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Ummm, maybe for the same reasons we are trying to prevent NK and Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons? Were we ok with Cuba and missiles? Saudi is very corrupt country that for the first time is trying to project offensive power toward their neighbors. They are obviously not very good at it.
One would think that a war should have a diplomatic objective besides total annihilation.
The US has no business whatsoever dictating what other countries can and cannot do. Full stop. Other countries can do as they wish. The US can choose to refuse to conduct the trades of goods/services with other countries, but that's it. The US does not rule the world. Facts matter.
They can buy them from whomever they want. The point is that US taxpayers are NOT paying for them.
Then let me put it like this: I would prefer that my tax dollars not be used to produce arms that are then sold to corrupt and brutal regimes like Saudi Arabia.
The US has no business whatsoever dictating what other countries can and cannot do. Full stop. Other countries can do as they wish. The US can choose to refuse to conduct the trades of goods/services with other countries, but that's it. The US does not rule the world. Facts matter.
Bolton has always been on the hawkish side and after he became NSA he went plumb over the edge in a lot of ways. There was no problem to him that could not be solved by military force. Some country or another disagrees with US policy, park a division of Marines on their border and then talk about it.
While I'm OK with the use of military force in many instances it's not always the answer.
I was never a fan of Bolton so kind of glad he's gone and wonder why Trump picked him in the first place. The only legitimate criticism I have on Trump is some of his picks have been pretty lousy but I think Spicer and Sarah were home runs (grand slam in Sarah's case).
You MUST have been a comedian in your past life. SMH
Why can't the US sell whatever it wants to whomever it wants? And the same is true of other countries. They can sell whatever they want to whichever countries want to buy.
So your A-OK with Russia selling fighter jets to Turkey, a NATO country, when the USA would not?
So what's the story? Trump didn't know who he was hiring? I could see that.
It was probably his advisers jabbering in his ear. They are the ones that likely suggested Trump put on a guy like Bolton. And thankfully Trump realized his ideas were at odds with his.
It’s interesting this is the THIRD national security adviser that Trumps has so called fired. And of course Trump
Isn’t at fault and they weren’t working out. So like always Trump outs someone in their place he can push around. Trump is the poster child for narcissistic behavior. He plays the martyr well.
So your A-OK with Russia selling fighter jets to Turkey, a NATO country, when the USA would not?
Explain.
Yeah, I'm okay with that.
Turkey is not a US State.
What would you have Trump do?
Would you have Trump overthrow the Turkish government like Truwoman overthrew the Greek government and then rammed $Billions in military contracts down their throats?
And then in 1967, LBJerk overthrew the Greek government and rammed another few $Billion down the Greek's throats, because they weren't buying enough F-104 Starfighters.
Would you have Trump be like Eisencoward and try to overthrow the Syrian government for Declaring Neutrality While Non-White/Non-Christian? Or try to assassinate and overthrow Nasser of Egypt for Declaring Neutrality While Non-White/Non-Christian or assassinate Nehru of India for Declaring Neutrality While Non-White/Non-Christian?
That kind of foreign policy might have worked in the past, but today that's a good way to get three 450 kt nuclear warheads detonated 85 miles above the surface over the US. You won't see them or hear them, but you will see and hear hundreds of angry starving penniless mobs roaming around attacking you and your family for the rest of your life, however short your life might be.
It was probably his advisers jabbering in his ear. They are the ones that likely suggested Trump put on a guy like Bolton. And thankfully Trump realized his ideas were at odds with his.
Well, that would be a whole different problem! But you are right, Trump is know to be easily swayed.
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