Posted on 05/24/2017 7:55:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Today, I admire Donald Trump. His remarks made in the aftermath of the terror attack in Manchester captured the mood in Britain perfectly. Terrorists are not soldiers, not even murderers -- they are "losers." And this tragic event validates Trump's initiative of uniting the world against terrorism. Suddenly, he feels like a serious international leader.
There has to be a change in tone. Barack Obama began his presidency with an erudite speech in Cairo declaring that America would be humbler from now on. Trump, by contrast, landed in Saudi Arabia looking like an emperor meeting a king. Trump's provincialism is an act. He might not understand the etiquette of Capitol Hill, but international business is in his bones.
He brings with him, abroad, a new sense of strategic vision. Obama's critics should give him a break for having to govern in a time of anarchy and limited choices. But he compounded regional crises by laying down red lines, for instance on the use of chemical weapons, that he then allowed dictators to cross. He hung back from action in Syria, yet aided the revolt against Gadhafi in Libya.
And his centerpiece deal with Iran came at a heavy price: the slow expansion of Tehran's influence throughout the region. No wonder Gulf states desire greater US involvement, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, praised the US Tomahawk strike on a Syrian airstrip.....
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I’ve gone cross-eyed.
there. fixed it.
2ndDivisionVet,
Thanks for all your great posts. My work schedule keeps me pretty busy so it’s a good thing when I can come to FR and not have to spend a lot of time surfing the Web. God bless.
Incremental encouragement....
.....CNN....I had to read that twice!
CNN must smell blood in the water after FOX came in third for ratings. Good business decision to sell a little truth and pick up that market share. Time will tell if this is a trend or fluke.
Ha!
Not fake news ?
>> Trump, by contrast, landed in Saudi Arabia looking like an emperor meeting a king. Trump’s provincialism is an act.<<
“provincialism???” Only the snooty self-important beard-scratching dickwads would use such a term. I 100% guarantee that President Trump has FORGOTTEN more than these writers will ever know about being cosmopolitan (the opposite of provincial). He has a true global view.
They just couldn’t do it. They could not praise President Trump without a dagger. And they are, again, factually incorrect.
What emperor in history was even 1/10th as powerful as a modern US president?
This is from CNN? You gotta be kidding me. I’ll be looking for the sun to come up over the barn in the morning instead of the house. I can almost feel the earth lurching as it reverses its spin.
Augustus Caesar to name but two, Queen Victoria ( Empress ), for starters.
They could destroy the world in 20 minutes? Really?
CNN is turning into FOX as Fox turns into CNN.
Outside of Afghanistan, yes, the Brits did; though in more time.
OTOH...should WE nuke someplace that has ties to a nation/s that also has nukes, how fast we devastate some parts of the world, doesn't matter at all. Do, please, ponder that and see IF you can figure out why!
Hahaha. Always good to have a laugh at the end of the night. :D
Mr. Stanley’s last article.
The only one's who thought he was "provincial" were people who had no idea what international business is all about.
There are two groups of people who make it their business to know everything that it is possible to know about other countries.
Missionaries and business people.
That is because they have to work without a net.
Diplomats and military have the backing and protection of the US government. Charities often have the backing of powerful governments as well.
Missionaries are trying to change the beautiful indigenous culture and Business People are exploiters and polluters.
If they get in trouble no one is going to leap to their rescue.
Their only protection is to know exactly what is going on, where it is going on and who is behind it. So they learn every scrap about everything they possibly can.
WTF? CNN allowed this to be published?
Crazy!
Trump Magnus!
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