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jpak

(41,759 posts) Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:26 PM Aug 2015

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Trump's plan for Islamic State: 'Put a ring around it'

Source: Reuters

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday he supported the use of U.S. ground troops to fight Islamic State in the Middle East.

Speaking on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program, the billionaire businessman said it would take American soldiers to target the militant group.

"They have great money because they have oil," Trump said. "Every place where they have oil I would knock the hell out of them."

"I would knock out the source of their wealth, the primary sources of their wealth, which is oil. And in order to do that, you would have to put boots on the ground. I would knock the hell out of them but I'd put a ring around it and I'd take the oil for our country," he told MSNBC.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/10/us-usa-election-trump-mideast-idUSKCN0QF1BB20150810

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Trump's plan for Islamic State: 'Put a ring around it' (Original Post) jpak Aug 2015 OP

Isn't that a Beyonce song? Orrex Aug 2015 #1

Yes. And something that is CRYING OUT for beac Aug 2015 #23

A ring? How'd that work out for Mrs.s Trumps #'s 1 and 2? underpants Aug 2015 #2

What a fucking maroon. lark Aug 2015 #3

Your kids first mr trump - but then asiliveandbreathe Aug 2015 #4

Brilliant! wheniwasincongress Aug 2015 #5

Maybe build a fence? I understand he's good at that sort of thing... brooklynite Aug 2015 #6

If you like it put a ring on it... He's a secret Beyonce fan! nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #7

Maybe Huckabee will call him out on that at the next debate. KamaAina Aug 2015 #9

donny boy, why don't you enlist, and volunteer to go over and do just that? niyad Aug 2015 #8

All the single ladies still hate his guts. KamaAina Aug 2015 #10

Damn fine idea! We, the USyan are the best people in the world and will take whatever we want! Kablooie Aug 2015 #11

Hes going to take Iraqs oil?. Hey old oil countries, donate to the D party or you get Trumped! Sunlei Aug 2015 #12

That applause you may hear is the 30 to 40% of early Republican primary voters that are stone cold idiots. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #13

Ring Around the Collar bucolic_frolic Aug 2015 #14

What is this, the Beyonce plan? geek tragedy Aug 2015 #15

Trump Proposes to Desh (ISIL/ISIS)? Blue State Bandit Aug 2015 #16

Me likes cosmicone Aug 2015 #17

What the fuck does that even mean? Is he seriously channeling Beyonce here? Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2015 #18

at least he's getting more specific than "I'd fix it" RussBLib Aug 2015 #19

And start both a Great Depression AND WWIII as Russia and China get majorly PISSED NickB79 Aug 2015 #20

Hadreains Wall tactic imthevicar Aug 2015 #21

And the vast majority of Americans DO NOT support sending ground troops in LynnTheDem Aug 2015 #22

Orrex

(63,224 posts)

1. Isn't that a Beyonce song?

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:32 PM

Aug 2015

beac

(9,992 posts)

23. Yes. And something that is CRYING OUT for

Reply to Orrex (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:08 PM

Aug 2015

a good Photoshopping.

underpants

(182,877 posts)

2. A ring? How'd that work out for Mrs.s Trumps #'s 1 and 2?

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:35 PM

Aug 2015

lark

(23,155 posts)

3. What a fucking maroon.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:38 PM

Aug 2015

He's acting way too dumb to be an actual moron. Yeah, like the rest of the world will sit by while we steal all the oil in Iraq and Syria (if there's any oil in Syria, not sure). It's not our oil, idiot blowhard now ultra hawk donald, we can't just take it without severe consequences.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)

4. Your kids first mr trump - but then

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:40 PM

Aug 2015

trump will never get near the WH...not on my watch...this isn't even a trust but verify moment...it is a trump to the dump moment!

wheniwasincongress

(1,307 posts)

5. Brilliant!

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:43 PM

Aug 2015

Is he 10 years old?

brooklynite

(94,727 posts)

6. Maybe build a fence? I understand he's good at that sort of thing...

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:46 PM

Aug 2015

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

7. If you like it put a ring on it... He's a secret Beyonce fan! nt

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #6)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:48 PM

Aug 2015

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

9. Maybe Huckabee will call him out on that at the next debate.

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:56 PM

Aug 2015

niyad

(113,552 posts)

8. donny boy, why don't you enlist, and volunteer to go over and do just that?

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:55 PM

Aug 2015

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

10. All the single ladies still hate his guts.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:57 PM

Aug 2015

Married ones, too, I would imagine.

Kablooie

(18,641 posts)

11. Damn fine idea! We, the USyan are the best people in the world and will take whatever we want!

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:59 PM

Aug 2015

This will impress the hell out of the mud brained yokels that sit in their midwestern living rooms and moan about the decline of civilization because other cultures exist.

I don't want to bring up a Hitler comparison but … well … there you are.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

12. Hes going to take Iraqs oil?. Hey old oil countries, donate to the D party or you get Trumped!

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 01:03 PM

Aug 2015

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

13. That applause you may hear is the 30 to 40% of early Republican primary voters that are stone cold idiots.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 01:09 PM

Aug 2015

Also the true red viewer demographics of Fox, so let them belittle each other....well deserved.

bucolic_frolic

(43,281 posts)

14. Ring Around the Collar

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 01:22 PM

Aug 2015

And around New York too to prevent flooding from global warming

His plans are simple, and applicable anywhere

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

15. What is this, the Beyonce plan?

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 01:29 PM

Aug 2015

Blue State Bandit

(2,122 posts)

16. Trump Proposes to Desh (ISIL/ISIS)?

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 01:45 PM

Aug 2015

Will he "beat them like he owned them"

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)

17. Me likes

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 02:39 PM

Aug 2015

Finally a president that will beat up Saudi Arabia, get rid of the royal family and stop the Wahabbi nonsense.

(Smilie for some people whose detectors are faulty)

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,198 posts)

18. What the fuck does that even mean? Is he seriously channeling Beyonce here?

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 02:51 PM

Aug 2015

He'd bomb the oil fields and take the oil? Does he realize there are sovereign nations that might have a legitimate claim for that oil?

This guy is completely juts.

RussBLib

(9,035 posts)

19. at least he's getting more specific than "I'd fix it"

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 02:59 PM

Aug 2015

it's insane, but it's more specific

yeah, just go in and take the oil - he's a genius

NickB79

(19,258 posts)

20. And start both a Great Depression AND WWIII as Russia and China get majorly PISSED

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 03:45 PM

Aug 2015

Like it or not, the oil of the Middle East powers a huge chunk of the global economy. Interfering with a single country here and there may not impact global oil prices too badly, but the whole region? Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, etc? Bad things happen.

The Russians and the Chinese will not sit idly by and let the US invade the entire ME and take the region's oil as spoils of war. Expect massive arms shipments of top-line weapons at a bare minimum; a guerrilla war to put Iraq and Afghanistan to shame most likely as well.

imthevicar

(811 posts)

21. Hadreains Wall tactic

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 06:34 PM

Aug 2015

It has worked well over the centuries. However, This is not what what the US should be up to.

LynnTheDem

(21,368 posts)

22. And the vast majority of Americans DO NOT support sending ground troops in

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 06:39 PM

Aug 2015

to fight a terrorist organization.

A man of the people, you are, Donald. ROTFL!

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