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Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 12:19 PM Oct 2019

"We CANNOT abandon them" - ex-gov Huckabee

I generally support @POTUS on foreign policy & don't want
our troops fighting other nations' wars, but a HUGE mistake
to abandon Kurds. They've never asked us to do THEIR
fighting-just give them tools to defend themselves. They have
been faithful allies. We CANNOT abandon them.






Well well
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"We CANNOT abandon them" - ex-gov Huckabee (Original Post) Leghorn21 Oct 2019 OP
Apparently Trump can do exactly that. Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #1
THAT'S IT!!! They're going to be turning! Duppers Oct 2019 #2
He's basically shooting thousands of Kurds thecrow Oct 2019 #5
Totally agree. Duppers Oct 2019 #12
It truly is and now, finally, they're turning. Duppers Oct 2019 #18
Well, Huck, your glorious, insane leader says differently. sinkingfeeling Oct 2019 #3
yeah and Trump's wisdom is "great and unmatched" 0rganism Oct 2019 #6
Is this real? Green Line Oct 2019 #13
Yes sinkingfeeling Oct 2019 #14
And what gish gallop would his daughter vomit forth BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #4
Some HuckaBS, no doubt. JHB Oct 2019 #8
!!! BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #9
Sorry Suckabee, but your stable genius pal thinks the Kurds are a bunch of lousy takers flibbitygiblets Oct 2019 #7
Good grief ScratchCat Oct 2019 #10
The next Nasty-gram from Chump FakeNoose Oct 2019 #11
WTF does he mean by Disaffected Oct 2019 #15
Hey look - here's Pat Robertson chiming in: Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #16
Sen. John Cornyn hopes the WH has thought this through: Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #17

Duppers

(28,125 posts)
2. THAT'S IT!!! They're going to be turning!
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 12:26 PM
Oct 2019

Give them a preacher criticizing tRump and he's on his way OUT!!


Shooting someone on 5th Ave?
Let him shoot Franklin Graham or a Falwell on 5th Ave. and he's gone.

thecrow

(5,519 posts)
5. He's basically shooting thousands of Kurds
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 12:52 PM
Oct 2019

It’s just on a different street.

This could very well get the republics to turn on him. It basically says that the US can no longer be trusted by their allies.
And what’s Turkey gonna do with all those ISIS fighters and families?
Kill them, too?
This is truly one of Murka’s darkest days.

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)
3. Well, Huck, your glorious, insane leader says differently.
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 12:47 PM
Oct 2019

Donald J. Trump

✔@realDonaldTrump

As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over..


flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
7. Sorry Suckabee, but your stable genius pal thinks the Kurds are a bunch of lousy takers
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 12:57 PM
Oct 2019

See, there are these pesky things called CONSEQUENCES when you patronize a treasonous narcissistic grifter.

Allies, norms and democracy itself become murky concepts that are only enforced when dear leader feels it's in his own best interest.

But hey, welcome to reality! Make yourself comfortable and have a good look around, then decide if this guy is really someone you want to keep defending.

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
10. Good grief
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 01:03 PM
Oct 2019

That sounds good and everything Huck, but why not question why the hell he would even do this? These fucks would be calling Obama a terrorist and everything else under the sun, but Trump is clearly "following orders" and trying to line his pockets and they wont even call out his clear reason behind this? The con man is clearly bargaining our foreign policy with his potential profits and doing what is in the best interest for Russia. For.Fuck's.Sake.

Disaffected

(4,557 posts)
15. WTF does he mean by
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 02:51 PM
Oct 2019

"I’ve done before!"?

The idiocy about his "great wisdom" is bad enough but WTAF??

Here's a good book title (surprised it hasn't been used yet):

"The Madness of Donald Trump"

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
16. Hey look - here's Pat Robertson chiming in:
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 02:54 PM
Oct 2019
Pat Robertson is "appalled" by Trump's decision
to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria: "The
President of the United States is in great danger
of losing the mandate of Heaven if he permits this
to happen."






well well well

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
17. Sen. John Cornyn hopes the WH has thought this through:
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 03:13 PM
Oct 2019
Let’s hope so. It isn’t in Turkey’s interest to unleash ISIS
detainees. POTUS’s advisors need to make sure the WH has
thought this through and examined all possible consequences.






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