In a surprising late-night statement (late for the U.K., anyway), last week the White House declared that American troops will move aside and let Turkey invade Syria. “Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria,” the statement said, adding, “The United States Armed Forces will not support or be involved in the operation, and United States forces, having defeated the ISIS territorial ‘Caliphate,’ will no longer be in the immediate area.”
The statement continued, “The United States Government has pressed France, Germany, and other European nations, from which many captured ISIS fighters came, to take them back, but they did not want them and refused. The United States will not hold them for what could be many years and great cost to the United States taxpayer.”
Even though I am a conservative foreign policy realist, my research deals with great powers and neorealism, and I regularly advocate restraint and retrenchment and amoral realpolitik in these pages, I never in my wildest dreams anticipated waking up to an actual realpolitik move from the White House.
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We finally have a President - a leader - that speaks and acts for the American people.
ReplyDeleteMost Americans could not care less about the unrest in those countries.
Most Americans would rather see them concentrate on making once-wonderful big cities safe again.
Wasn't it the Democrats that once heavily protested the war in Vietnam, and wanted our boys back home, mainly because that war "was none of our business"?
Now the Dems want to keep sending our military into basically a Hatfield-McCoy situation that (after about 200 years) has no end in sight?
God bless Trump for ending this nonsense.
BTW: In the past 18 years US casualties averaged about 123 a year in Afghanistan.
Last YEAR, Chicago had 530 murders in the streets.
Where do you think we should concentrate our resources??
Dims do any and everything against Trump. If he came up with a cure for cancer they would fight him
DeleteHe may be right on the what but he is absolutely wrong on the how
ReplyDeleteWhen the caliphate regroups and attacks the US what will you say then?
ReplyDeleteWell congress can declare war if they want. Go ahead nancy put that up for a vote...
ReplyDeleteAnother thing to consider is there are huge profits to be made when we are at war. Munitions and equipment are needed so as production increases so does the benefits that go into someone's pocket. ERGO, no one cares about casualties, collateral damage, or actually who wins; it is all a matter of keep it going.
ReplyDeleteVery true 7:52, just ask cheney how much haliburton, the defense contractor, has profitted
Deletetrump is right on this and the how don't matter. Not our fight and we have no dog in the fight. let em kill each other. and for all you naysayers, fine send you and your family / kids over there to fight for your beliefs! see how much you think its worth it when your family members are the ones coming home in body bags!
ReplyDeleteAt 7:34: ("When the caliphate regroups and attacks the US what will you say then? ")
ReplyDeleteThat has already been done. Remember 9-11?
That Mid-East crowd will try to kill us no matter what actions we take in that part of the world.
We are the strongest country in the world. We will handle it.
By the way: If anyone thinks this "anti-American" attitude is something new, you're wrong.
In 1968 I was on temporary duty in Ankara Turkey with the Army. There were violent protests all around us for one solid week.
They hate America. Always have, always will.
Yep ,...breaking your word and violating treaties is defiantly American
ReplyDeleteYeah what a shame. All the corrupt politicians and amunition lobbyists will loose million's. No wonder their pissed.
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