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shockey80

(4,379 posts)
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 11:53 AM Oct 2019

Syria: Is this finally the mistake that spins out of control on Trump?

It has been a miracle Trump has not paid a big price for the many stupid decisions he has made. This one he may not be able to control by doing what he usually does, backing down. It is too late to do that now.

Trump, in his warped mind believes he can fix any mistake he makes. We shall see.

The news media should ask Trump this, who is going to fight ISIS now that you betrayed the Kurds.

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Syria: Is this finally the mistake that spins out of control on Trump? (Original Post) shockey80 Oct 2019 OP
Sadly Dan Oct 2019 #1
The loose cannon finally went off. Sneederbunk Oct 2019 #2
This is his plan Johnny2X2X Oct 2019 #3
He also wants 2naSalit Oct 2019 #8
This is no mistake Bev54 Oct 2019 #12
Our troops could end up getting killed. Blue_true Oct 2019 #14
The experts have been warning us. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #4
They are adding up . . . Iliyah Oct 2019 #5
+1 Mike 03 Oct 2019 #7
No Polybius Oct 2019 #6
t-rump's dwindling Iliyah Oct 2019 #9
Europe - it's there problem now lame54 Oct 2019 #10
t-rump is setting up Ukraine. Iliyah Oct 2019 #11
It is informative that Erdogan is using Islamist militias to do the fighting. Blue_true Oct 2019 #13

Dan

(3,570 posts)
1. Sadly
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 11:57 AM
Oct 2019

Trump does not believe he makes mistakes. Remember he is a stable genius and he knows more about everything.

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
3. This is his plan
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 12:01 PM
Oct 2019

Everything Trump does must be looked at through the prism of what Putin wants. This is exactly what Putin wants, to take land and weaken NATO.

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
8. He also wants
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 12:09 PM
Oct 2019

to build a pipeline from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean... he already has Syria in agreement and Turkey, the Kurds are not only in the way of that but also they have a lot of oil in the region of Iraq that could be confiscated. Let that sink in.

The sooner we divest ourselves of fossil fuels, the sooner we can defang those fuckers... and maybe save our species.

Bev54

(10,053 posts)
12. This is no mistake
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 01:18 PM
Oct 2019

It is naive to think what Trump does is a mistake, these are his orders from Putin. He just spews BS for the weak minded to justify his decisions. He is not even bringing the troops home. People need to look at everything he does as to who does it help, Putin or he and his family. Those are the only two considerations for him.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
14. Our troops could end up getting killed.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 02:17 PM
Oct 2019

Granted, those troops are highly skilled and can put up a good fight, but with the Kurds having been betrayed, who will help those troops fight far superior numbers of jihadists? This whole thing has quickly spun out of control, and that it would was obvious to most from the outset.

Erdogan is perfectly ok with ISIS and other jihadists reconstituting in that part of Syria, he at heart is a religious extremist himself.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
5. They are adding up . . .
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 12:02 PM
Oct 2019

More and more Americans are getting or are now truly disgusted. I've been disgusted before he even ran and stole the election through his foreign cronies such as Russia, SA, China and a few others.

The Republican party is unpatriotic. Now our troops in Syria are in danger. The country is being destroyed within. Time to get these MFs out!

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
7. +1
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 12:08 PM
Oct 2019

There really is a "now or never" feeling to this moment. It's hard to believe we, as a people, can let this go on any longer.

Polybius

(15,428 posts)
6. No
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 12:05 PM
Oct 2019

Very few will go to the polls with the Kurds in mind. It doesn't affect them enough to change their vote, especially those who already support Trump.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
13. It is informative that Erdogan is using Islamist militias to do the fighting.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 02:12 PM
Oct 2019

If those people isolate and trap pockets of IS troops, they are going to eventually kill our troops in the worst imaginable ways. There is no pause to them, they are religious extremists that believe in and live by a crude code.

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