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Don’t take this the wrong way, but I have heard many people, many fine people with amazing minds, say this presidency is just another example of clown caused chaos.
I never said or implied I don’t have empathy for the Kurds or even support this administrations recent action/ language.
True, your main concern seems to be a thread title that troubles you in some way. I guess others are more interested in the outcomes of U.S. policy failures right now. Just a difference in priorities.
TripItUp said:
TripItUp said:
Yes, where did it all go so wrong?
The answer to your snarky question. Once he expressed his opinion that the title tread was ridiculous. That for some reason had people jumping to the concussion he doesn’t care about the Kurds. Seems like quite the stretch to me.
The bombast, the lack of a vocabulary above fifth grade, the self-serving decisions, the obvious lies....all of it so outrageous and so transparent that there was an element of comedy to it.
I think it was more him posting multiple times in the thread today without discussing the Kurds. Particularly since the thread has been here since 2013, and today is the day this poster decides to make an issue of the thread title rather than engaging in a discussion of the events of the past few days. Probably didn't help that he took the lack of agreement on the title change as an opportunity to make vague condescending comments about "the libs" and offer up a declaration of what a great life he has to the extent that very little bothers him - except thread titles he finds inaccurate apparently. Just bad timing I guess.
Considering you came in complaining about the thread title and said zero about the situation...any criticism towards your posts was warranted
I have to agree. It's a fairly common "tactic" I see. When Trump does something indefensible, his "non-supporters" will often talk about things that aren't related to the issue. This is a perfect example. Lots of posts about the title of this very old thread but crickets on the actual issue at hand. Why can't we just talk about the events happening now? The thread title talk is a distraction.
Their blood will be on Trump’s handsDavid Ignatius @IgnatiusPost
A bad situation in Northeast Syria is about to get much worse. Sources tell me that US officials have just informed the Syrian Kurds that Turkey is likely to attack on air and ground in next 24 hours. The US will do nothing. Targets are Tal Abyad and Ras al Ayn....
Yep. Here we go:
Right now, somewhere, a Republican Senator is "deeply troubled" Its the the new "Thoughts and Prayers"
Though I'm not very familiar with the history of the Kurds, I think it's horrible. I think they need to work out a deal with the Syrians. I think Trump is selling it as a peaceful withdrawal of American forces, when in reality he is ceding control to genocidal NATO ally Turkey, who probably support the same objectives for a pipeline through Syria. Trump does this rhetoric from time to time and routinely betrays it with his actions.
Trump has been so easily manipulated by him again. Or not, Trump has seemed from the beginning to want to shift the US from being allied with UK, France, Germany, etc and instead with Russia, NK, Turkey. He has successfully done that. As I’ve been saying here for awhile, this should remove any doubt, we are definitely the bad guys now.
It’s all so messed up. As for why he’s still in office, I guess it because GOP voters still overwhelmingly like him, GOP politicians have been more worried about their job security and party standing than anything else. Also he’s insulated himself with yesmen and outright ignored law.
Pretty much, but hopefully this is going to end in his removal from office, if nothing else, through the election.
I hope so but I have my doubts. I haven’t seen anything from him at any point to indicate he would respect tradition, follow the laws, etc. He seems to have enough people bought into anything he says that it would be enough to potentially derail a transfer of power. I hate to think that way but who would have thought GOP voters would continue to support a President who made massive shifts on military alliances without consulting allies or his own military leaders? Who would have thought GOP voters would turn their backs on the intel community and the FBI? If ISIS is indeed helped by this move, will GOP voters just brush that off too? If they do, then I would say all hope is lost. Hopefully the Kurds are able to find a way to defend themselves and keep ISIS under control.
I was wondering why I've been seeing these red explosive barrels placed in dangerous locations recently. Now it all makes sense.
