Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Donald Trump had it right on Vladimir Putin and ISIS; Chris Christie didn't have a clue
The Star Ledger ^ | November 17, 2015 at 10:28 AM | Paul Mulshine

Posted on 11/17/2015 9:03:21 AM PST by Trumpinator

Donald Trump had it right on Vladimir Putin and ISIS; Chris Christie didn't have a clue

By Paul Mulshine | The Star Ledger

on November 17, 2015 at 7:46 AM, updated November 17, 2015 at 10:28 AM

Chris Christie reacted to those terror attacks in Paris on Friday by trying to turn them to his political advantage at a campaign event in Florida on Saturday.

"The world is desperate for a strong, secure, smart and tested American president," Christie said. "The hour is too late for people to be trained. We need a president who is ready to serve."

We do indeed need such a president. But Christie comes up short on all four counts.

If you doubt that, consider the governor's statement last month that the first call he'd make as president would be to Russian President Vladimir Putin to inform him the U.S. will be imposing a no-fly zone in Syria.

"Listen, we're enforcing this no-fly zone," he quoted himself as telling Putin in that imaginary conversation on Jan. 20, 2017. "And I mean we're enforcing it against anyone, including you. So don't try me. Don't try me because I'll do it."

Imagine Putin's response:

"What the heck? Would you please put the real president on the phone?"

After Paris, that president is not likely to be Christie. It's not likely to be any of the party insiders who have taken similar positions on the two key issues highlighted by the attacks.

Those are, of course, immigration and the Islamic State crisis.

On immigration, Donald Trump's hard-line position was deemed extremist at first. But these attacks seem tailor-made to make his point, at least with likely Republican primary voters.

(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: agitprop; astroturf; bombtheshitoutofthem; buildthewall; deport; deportthemall; elections; isis; islam; jihad; muslims; paidrussiantrolls; putinsbuttboys; russia; russianstooge; russianstooges; sendthemback; taketheiroil; trojanhorse; trump; trumpacious; trumpactor; trumpadation; trumpadermis; trumpadilian; trumpador; trumpaholic; trumpasorusrex; trumpathon; trumpatorial; trumpdoctrine; trumped; trumpeffect; trumpers; trumpeting; trumpington; trumpism; trumpitis; trumplike; trumpolaters; trumpout; trumppolicy; trumpster; trumptard; trumptardation; trumptarian; trumptation; trumpus; trumpuserectus; vladtheimploder
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-39 last
To: Socon-Econ
The Syrian government done nothing to us to warrant our involvement.

W Bush was sending terrorists to Assad's Syria to be "interrogated". So when did they become an enemy? When Assad's people fired on the Muslim Brotherhood?

21 posted on 11/17/2015 9:37:00 AM PST by Trumpinator (You are all fired!!! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: fingers_crossed

Maybe she does things right, but she has a problem doing the right thing. No way do I trust her. She’s an updated women’s libber IMO.


22 posted on 11/17/2015 9:39:21 AM PST by Jim W N
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Socon-Econ

Didn’t Assad’s problem with rebels really take shape after Obama/Clinton got the Muslim BrotherHood installed in Lybya and Egypt. Then they headed north to oust Assad and get the Brotherhood installed in Syria also.

Anyone could tell that their home boys were MBH.


23 posted on 11/17/2015 9:40:01 AM PST by fingers_crossed
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: Trumpinator

When Americans foolishly elected an avowed muslim president was the moment everything started going to hell-literally!


24 posted on 11/17/2015 9:42:11 AM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: fingers_crossed

I think if Trump corralled her and took her under his wings, she might be helpful to him. If she was onboard with his agenda and loyal to himp and conservatives, she is sharp and tough.


25 posted on 11/17/2015 9:42:38 AM PST by fingers_crossed
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: fingers_crossed

Smarter than Cruz???? Fat chance


26 posted on 11/17/2015 9:46:59 AM PST by surroundedbyblue (DEFUND BIG MURDER NOW!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: surroundedbyblue

Yest Cruz is exceptionally smart, but I like him better as Attorney General and future Supreme Court justice.


27 posted on 11/17/2015 9:48:51 AM PST by fingers_crossed
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: goldstategop
ever if equally evil...

ISIS’s Islamic ideology is at its root, globally expansionist...

Assad is not, he is content to be a local petty dictator

28 posted on 11/17/2015 9:56:21 AM PST by tophat9000 (King G(OP)eorge III has no idea why the Americans Patr a in rebellion... teach him why)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: tophat9000

Did we not support several tin-pot dictators in the 70’s and 80’s to halt the global spread of communism — back when the adults were in charge of foreign policy?


