During his second term, President Obama pledged to take the country off what he called a permanent war footing. … U.S. military forces have been at war for all eight years of Obama’s tenure, the first two-term president with that distinction. He launched airstrikes or military raids in at least seven countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan.”
And all of this didn't sit well with Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, so news reports about those conflicts were muted. People forgot we are still in a war.
Now, all of a sudden, the public wakes up to the fact that we've still got troops in conflicts over there because Trump decided to take some of them out. And you have Rachel Maddow, who has many many times criticized presidents for getting the US involved in unauthorized military actions complaining because Trump is pulling troops out of an unauthorized military action. Oh well, no principle is too sacred to miss a chance to bash Trump, I guess.
But Trump made it very clear during the campaign that he's skeptical of the idea that the US is the world's policeman. He said that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. So this is just another case of a president, incredibly, doing what he said he was going to do.
In the meantime, Congress has abandoned its role in war making. The US is involved in all these other conflicts left over from previous presidents. It is perhaps time to re-assess these as well.
https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/ours-to-reason-why/
And all of this didn't sit well with Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, so news reports about those conflicts were muted. People forgot we are still in a war.
Now, all of a sudden, the public wakes up to the fact that we've still got troops in conflicts over there because Trump decided to take some of them out. And you have Rachel Maddow, who has many many times criticized presidents for getting the US involved in unauthorized military actions complaining because Trump is pulling troops out of an unauthorized military action. Oh well, no principle is too sacred to miss a chance to bash Trump, I guess.
But Trump made it very clear during the campaign that he's skeptical of the idea that the US is the world's policeman. He said that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. So this is just another case of a president, incredibly, doing what he said he was going to do.
In the meantime, Congress has abandoned its role in war making. The US is involved in all these other conflicts left over from previous presidents. It is perhaps time to re-assess these as well.
https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/ours-to-reason-why/
Where we have no compelling national interest or end game
So blind.
Yea, what's our compelling interest in Syria? When Obama skedaddled out of Iraq, the left was all gushing praise but that was when ISIS was still a significant threat.
And all of this didn't sit well with Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, so news reports about those conflicts were muted. People forgot we are still in a war.
Now, all of a sudden, the public wakes up to the fact that we've still got troops in conflicts over there because Trump decided to take some of them out. And you have Rachel Maddow, who has many many times criticized presidents for getting the US involved in unauthorized military actions complaining because Trump is pulling troops out of an unauthorized military action. Oh well, no principle is too sacred to miss a chance to bash Trump, I guess.
But Trump made it very clear during the campaign that he's skeptical of the idea that the US is the world's policeman. He said that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. So this is just another case of a president, incredibly, doing what he said he was going to do.
In the meantime, Congress has abandoned its role in war making. The US is involved in all these other conflicts left over from previous presidents. It is perhaps time to re-assess these as well.
https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/ours-to-reason-why/
And all of this didn't sit well with Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, so news reports about those conflicts were muted. People forgot we are still in a war.
Now, all of a sudden, the public wakes up to the fact that we've still got troops in conflicts over there because Trump decided to take some of them out. And you have Rachel Maddow, who has many many times criticized presidents for getting the US involved in unauthorized military actions complaining because Trump is pulling troops out of an unauthorized military action. Oh well, no principle is too sacred to miss a chance to bash Trump, I guess.
But Trump made it very clear during the campaign that he's skeptical of the idea that the US is the world's policeman. He said that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. So this is just another case of a president, incredibly, doing what he said he was going to do.
In the meantime, Congress has abandoned its role in war making. The US is involved in all these other conflicts left over from previous presidents. It is perhaps time to re-assess these as well.
https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/ours-to-reason-why/
I'm all for us getting out of the ME, I've been saying that for 20 years.
But doing it this way? Noooooooooooooo.. Trump wakes up 1 morning and says we out!?!? Even the Pentagon don't know what the hell is going on.
That's no way to govern. But Trump praises dictators and acts like he wants to be one. This is pretty much a dictatorial move. Do ask anyone, he just makes the decision on his own, no input from anyone else is allowed.
Actually, the Pentagon DOES know what is going on. That's why Mattis told Trump to go pound sand in his ass.
And all of this didn't sit well with Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, so news reports about those conflicts were muted. People forgot we are still in a war.
Now, all of a sudden, the public wakes up to the fact that we've still got troops in conflicts over there because Trump decided to take some of them out. And you have Rachel Maddow, who has many many times criticized presidents for getting the US involved in unauthorized military actions complaining because Trump is pulling troops out of an unauthorized military action. Oh well, no principle is too sacred to miss a chance to bash Trump, I guess.
But Trump made it very clear during the campaign that he's skeptical of the idea that the US is the world's policeman. He said that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. So this is just another case of a president, incredibly, doing what he said he was going to do.
In the meantime, Congress has abandoned its role in war making. The US is involved in all these other conflicts left over from previous presidents. It is perhaps time to re-assess these as well.
https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/ours-to-reason-why/
He is certainly doing what he said he would do. He thinks he's smarter than his generals and other military advisers. That's a very dangerous way to govern a country.
And all of this didn't sit well with Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, so news reports about those conflicts were muted. People forgot we are still in a war.
Now, all of a sudden, the public wakes up to the fact that we've still got troops in conflicts over there because Trump decided to take some of them out. And you have Rachel Maddow, who has many many times criticized presidents for getting the US involved in unauthorized military actions complaining because Trump is pulling troops out of an unauthorized military action. Oh well, no principle is too sacred to miss a chance to bash Trump, I guess.
But Trump made it very clear during the campaign that he's skeptical of the idea that the US is the world's policeman. He said that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. So this is just another case of a president, incredibly, doing what he said he was going to do.
In the meantime, Congress has abandoned its role in war making. The US is involved in all these other conflicts left over from previous presidents. It is perhaps time to re-assess these as well.
https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/ours-to-reason-why/
You have no concept of global struggle, the Enlightenment, world development, what any of that means to national security or interest...
I wouldn't know where to begin to show you the big picture. It's probably best if you continue to only see what's inches from your face.
I'll throw a Hail Mary. See signature.
As long as we insist on injecting ourselves into areas where we have no vital interest and where "victory" cannot be defined,
See signature.
Not interested. If you aren't going to discuss anything, then don't respond.
My post is in direct response to your idiotic claims (quoted therein).
And you're not my boss. You don't tell me what to do. I do what I want.
My claims are not idiotic. You simply have no response. Asking me to look at gobbledy gook is not an answer.
Of course your claims are idiotic. They are so on their face. They are based on idiocy itself. "We don't know why and we don't know what, what don't know anything, we're just spending blood and treasure because someone rolled a 15 on a 20 sided die."
No. It's not random. We have interests. You might be idiotically unaware of those interests, but I will not pretend everyone is an idiot for your sake.
Again, see signature.
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