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Donald Trump: Let Russia fight the Islamic State in Syria
the Washington Post ^ | September 25, 2015 | Jena Johnson

Posted on 09/26/2015 4:34:57 AM PDT by McGruff

Donald Trump accused his Republican presidential rivals on Friday night of wanting to "start World War III over Syria," and suggested that the United States should instead let Russia deal with the problem.

Trump has recently faced criticism for not providing details on what sort of foreign policy positions he would take as president. That lack of specifics is purposeful and strategic, Trump said during a 50-minute speech at the Great State Fair of Oklahoma on Friday night. He said Republicans who publicly share their strategic foreign policy plans are "crazy."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Israel; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: anotherlibya; armingisishillary; benghazi; christians; gunrunning; iran; isis; israel; lebanon; newyork; obamacreated; obamaisis; obamatunded; protectchristians; putinsbuttboys; russia; russianstooges; trump; vladtheimploder; waronterror
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1 posted on 09/26/2015 4:34:57 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Maybe that’s the best answer under the circumstances for getting rid of ISIS. But it also means Russia now gets another client. I think this is like telling the ocean to get wet. It already is. Barack is not going to send troops there to take care of ISIS.


2 posted on 09/26/2015 4:39:30 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: McGruff

Trump blusters and is incoherent, as usual.

And yes, I read the whole thing.


3 posted on 09/26/2015 4:40:21 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (Keep in mind, Boehner was the symptom, not the disease.)
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To: McGruff

Russian soldiers don’t have the insane restrictions of Obama’s rules of engagement , so they will be successful.


4 posted on 09/26/2015 4:40:51 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: McGruff
I wouldn't trust Obama fighting JV ISIS who have invaded Europe.

Even the Pope is wrong as soon ISIS will take the Vatican.

Leading from behind is going to cost us anyway.

Russia and Iran will own the Middle East soon.

5 posted on 09/26/2015 4:41:10 AM PDT by scooby321
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To: EternalVigilance
Donald Trump accused his Republican presidential rivals on Friday night of wanting to "start World War III over Syria,"

From the guy who said we will bomb them and take their stuff.
6 posted on 09/26/2015 4:41:55 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: EternalVigilance
Trump's got it right on this. The US has lost all credibility in the Mideast. If ISIS gets a corridor to the Med, which will happen if Assad falls, they'll be able to run cruise ships full of crazies to overwhelm southern Europe.

If Russia can take this on and block that access while the EU deals with the very bad internal situation they now have, it might save civilization. On another thread, it was reported that Russia and China have legitimate concerns. They have nationals from radical groups fighting with ISIS, and want to destroy them before they return to their homelands.

7 posted on 09/26/2015 4:45:52 AM PDT by grania
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Russian troops in Syria and the Prime Minister of Hungary have done more to save western civilization in the last month than the US military has in the last 25 years.


8 posted on 09/26/2015 4:49:58 AM PDT by nonliberal (Sent from a payphone in a whorehouse in Mexico.)
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To: cripplecreek

good point. BTW, did you hear about this Trumper-tantrum?

http://www.mediaite.com/online/donald-trump-threatens-to-sue-t-shirt-company-for-mocking-him/


9 posted on 09/26/2015 4:50:10 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Mediaite isn’t exactly an unbiased source. Try to stay on topic here.


10 posted on 09/26/2015 4:54:26 AM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. My dream team.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Yeah, I am a fan of The Don...

But I do have to say that this sounds a lot like the guy that says...”Plan?! Yeah, I got a plan... But I wont tell you what it is because... It’s a secret plan! Yeah Secret! That’s the ticket!”

Yeah I know what he’s saying. He’s doing the Corleone thing... Never let em know what you’re thinking. I’m still a fan though. Because the way I see it, He’s showing the other candidates how to do it. And taking all the heat. Hopefully they will get up on their hind legs, grow spines and start advocating for OUR SIDE for a change.

Now with Boner out of the way...
Hope we get someplace.


11 posted on 09/26/2015 4:54:30 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (War is cruelty, there is no use trying to reform it; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.)
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Well, that’s pretty much what we’re doing.


12 posted on 09/26/2015 4:54:58 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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-—— Let them do it-——

it is no longer an issue

they are doing it and can’t be stopped

obama’s pacifist legacy is at stake


13 posted on 09/26/2015 4:55:18 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump)
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To: McGruff

A: I didn’t address it to you, nor did I intend to address it again in this thread.....so now it’s you who are staying off topic.

B: He either is or he is not going threatening to sue the tee shirt company. I don’t care what the source is, only the validity of the information.


14 posted on 09/26/2015 4:56:38 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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He switched to a deeply serious voice to imitate his rivals who have provided details: "If I'm president, I will engage the sixth fleet. I will do this, I will do that, I will attack Russia and Syria."

We all know who he meant here.

15 posted on 09/26/2015 4:56:51 AM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. My dream team.)
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Anyone who wants to trust the lives of their sons and daughters to muslim obama for military deployment raise your hand...


16 posted on 09/26/2015 4:57:42 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Caipirabob
Meanwhile U.S.-trained Syrian rebels gave equipment to Nusra: U.S. military.
17 posted on 09/26/2015 5:00:14 AM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. My dream team.)
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To: McGruff

Let someone else deal with it... He’s taking a real tough-talking hard line here.


18 posted on 09/26/2015 5:02:49 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode ("go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven")
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To: McGruff

If I were going to fight ISIS I would much rather it be under the ROE of Russia than the obama ROE, ‘Avoid civilian casualties at all cost.’

But then again, if I were to be fighting ISIS it would mean that ISIS was in Maine and then the rules of engagement would be simple, Kill them all, let God sort them out.


19 posted on 09/26/2015 5:03:16 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (I have no idea why anyone, in their right mind, would go into Portland, ME.)
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To: McGruff

Things can get strange. Some years ago, a global warming treaty was heralded to be almost a done deal. It would have been a disaster for the West, and just at that time, the Russians published some hacked emails from the global warming idiots and torpedoed the whole thing.


20 posted on 09/26/2015 5:04:50 AM PDT by odawg
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