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LIVE THREAD & STREAM: President Trump Addresses the Nation on Afghanistan 8/21/17-9 PM EST
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Posted on 08/21/2017 5:41:24 PM PDT by HokieMom



TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; afghanwar; fortmyer; livetrumpspeech; raiderboyzotbait; third100days; trump; trumpafghanspeech; trumpcicspeech; trumpdod; trumpgwot; trumpspeech; usarmy
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To: SolaSolaSola

“My deal is this decision sucks and not happy about it....”

What would you do? How would you handle ISIS?


401 posted on 08/21/2017 8:10:54 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: kjam22
First of all, betting is against my religion; at least it was when it was set up by John & Charles Wesley.

Second of all, IF I were a betting person, you could afford that bet; so be thankful; that I don't bet.

Thirdly, there has NEVER been anyone, NOT ANYONE EVER, who has guessed about how many people would die/be killed in ANY war EVER engaged in, in the history of mankind!

You are a child!

402 posted on 08/21/2017 8:10:58 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

I made one statement saying we were not going to kill all of the muzzies over there. You pick a fight... and now you’re crying because this thread is about something you didn’t want it to be. Who’s the snowflake here???


403 posted on 08/21/2017 8:11:05 PM PDT by kjam22 (America need forgiveness from God)
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To: McGruff

In 2013 Obama as in charge and he thought he new more than the Generals. Plus he was/is a Muslim sympathizer.


404 posted on 08/21/2017 8:11:54 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: All

Total Eclipse. There’s a plan here people.


405 posted on 08/21/2017 8:12:36 PM PDT by 80skid
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To: nopardons
And I didn't ask you go guess how many. So let's do it this... way... 20 million over under... for a hundred and loser donates money to the charity of the other's choice.... or is that too rich for your blood too???

I'll take the under.

406 posted on 08/21/2017 8:12:41 PM PDT by kjam22 (America need forgiveness from God)
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To: Parley Baer

He was a foreign born muslim!


407 posted on 08/21/2017 8:13:06 PM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: weston
Hi weston...long time no see! :-)

The IQ has dropped at least 25-40 points, since you and I were n00bs here; sadly.

408 posted on 08/21/2017 8:13:34 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
I suggest that you read a good translation of Julius Caesar's THE GALLIC WARS, for starters!

Or maybe people should just read the transcript of the speech!

This was a very clear and calculated speech!

He looked well, and spoke magnificently!

He stated what his initial gut instinct was, and how he studied this for months. Sitting as president, he now knows more.This was not an easy or rash decision.

He's leaving the military to do their job, the diplomats to do theirs, and he is not giving a timeline. This was a 360 degree decision. He is taking everything, and then some, into account.

No one wants to be in Afghanistan. But, "You don't always get what you want, you get what you need."

409 posted on 08/21/2017 8:14:08 PM PDT by World'sGoneInsane
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To: SolaSolaSola

Well, as far as the specific matter of how consequences of a “rapid exit” as “both “predictable and catastrophic”; it was as was predicted concerning Iraq. Obama and Maliki made no commitment to SOFA agreement for a major continued U.S. security & support presence, while Maliki invested more in securing military slots for his cronys killing what new professionalism we had built with it, and going out of his way to anger the Sunnis of Iraq in the process - creating the military and political opportunities to resurrect itself from a near zombie state to a force that could over-run major Iraqi cities. A rapid exit and after 2011 Iraq went from a stable internal security situation to large swaths controlled by ISIS. THAT is what Trump was referring to and the reference was accurate.


410 posted on 08/21/2017 8:14:51 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Gene Eric; raiderboy

Go easy on raiderboy. He’s less than a month old:

raiderboy
Since Jul 26, 2017


411 posted on 08/21/2017 8:15:19 PM PDT by map
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To: mass55th

This.


412 posted on 08/21/2017 8:15:55 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: kjam22
"Buy a vowel"?

WHY?

What word did I misspell?

Afghanistan is NOT in the "MIDDLE EAST"; diddums.

Go buy an atlas, an accurate globe, and about 100 factual military history books !

413 posted on 08/21/2017 8:16:11 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: QuigleyDU

Look at it this way. He promised to pound ISIS in the ground. ISIS is not in Pakistan. He is keeping his word.


414 posted on 08/21/2017 8:16:14 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: nopardons

>> It’s been turned into something else by a very few posters

Posters that evidently ignored Trump’s remarks. Or perhaps they’re simply Establishment tools.

“I love Trump — but he can’t doing anything right” ... so they say.


415 posted on 08/21/2017 8:17:26 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: kjam22
Keeping the tenents of my religion is being a "chicken"?

Boy oh boy...that stupid statement takes the cake and then some. LOL

416 posted on 08/21/2017 8:17:35 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Buy a vowel... you need a clue. You haven’t heard that phrase? You don’t get out much... do you.


417 posted on 08/21/2017 8:17:59 PM PDT by kjam22 (America need forgiveness from God)
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To: HokieMom

Bill O’Reilly: The president’s speech on Afghanistan was strong in tone but cloudy on specifics.

yes, Billy ... Let’s just telegraph “specifics” to our enemies - then you’ll gleefully report the American casualties that result for doing so.

Just one more reason why BOR is an bloviating ass.


418 posted on 08/21/2017 8:17:59 PM PDT by JME_FAN
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To: snarkytart

We are not there to take over Afghanistan or do any nation building. We are there to kill ISIS and other terrorists.


419 posted on 08/21/2017 8:18:09 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: nopardons

DOn’t think of it as a bet. Think of it as a tithe to a charity. You’re gonna lose for sure.


420 posted on 08/21/2017 8:18:55 PM PDT by kjam22 (America need forgiveness from God)
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