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babylonsister

(171,075 posts)
Fri Mar 30, 2018, 08:49 PM Mar 2018

So very comforting...

Yea, overwhelming if you're paying attention.

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-wants-out-of-syria-pentagon-not-on-same-page-923ed23e032b/

Trump wants out of Syria, Pentagon has no idea what he’s talking about
But one thing is for sure: Leaving Syria now or in the next couple of years will leave the field wide open for an ISIS resurgence.
D. Parvaz
Mar 30, 2018, 12:57 pm

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So very comforting... (Original Post) babylonsister Mar 2018 OP
He has no idea what the Hell he is talking about, as usual. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #1
I think it has more do with allowing Russia to expand its roll AJT Mar 2018 #2
I do not pay as close attention to many events PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #3
I don't think anyone is capable of keeping up with all the developments Arkansas Granny Mar 2018 #4
Very scary. Kath2 Mar 2018 #5
Yes, you nailed it. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #6
Putin wants us out of Syria too uponit7771 Mar 2018 #7
Precisely.. what a Cha Mar 2018 #8
Shut up Generals, and follow orders from the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief Achilleaze Mar 2018 #9

BigmanPigman

(51,614 posts)
1. He has no idea what the Hell he is talking about, as usual.
Fri Mar 30, 2018, 08:58 PM
Mar 2018

Tillerson is right...He IS a fucking idiot and we are all in danger. VOTE THEM OUT!

AJT

(5,240 posts)
2. I think it has more do with allowing Russia to expand its roll
Fri Mar 30, 2018, 09:06 PM
Mar 2018

in helping Assad maintain control and eliminate the rebel forces.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,865 posts)
3. I do not pay as close attention to many events
Fri Mar 30, 2018, 09:25 PM
Mar 2018

as I probably should. I have some awareness of my degree of ignorance, especially here on DU when I see conversations about things I know nothing about.

But I'm not the President. If I were, I'd sure as hell be reading up on all these things, just so I'd have some hope of being up to speed on what's going on out there. But this President? He won't even read the daily briefings they prepare for him. I'm actually a bit surprised the military hasn't staged a coup, but it's probably good they don't do things like that.

Arkansas Granny

(31,522 posts)
4. I don't think anyone is capable of keeping up with all the developments
Fri Mar 30, 2018, 09:49 PM
Mar 2018

that take place on a day to day basis. That's why it's so important that the President has knowledgeable and competent advisors.

Trump's "go it alone" attitude is dangerous. He's making ill informed decisions on policies that will affect the US for years to come.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,865 posts)
6. Yes, you nailed it.
Sat Mar 31, 2018, 01:24 AM
Mar 2018

If you're the President, you need, good, capable people around you, not cronies. You need smart people who are experts in different areas, and you need to listen to what they tell you.

I, PoindexterOglethorpe am a citizen who tries to stay reasonably well informed, but when I don't, it hardly matters. I might make ignorant statements about things, but nothing I say or do affects anyone else. Other than maybe annoy them.

Trump's ignorance is truly dangerous.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
9. Shut up Generals, and follow orders from the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief
Sat Mar 31, 2018, 06:28 AM
Mar 2018

Sad day when a five-time republican draft dodger is bossing around America's Armed Forces, and making everyone salute him and Kiss his flabtastic, taxpayer-enriched, golf-cart pampered ASS.

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