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Donald Herbert Walker Trump
Zman ^ | April 7, 2017 | Zman

Posted on 04/07/2017 12:02:50 PM PDT by thorvaldr

Unless you have been in a cave, you know where this is heading. Trump won the nomination and the presidency on one core issue. He would be the President of the United Sates, not the President of the world. That was his line. He repeated it often. It allegedly captured his one core belief. What is good for America is what is good for Americans and the government should always be working to further the interest of Americans, over the interests of foreigners.

The fact that something so obvious and sane has to be explained speaks to the the degeneracy of our age. But, we live in a time when we have to debate physical reality with people who insist things like biology and math are a plot by a mystery cult of white men to keep down women and non-whites. Still, Trump running on a platform of rationality, and winning on the platform, gave a lot of people, including me, a spark of hope. Maybe what comes next does not have to be what always comes next.

Yesterday, the alt-right and even many seasoned geezers like me took a body blow when Trump abandoned everything he said over the last two years and embraced the idiocy of yet another war in the Middle East. Not only is he embracing the lunacy of the traitorous neocons, he is risking war with Russia. His “reason” for condemning himself to ruin is that his daughter got the sads over seeing pictures of dead kids in Syria. She takes to twitter over this latest agit-prop and in a day daddy is launching missiles at Assad.

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KEYWORDS: blogpimp; hitandrunpost; nevertrumper; syria; trump; zot
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To: JayGalt

My reading is we can neutralize their nuke threat as it is today, but not in the future.


41 posted on 04/07/2017 3:15:44 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian
You started out like you "got it", but ... lost it.

The world has a number of bully-states, including Syria. But more problematic are Iran and North Korea. So, Trump has to make a point and get all the bullies to pay attention. Does he go around and smack them all? No. He sends Tillerson out to say, The time for talking is over. Which puts North Korea and Iran, and the rest of the world, on notice. Including China and Russia. Then Assad pops off. So Trump sends a shot across the bow of Syria, but his real targets are Iran and North Korea.

Trump repeatedly said during the campaign he wouldn't telegraph his intentions. Did anybody hear Trump running around saying, Oh, you better stop that, or you're gonna make me mad! No! Trump just kicked Assad in the nuts. And the rest of the bullies saw it. THAT is what really happened.
42 posted on 04/07/2017 3:22:52 PM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: Montana_Sam

well that’s one guess meanwhile the nikes keep being developed


43 posted on 04/07/2017 3:57:05 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Correct, DACA is still operating as if it were law and not something dreamed up by Obama. 11,000 new illegal aliens processed since Trump took office, 49,000 renewals for an illegal program that should have been shut down.

Pure Political Swindle. "Read My Lips, No New Taxes" x 100.

The "tell" of this swindle is the dud Trump appointed as DHS Secretary, General Kelley, who brags about what a great friend he is to illegal alien invaders. Who do American citizens get as a "friend"?

DHS/ICE is putting on a media show by rounding up a few hundred more illegals than Obama did, the ones who commit felonies, etc. Meanwhile, away from the cameras, DHS/USCIS is still shoveling out tens of thousands of DACA amnesty tickets

44 posted on 04/07/2017 4:03:39 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Countries without Islamic immigration are countries without Islamic terrorism.)
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To: morphing libertarian

A show of strength today may put us on a better path for the future.


45 posted on 04/07/2017 4:39:25 PM PDT by JayGalt
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To: thorvaldr

Oh please! I’m skeptical about the allegations, and I don’t agree with the attack, but can we stop the hysterical overreactions? A few dozen cruise missiles hardly means Trump is out to create a New World Order.


46 posted on 04/07/2017 4:42:45 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: AC Beach Patrol

I don’t know anything about Salafists and do not care to know anything about them. But I do care very much about lives of innocent babies. Obviously you do not. No leader with an ounce of humanity in their brain should tolerate use of chemical weapons in the 21st century. If Assad uses chemical weapons again against civilians and incinerate lungs of young babies, I would like 100 cruise missiles fired at every known residence of his and send him to his God.

Reagan taught that lesson to Qaddafi, and Trump just taught that same lesson to Assad. Even the normally loud Iranians are noticeably silent. I am guessing the Mullah dictators in Iran do not wish to have cruise missiles rained on them. The Norkie leader is also conspicuously silent.

Like I said before, the ONLY language tyrants, dictators, terrorists understand is brutal response and retribution. Let history be our guide instead of wishful thinking.


47 posted on 04/07/2017 6:00:45 PM PDT by entropy12 (Read my profile for how to really reduce healthcare costs & improve quality.)
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To: entropy12

If you believe that fake, staged PR you’re either hasbara or an übertard.


48 posted on 04/07/2017 6:12:45 PM PDT by AC Beach Patrol
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To: AC Beach Patrol

Since you have provided zero evidence to prove it was a fake or staged event, I will prefer the consensus of the national security people over yours. I will ignore your posts in this thread.


49 posted on 04/07/2017 6:48:05 PM PDT by entropy12 (Read my profile for how to really reduce healthcare costs & improve quality.)
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