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What next, Pearl Harbor?? 
Claiming that the Bush II administration hadn’t been in office long enough (8 months) to do whatever was necessary to avert that catastrophe. You know, things like actually READING THE INTEL
Republicans are nothing without scapegoats.
Posed by al Qaeda. Even I remember that. But she ignored the memo!
in the NYT quoting what he said on Faux Snooze, which he obviously decided to tweet out as well - 
Trump Declares ‘Time for Us to Get Out’ of Syria as Republicans Object
By Peter Baker
Oct. 7, 2019
Updated 3:43 p.m. ET
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“If I didn’t see Donald Trump’s name on the tweet, I would have thought it was Obama’s rationale for getting out of Iraq,” Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and usually one of the president’s most vocal backers, said on Fox News.
As with President Barack Obama’s decision to pull out American troops from Iraq in 2011, Mr. Graham said, Mr. Trump’s withdrawal would create a vacuum for remnants of the Islamic State, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and others to surge forward again.
“This is a big win for Iran and Assad, a big win for ISIS,” Mr. Graham said, using another term for the Islamic State. “I will do everything I can to sanction Turkey if they step one foot in northeastern Syria. That will sever my relationship with Turkey. I think most of the Congress feels that way.”
Mr. Graham said he would also introduce a nonbinding resolution asking Mr. Trump to reconsider his move, which he called “shortsighted and irresponsible.” The president’s assertion that the Islamic State has been defeated is “the biggest lie being told by this administration,” Mr. Graham added.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/us/politics/turkey-syria-trump.html
By Peter Baker
Oct. 7, 2019
Updated 3:43 p.m. ET
/snip
“If I didn’t see Donald Trump’s name on the tweet, I would have thought it was Obama’s rationale for getting out of Iraq,” Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and usually one of the president’s most vocal backers, said on Fox News.
As with President Barack Obama’s decision to pull out American troops from Iraq in 2011, Mr. Graham said, Mr. Trump’s withdrawal would create a vacuum for remnants of the Islamic State, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and others to surge forward again.
“This is a big win for Iran and Assad, a big win for ISIS,” Mr. Graham said, using another term for the Islamic State. “I will do everything I can to sanction Turkey if they step one foot in northeastern Syria. That will sever my relationship with Turkey. I think most of the Congress feels that way.”
Mr. Graham said he would also introduce a nonbinding resolution asking Mr. Trump to reconsider his move, which he called “shortsighted and irresponsible.” The president’s assertion that the Islamic State has been defeated is “the biggest lie being told by this administration,” Mr. Graham added.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/us/politics/turkey-syria-trump.html