29 posted on 11/17/2015 9:57:29 AM PST by I Hired Craig Livingstone (Je Suis Front National.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: Trumpinator
When Assad's people fired on the Muslim Brotherhood?

Bingo! Come claim your prize. The fight between the MB and the Assad regime has been going on for decades. In 1982 their insurrection in Hama resulted in the whole town, excepting Christian quarter, to be flattened and then cleared of survivors. Pour encourager les autres. This time the White House is being run by a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer with high level staff who are actual members.

30 posted on 11/17/2015 9:58:50 AM PST by katana (Just my opinion)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Trumpinator

Krispy Kream can be amusing when he tries to sound relevent.


31 posted on 11/17/2015 10:02:35 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: I Hired Craig Livingstone
True.. the reality of unpleasant choices of "allies"
32 posted on 11/17/2015 10:03:27 AM PST by tophat9000 (King G(OP)eorge III has no idea why the Americans Patr a in rebellion... teach him why)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: fingers_crossed

Some of us have encountered Carly’s type in the business world. An intelligent and articulate incompetent whose primary skills are the ability to sound like they know what they’re doing, and time their exit from the scene before the main body of s#!+ hits the fan. That squares her appealing story and the persona she presents with the testimony of the people who were unfortunate enough to have worked for the companies she (mis) managed.


33 posted on 11/17/2015 10:04:55 AM PST by katana (Just my opinion)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Trumpinator
“Listen, we're enforcing this no-fly zone,” he quoted himself as telling Putin in that imaginary conversation on Jan. 20, 2017. “And I mean we're enforcing it against anyone, including you. So don't try me. Don't try me because I'll do it.”

Christie must watch a lot of cartoons.

How could anyone, who wants to be President, cast that kind of a challenge in the face of another world leader....a completely autonomous world ‘leader’ who, regardless of whether or not you agree with him, is at the head of a large, powerful army?

34 posted on 11/17/2015 10:08:58 AM PST by SMARTY ("What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "M. Stirner)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Trumpinator
On immigration, Donald Trump's hard-line position was deemed extremist at first. But these attacks seem tailor-made to make his point, at least with likely Republican primary voters.

We need a new word for "stupid." It was never intended to describe the industrial grade cluelessness we see on display.

To see real threats before they are apparent requires vision. To speak up in the face of unrelenting criticism and ridicule requires courage. To say, "We will win. Follow me," requires leadership.

To oppose that requires a dysfunction I'm at a loss to describe. I see it among politicians and pundits of all stripes. I see it on this board.

When Obie was elected I feared we would see the second Carter administration. It's worse than even I thought. I feared we would see the ugly underbelly of academia, the ignorance and arrogance. I feared we would see real life examples of 'leaders' who, when faced with a reality not in keeping with their theories, would choose to ignore reality.

I feared America would have to learn by harsh example the folly of staffing a government with academics. The lessons are there; those who have eyes to see, let them see.

We can argue about purity and manners, but I have no doubt Donald Trump was made for this time and place. I have no doubt the cr@pstorm is on the way, and he has my support.

35 posted on 11/17/2015 10:16:43 AM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the GOPee does not want you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: fingers_crossed
Except for Trump he always wanted to take out the oil.

I remember how he was mocked for that by those schooled beyond their intellect. What was once mocked as foolish is now policy.

36 posted on 11/17/2015 10:22:42 AM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the GOPee does not want you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Trumpinator

Bizarre, huh?


37 posted on 11/17/2015 11:00:06 AM PST by Vendome (they arDon't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: goldstategop
Bashar Al-Assad is a dictator and a mass murderer.

No rational person would dispute that, and would probably throw in a few more insults, for good measure.

But, whatever he is, his opposition is worse.

38 posted on 11/17/2015 11:18:59 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: DuncanWaring
Bashar Al-Assad is a dictator and a mass murderer.

No rational person would dispute that,

----------------------------------------

I will because I am a foreign policy and history buff. It seems in the media they are conflating Assad the dad with Assad, jr - who was a place holder and a meek mannered guy looking to make peace with the USA and even Israel (admitted to by an Obama diplomat) and to liberalize his economy. The civil war is where this brutal tag gets pinned on him - but that is like saying Lincoln was a mass murderer because of the Civil War's large death toll (even if you don't like Lincoln it's not the case).

39 posted on 11/17/2015 11:46:14 AM PST by Trumpinator (You are all fired!!! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-39 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson