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  • Trump’s ‘America First’ Base Unhappy with Flip-Flop Afghanistan Speech

    08/22/2017 8:21:40 AM PDT · by The Numbers · 58 replies
    Breitbart ^ | Aug 21st | Adam Shaw
    President Trump’s “America First” base was the biggest loser of Trump’s speech on Afghanistan Monday night, and many quickly expressed their disappointment at the business-as-usual address from the president who had once promised to limit American intervention abroad and focus on nation-building at home. Trump’s speech, in which he pledged to increase the number of troops in the 16-year-war, was the first since the departure of Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and confirmed the fears of many on the right that without a strong nationalist voice in the West Wing, the President would revert to the same old fare that Americans...
  • With Afghanistan Address, Trump Pleased Long-Time Rivals And Upset Allies

    08/22/2017 12:01:11 PM PDT · by TBP · 26 replies
    The Daily Caller ^ | 8/22/2017 | ALEX PFEIFFER
    President Donald Trump’s commitment to an indefinite war in Afghanistan Monday night received praise from rivals such as Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, but left conservatives like Ann Coulter disappointed. Trump criticized the Afghanistan war before entering office. However, in his nation-wide address he said he will not give an end date for the conflict and wouldn’t talk about potential troop deployments. There are roughly 8,400 American service members in Afghanistan and it was widely reported Trump will deploy an additional 4,000 troops. Shortly after the speech, Sen. Graham said on Fox News, “I am very pleased with this...
  • Is Trump's Agenda Being Eclipsed?

    08/22/2017 7:40:52 AM PDT · by Colonel Kangaroo · 26 replies
    Townhall ^ | August 22, 2017 | Pat Buchanan
    I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire," said Winston Churchill to cheers at the Lord Mayor's luncheon in London in November 1942. True to his word, the great man did not begin the liquidation. When his countrymen threw him out in July 1945, that role fell to Clement Attlee, who began the liquidation. Churchill, during his second premiership from 1951-1955, would continue the process, as would his successor, Harold Macmillan, until the greatest empire the world had ever seen had vanished. While its demise was inevitable, the death...
  • PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSES THE NATION ON AFGHANISTAN 8/21/17

    08/21/2017 6:07:50 PM PDT · by kvanbrunt2 · 178 replies
    Monday, August 21, 2017: WATCH LIVE: PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSES THE NATION ON AFGHANISTAN at 9:00 PM EASTERN
  • President Trump address on Afghanistan text

    08/22/2017 1:18:24 AM PDT · by iowamark · 13 replies
    Donald Trump Facebook ^ | August 21 2017 | Donald J. Trump
    Vice President Pence, Secretary of State Tillerson, members of the Cabinet, General Dunford, Deputy Secretary Shanahan, and Colonel Duggan. Most especially, thank you to the men and women of Fort Myer and every member of the United States military at home and abroad. We send our thoughts and prayers to the families of our brave sailors who were injured and lost after a tragic collision at sea, as well as to those conducting the search and recovery efforts. I am here tonight to lay out our path forward in Afghanistan and South Asia. But before I provide the details of...
  • McCain praises Trump's Afghan speech: 'Big step in right direction'

    08/22/2017 1:12:05 AM PDT · by Colonel Kangaroo · 34 replies
    The Hill ^ | August 21, 2017 | Rebecca Kheel
    Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has spent months bashing President Trump for delaying a new Afghanistan strategy, on Monday night praised him for “taking a big step in the right direction” after his address on the path forward. “I commend President Trump for taking a big step in the right direction with the new strategy for Afghanistan,” the Senate Armed Services chairman said in a statement. “The unfortunate truth is that this strategy is long overdue, and in the interim, the Taliban have made dangerous inroads. Nevertheless, I believe the President is now moving us well beyond the prior administration's...
  • I hope Trump is right (and I’m wrong) on Afghanistan

    08/21/2017 11:18:28 PM PDT · by Oshkalaboomboom · 41 replies
    NY Post ^ | August 21, 2017 | Ralph Peters
    In outlining his vision for applying “principled realism” to the war in Afghanistan, President Trump Monday night insisted there will be no precipitous American withdrawal. Though he didn’t specify the number, Trump will be sending additional troops — likely up to 4,000 — to Afghanistan. That would boost our commitment to just above 12,000 men and women in uniform. And they’ll be expected to accomplish what 140,000 US and allied troops couldn’t achieve at the peak of our engagement, when the Taliban was considerably weaker. We all must hope that, by a miracle, the new strategy of enhanced training for...
  • Full Transcript and Video: Trump’s Speech on Afghanistan

    08/21/2017 10:29:08 PM PDT · by be-baw · 22 replies
    New York Times ^ | August 21, 2017 | New York Times
    President Trump addressed the nation on Monday from Fort Myer military base in Arlington, Va., to lay out his military plans for Afghanistan. Following is the full transcript of those remarks, as released by the Federal News Service.
  • LIVE THREAD & STREAM: President Trump Addresses the Nation on Afghanistan 8/21/17-9 PM EST

    08/21/2017 5:41:24 PM PDT · by HokieMom · 624 replies