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Old 12-22-2018, 11:47 AM
 
Location: Nantahala National Forest, NC
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Brett McGurk moves his resignation up to February after Trump pulls troops in Syria to fight ISIS, reporting ISIS has not been defeated...he's been in place through 2 presidencies.

Dailymail.com reports more resignations likely.
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Old 12-22-2018, 11:58 AM
 
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Brett McGurk moves his resignation up to February after Trump pulls troops in Syria to fight ISIS, reporting ISIS has not been defeated...he's been in place through 2 presidencies.

Dailymail.com reports more resignations likely.
This could be the issue that finally breaks the Republican party's apathy. There are calls for the Senate to hold hearings on this matter in January. They are not on board with this, and it appears they might actually, finally push back against Trump. We can hope.
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Old 12-22-2018, 12:11 PM
 
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Good !!! Drain the swamp !!!

Reminds me of a Trump rally, "Get m Out a here". "MAGA"

They think foreign policy is like "Hotel California" you can check in but never leave.
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Old 12-22-2018, 12:19 PM
 
Location: AZ
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Good !!! Drain the swamp !!!

Reminds me of a Trump rally, "Get m Out a here". "MAGA"

They think foreign policy is like "Hotel California" you can check in but never leave.
Did that album just get released in your part of the world? FYI It doesn’t come off as any less scripted when one ends a post with some token tie-back to “popular culture”......
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Old 12-22-2018, 12:22 PM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Good !!! Drain the swamp !!!

Reminds me of a Trump rally, "Get m Out a here". "MAGA"

They think foreign policy is like "Hotel California" you can check in but never leave.

And Trump foolishly believes he knows more about everything than anyone.
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Old 12-22-2018, 12:53 PM
 
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This could be the issue that finally breaks the Republican party's apathy. There are calls for the Senate to hold hearings on this matter in January. They are not on board with this, and it appears they might actually, finally push back against Trump. We can hope.
Endless war is good now? Since when did the Democrats decide to throw in their lot with the neocon warhawks. I thought it was just Hillary and a select few senators. Obama's campaign pledge was to close Gitmo and get out of Afghanistan and Iraq asap.

The more of these supposed policy experts leave, the better. Ending wars, closing overseas bases, stopping sending weapons to "allied groups" is a good thing. Peace is a good thing.
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Old 12-22-2018, 12:55 PM
 
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Brett H. McGurk is an American diplomat who was appointed by President Barack Obama on 23 October 2015 as Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL...


more obama leftovers gone....
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Old 12-22-2018, 12:56 PM
 
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This could be the issue that finally breaks the Republican party's apathy. There are calls for the Senate to hold hearings on this matter in January. They are not on board with this, and it appears they might actually, finally push back against Trump. We can hope.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
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Old 12-22-2018, 12:59 PM
 
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Brett H. McGurk is an American diplomat who was appointed by President Barack Obama on 23 October 2015 as Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL...


more obama leftovers gone....
WOW, only 7 post's till an Obama deflection.
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Old 12-22-2018, 01:38 PM
 
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Brett H. McGurk is an American diplomat who was appointed by President Barack Obama on 23 October 2015 as Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL...


more obama leftovers gone....
More honorable men (and women) run out of a government that is supposed to represent ALL Americans-
Not just the lunatic fringe---and I mean more than Trump's hairdo...

McGurk is a respected negotiator who has meaningful relationships with our allies and some of our opponents
He is not a good man to lose--especially because Trump jerked the rug out from under him in this way

All the people who are cheering Trump's actions --- if their boss did that to them at work--undermined them, cut their authority, dissed them would be totally livid with animosity---and probably some mad enough to quit
Because they wouldn't care if the boss was making the RIGHT decision in an unfair manner...
Much less a bad decision in an embarassing way

So move up several levels in your thinking and understand this is NOT responsible behavior for someone who controls the codes to WOMD...
EVEN IF IT WAS A GOOD DECISON (which it is not to pretty much every political/foreign policy leader and analyst) the MANNER it happened just proves Trump is irrational and untrustworthy...
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