta keep the military industrial complex well fed.
Posted by: 746   2019-10-13 18:58  

#11  Oh, there'$ objective$ and goal$ aplenty...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-10-13 15:06  

#10  What if participation in 'endless wars' was the intended goal ?


It does seem to be that way. Endless wars would mean there are no goals or objectives in a Sisyphus kind of arrangement.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-10-13 11:51  

#9  Jeb! Boosh would be committing about 35,000 troops now...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-10-13 10:45  

#8  All you need to know is Johnny McShame's friendsssssssssch are there...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-10-13 10:43  

#7  Syria is a tar baby. No one can even begin to parse that conflict and tell us, in simple English, who's fighting whom, and why, and where, and who's up and who's down - let alone clearly articulate what if any national interest us at stake there for the United States.

For anyone wishing to understand the hysterical, confused and dysfunctional state of US foreign policy and grand strategy in the 21st century, our Syria policy (ex-Trump) is Exhibit A.

Shitshow, Part 128.
Posted by: Lex   2019-10-13 10:31  

#6  Uh-oh: Kinsley Gaffe alert.
Posted by: Lex   2019-10-13 10:26  

#5  The rest of the world would hate the USA just as much if we stayed home and tended our own knitting. It would not necessarily be cheaper but at least we'd be wasting our money on ourselves. I still believe a rock solid defense of CONUS could be very profitable for the big contractors. Only downside for them is they'd have to deliver stuff that works. And we still need Prompt Global Strike backed up by diplomats who can explain "Yes, it works and yes we will use it on you if you don't listen carefully."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-10-13 08:32  

#4  Trump takes every solders death personally. Every law enforcement officer death as well. He will do everything in his power to prevent death. These endless wars with no exit strategy will stop. He is running the show. He makes a promise and he delivers.
Posted by: Dale   2019-10-13 08:22  

#3  There's a Hebrew expression pertinent to your thesis Besoeker "I don't care if you're brain-damaged, or just pretending".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-10-13 06:34  

#2  What if these fellows were not actually "inept." What if participation in 'endless wars' was the intended goal ?

Closing Friday: LMT $381.47, BA $374.92, GD $179.63, NOC $362.22

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Posted by: Besoeker   2019-10-13 06:28  

#1  Once again, he's not wrong. If they were the least bit competent we'd have won a long time ago. It took us only 4 years to defeat both Axis powers, and they were far more formidable than any country in the Middle East.
Posted by: Herb McCoy    2019-10-13 06:14  

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