Posted on 07/21/2016 5:02:26 AM PDT by Eurotwit
For example, asked about Russias threatening activities that have unnerved the small Baltic States that are among the more recent entrants into NATO, Mr. Trump said that if Russia attacked them, he would decide whether to come to their aid only after reviewing whether those nations have fulfilled their obligations to us.
Mr. Trump had nothing but praise for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the countrys increasingly authoritarian but democratically elected leader. I give great credit to him for being able to turn that around, Mr. Trump said of the coup attempt on Friday night. Some people say that it was staged, you know that, he said. I dont think so.
Asked if Mr. Erdogan was exploiting the coup attempt to purge his political enemies, Mr. Trump did not call for the Turkish leader to observe the rule of law, or Western standards of justice. When the world sees how bad the United States is and we start talking about civil liberties, I dont think we are a very good messenger, he said.
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I thought Erdogan was Taliban and the opposition leader was like ISIS.
I didnt think the alternative was actually more moderate.
“Trump need to be more thoughtful about what he says, now when he is the candidate.”
Anyone who has followed Trump for the last 30 years will say (something like) Riiiight Ya...Like That’s Gonna Happen.
This is an old post.
Afganistan was a just war.
Full UN support even. China, Japan...
Get rid of Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda training camps.
Iraq however was a gigantic cluster fu...
The much maligned Hans Blix was right.
Thinking about it, I might make a vanity about that.
Hans Blix was right.
> Afganistan was a just war.
No it wasn’t - not even close. Take a good look at the actual reasons why the US government invaded in the first place - no purity of motive there. And the way it has been waged since makes a claim of justice laughable in the saddest of ways.
Giving Erdogan credit for stopping a coup is not praising the guy.
Get a grip.
More concerned trolling by the Slimes. Hand wringers get to wring. Bullshite!
Vote Trump 2016
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