Posted on 08/22/2017 5:03:18 AM PDT by snarkytart
It had always been a realistic possibility of a terrorist takeover of Pakistani nukes. And the people who would do this could come from Afghanistan
The nuclear reality of SWA ( Pakistan, India and soon Iran) gives us permanent national security interests in the region- however we choose to secure them. Trumps approach deserves study , not knee jerk whining about “ broken promises”
Furthermore the Donald Trump of 2013 and even 2016 did not have the additional issue of ISIS moving into Afghanistan. Nor of the Afghan government and the taliban both coming under attack by them.
Obamas announced withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan set the stage for a disastrous series of responses by really bad guys. That was an unbelievably BAD move. Trump says he inherited a bad hand.
D. Uh yeah
Well, there’s no sense in complaining now. We elected someone who has managed to take every side of every important issue.
The bit about “won’t tell the enemy how many troops” works two ways:
1. It does keep the enemy in the dark.
2. It also keeps the taxpayer/voters in the dark and prevents direct comparisons to Dubya, which would be devastating in next year’s elections.
“Good post, but let’s be honest here ... Over the last few years Donald Trump has been all over the map on a lot of issues. LOL.”
However he campaigned on defeating ISIS. He campaigned on defeating Radical Islam and Making America Safe Again. That is what I voted for.
But not escalation.
This has been said before, but thank you for posting this.
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.