Except that Hillary announced she had Ghadaffi murdered and laughed about it. I agree with your sentiment but a fact is a fact.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/06/trump-s-wrong-america-is-exceptional.html
I think war might have been what was meant, but it could be other things, too. But national interests have seen people killed for just about every nation in history. Would we assume our clandestine operations have not done so?
I wouldn’t read too much into it...not running down his country.
He is savvy enough likely to be thinking of Clinton, all the dems and rinos who have caused so many Bengazi folks to die, countless middle eastern Christians, and think of horseback took money from Soros...all those rinos...and the propagate...
We destabilized most of the middle east. This has flooded Europe with Muslims, led to the rise of ISIS, and could lead to a wider disastrous war. Tens of thousands have dies because of stupid policies this nation put into play with the last president.
But yeah, we ought to shut up and not say that after 8 years of bitching about it when Obama and Hillary were doing it.
Believe me, I don’t feel “run down” by him saying it.
Now if you want to own the past 8 years of screw up because you think it’s patriotic, then go right ahead.
I applaud DJT for his comment. I don’t necessarily like some of our foreign policy “initiatives” but I also eat my green beans. My observation is that it’s not the temperature of the kitchen so much as if we wish to savor the meal, don’t be too curious about any stage of it’s preparation. Then there’s the truth in the old saying about the similarities in how politics and sausage are made.
This is what Trump is talking about;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLaUF8ls8M4
Obama and Hillary burning down the gulf states creating huge migrant problem.
And you are naive if you think what he said is not true.
I would rather have truth any day, over any flavor of BS.
When DJT said this I first thought of Patrice Lumumba, followed quickly to our nation building follies.
Remember when the Republican twerp from Florida questioned Rex Tillerson, his better, whether Bad Vlad was a War Criminal?
Well, Rex is now Secretary of State, and Little Marco is still the twerp from Florida!
There is a reason why Rex can pay his bills, but Little Marco can't. Could it be that Rex is competent, but Marco is a grandstanding politician?
We all want to be patriotic. But let’s be honest. Our actions in Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Syria (etc) have led to the deaths of many, at the behest of causes that have nothing to do with who we want to be. First step in reaching our goals is keeping it real.
Michael Corleone:I’m working for my father now Kay. He’s been sick, very sick.
Kay Adams:But you’re not like him Michael. I thought you weren’t going to become a man like your father. That’s what you told me.
Michael Corleone: My father is no different than any other powerful man, any man who is responsible for other people, like a senator or a president.
Kay Adams:You know how naive you sound?
Michael Corleone:Why?
Kay Adams: Senators and presidents don’t have men killed.
Michael Corleone: Oh. Who’s being naive, Kay?
Well, let’s talk about our nation’s foreign policies for a bit. Our government orders tens of thousands of people killed in the Middle East, with no declared war. We aren’t all that innocent as a nation. Any sane person who isn’t all that partisan acknowledges this.
Trump is right that there are things in the US history that we’re not so innocent. This isn’t running down the country but just being brutally honest.
There is nothing innocent about a constant state of war with deployed American sons and daughters going on for decades while returning them home either dead or maimed with no gain to show for it. Our previous leadership has tossed our own children into an expensive, generational meat grinder with no discernible results. We have not grown our territory and we have not gained new external resources as a result of these needless deaths and injuries. The only thing I see is that enemies are now popping up in our own country to make war on our women and children. Who does this serve? I would rather have a thoughtful man in charge of these decisions weighing the cost of these lives before wrecklessly discarding them.
I wish he would explain himself better at times like this.
The Putin bashing is getting old. If these people want to start a nuclear war they should just say so.
I don’t get why these morons keep trying to bait Trump into bashing Putin.
Russia has Putin. The U.S. has the Clintons
“There is a difference between killing people in war and murdering your political opponents.”
Which political opponents has Putin murdered? Name names.