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“We have wasted an enormous amount of blood and treasure in Afghanistan. Their government has zero appreciation,”Trump tweeted in November 2013. “Let's get out!”
Trump doesn't know what he's doing. He's surrounded himself with generals who solve everything with "more troops". They're not going to tell him that Afghanistan is a lost cause.
This businessman doesn't have a clue about the law of diminishing returns. His friends the Russians should have told him about Afghanistan.
No, they don't listen to us. People keep voting for the same candidates in gerrymandered districts. They have no competition so they don't have to listen.
That's true. To a nail, every solution is a hammer. To a general, every solution is more troops and money.
I was just thinking "what has happened to democracy in America?". There are various unscientific polls going on at this moment and all of them are running 80% against any more troops in Afghanistan. Is no one listening to US? Who says we are not united? We are united on this. We don't want any more of this war.
You may be tired of the war. The enemy isn't. They still gather and plot to kill us. Sitting on the couch smoking pot and eating potato chips won't stop them.
Watch, you won't hear a word about the Russia story for a while because Trump has shown he is willing to play ball on the Big Agenda items. When he bombed Syria the Russia story went away for the first time in a long time, only to come back when he started to show signs of acting independently again. The trumped up Russia collusion story is what the deep state, or the establishment or whatever you want to call them use to keep Trump in check. Do what we say or we'll turn the heat up again. Who knows what Mueller could find? Maybe something...maybe nothing. Stick with the program and maybe we can make it go away.
I disagree with your reasons..but i agree with your conclusion..Trump is a broken man..powerless and well on his way to becoming the lapdog of the DC power brokers.
Dunno about all that--as you know..I've never liked Trump..but he could have at least kept his promises.
He's flailing..and i suspect he's just taking advice randomly--Generals are good at sounding confident..it's part of their repertoire. Had he walked away from the war..it would be a disaster--if he stays it will be a disaster--there is no clear win..for Trump. But he could have made the decision that his voters agreed with..and kept that much integrity.
Hey, make no mistake, I am not happy at all that we are still wasting out time over there. I do not support his descision at all. Bu the fact that he held long meetings with his Generals to come to this conclusion (witch again i do not agree with) shows that he is taking the issue seriously and not just doing what he wants to keep a promise.
I'm a Trump supporter but I absolute disagree with continuing the fight in Afghanistan. Pull out and secure our borders. Worry about what goes on in this country and do everything in your power to make sure they dont reach these shores.
Now at least 2 areas where Trump and I part....hope I'm wrong on this one.
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