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Thunderbeast

(3,417 posts)
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 02:26 PM Oct 2019

What good is the solemn word of the United States of America

What foreign leader in their right mind would forge ANY kind of agreement with this country.

We are now a purely transactional government. Our bond is only good until the next election.

We unilaterally withdrew from the Paris climate accords.
We unilaterally withdrew from the Iran treaty.
We unilaterally withdrew from the START treaty.
We unilaterally withdrew from the NAFTA accords.
We abandoned Iraqi translators who risked their lives to help the US military.
We abandoned Afghan translators who risked their lives to help the US military.
We have now abandoned the Kurds who defeated ISIS in Syria.
We abandoned thousands of veterans broken by our adventures in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria.
We have thrown our NATO allies under the bus in order to appease Vladimir Putin.
We sold out Ukraine to Russia (proposed peace plan concedes eastern Ukraine and Crimea to Putin).
This afternoon I see that we are pulling out of the "Open Skies" treaty...another win for Putin.

We are not a dependable ally or friend. Our new isolationism and deceit will lead us into war and huge economic catastrophe...and threatens the survival of our species on a warming planet.

It does, however, create great applause lines for the idiots going to Trump rallies.

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What good is the solemn word of the United States of America (Original Post) Thunderbeast Oct 2019 OP
Putin loves it beachbumbob Oct 2019 #1
With apologies to Dean Womrer: superpatriotman Oct 2019 #2
Even after Trump is gone, nobody will trust us anymore htuttle Oct 2019 #3
Z E R O spanone Oct 2019 #4

htuttle

(23,738 posts)
3. Even after Trump is gone, nobody will trust us anymore
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 02:34 PM
Oct 2019

They know that someone else like him could get elected again in the future, and tear everything up.

I got a feeling we'll have to 'pay cash' for awhile. Maybe a long while.

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