Posted on 04/15/2018 4:30:31 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
Depends.
You sort are all the same. Bitch endlless on the Internet do nothing to advance the agenda.
On Judges alone the GOP Control of Congress has been priceless for Conservatives
In 2006, you people threw this same temper tantrums and handed the Congress to the Dems.
In 2008, you threw the same temper tantrum and handed the whole Govt to the Demos
The result is YOU HELPED get Obamacare made law of the land.
If you are too stupid to understand someone 75% ON YOUR SIDE is better then 100% opposed do EVERYONE a favor and stay the hell of of politics
Your sort of habitual whiner is the BEST Democrat party PR bot and they don't even pay you!
There are other ways to look at this. You have a point of view that allows RINOs to kills us "softly". Complaining about RINOs And allowing this nonsense to go on is not where I stand.
It depends on the country involved. When we have the preponderance of military power and little danger of the country we invade to respond militarily, then we do. If Russia or China is involved, it is a different story. We never attacked China during the Korean and Vietnam wars. We are allowing sanctuaries to be established in Pakistan hurting our efforts in Afghanistan. The bottom line is that our actions are circumscribed by the political realities.
We could certainly make the case that those parts of Syria completely in ISIS control were not Assad’s territory at the time, but he should have been allowed to move his forces back in once the pest control job was finished.
Sure, because it serves our interests to justify the invasion of another country. I am not against our actions in Syria to take out ISIS, but I don't try to defend it with some cockamamie rationale. ISIS is our enemy and we pursue them wherever they are--up to a point.
The Obama Administration for 7 years proclaimed that regime change was one of our objectives. There are still elements of such support within Congress and Deep State. We invaded Iraq and bombed Libya using a similar rationale. The unintended consequences are manifest. The most damaging has been the flood of millions of Muslim refugees into Europe from the Middle East who will transform the demographics of Europe forever. And it continues. There are so many other repercussions of our involvement in Syria including the reintroduction of significant Russian influence into the region and the increasing threat Iran poses to regional stability. The legacy of Obama, like that of Carter, will be felt for generations.
You’re a diplomat, does any nation have right to intervene when the nation they intervene in is in rebellion? What about France helping the US in 1779? What about the Western Powers in the Soviet Union in 1919? And I’m sure you know of dozens of such historical incidents.
We have the right of self-defense under the UN charter and international law. Article 51: Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of collective or individual self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.
The US has intervened many times, especially in Latin America. We have also used covert means to take down elected leaders whether it was in Iran or Vietnam. Generally, I support what we have done, but there are limits. And given the fact that we are now the world's largest debtor nation, we must use our blood and treasure wisely. Getting involved in endless civil wars will bleed us dry and weaken our ability to defend our own strategic national interests.
No one can say that Syria is not in a civil war, and that parts of it are not under control by its own government.
That could describe so many other countries around the globe. Where do we draw the line on our involvement in these countries?
So, in my case the Texas primaries were held in early March. The local Radio hosts, the more "conservative" (whatever that means) were complaining since Nov. 2017.
In my voting district we did have a primary challenger for two of the seats that I was particularly interested in.
The U.S House seat and the Texas House seat. In these races the Incumbents won. Both of these, (Culberson, US. House ) incumbents won and will be on the Nov. Ballot. I will not be voting for either of these two.
On Judges alone the GOP Control of Congress has been priceless for Conservatives
Yes. indeed, the Senate RINOs have allowed the 60hr senate time for nominee "discussions". I just love our RINOs. Anything else they can do to help us loose slowly by giving us 35% is simply not good enough.
In 2006, you people threw this same temper tantrums and handed the Congress to the Dems. In 2008, you threw the same temper tantrum and handed the whole Govt to the Demos The result is YOU HELPED get Obamacare made law of the land.
Well, there are other ways to look at this as well. One way is to be slowly boiled until being a slave simply comes naturally to you, or lets get to a Venezuela stile collapse in a hurry while we still have ammunition and tools that allow us to defend our liberty
If you are too stupid to understand someone 75% ON YOUR SIDE is better then 100% opposed do EVERYONE a favor and stay the hell of of politics
My, my but you are pissy today. 75% would be nice, The freedom Caucus would be nice. And it may yet happen but The Donald signing the Cromnibuss bill is not what YOU promised when you so stridently demanded we vote for the Donald . Time will tell
Yeah, I watch too much television. On all the new shows this is the demographic of America. 65% Black, 30% homosexual, 20% gender confusion.
The liberal media has redefined PTSD. It now refers to President Trump Stress Disorder.
Pumpkin-faced Jonah Goldberg make me want to throw up. The only worse Never-Trumper is the mentally deranged Rick Wilson, CNN and MSNBC’s resident “republican”. He needs to be put in a rubber room.
Then why did Rachel Maddow win the evening cable news race during March?
I guess the Iranians and Syrians are natural allies of sorts with assad keeping many of the Sunnis out of higher positions I guess he’s sorta shia of sorts. I know the Syrians 87% muslim and 75% of those are sunni. But Iran who has a shia majority is trying to repopulate many Syrian cities by letting many shia go into the areas where many have left. I think Russia is trying to take advantage of all that to their benefit is so many ways.
You are right the independent council should never have happened.
Pathetic at best.....
Good question,I dont know.
>>I bet he thinks Limerick is in Ireland, Denmark in Europe, Norway in Europe, China in Asia, Manchester in England, Trenton in New Jersey, Livermore in California, Paris in France, Bangor in England, Enfield in England and Portland in Oregon<<
Not only does he not have a clue, he don’t even suspect nawthin.
Strange very strange I don’t get it.
How do the libs do in talk radio?
do they even exist?
Easy there potty mouth.
am conflicted on the Syria missile attack.
I really think more proof should have been presented on the initial chemical attack being done by Assad’s forces.
I am suspicious in the light of just last week Pres. Trump said he was going to pull us out of Syria now that ISIS has been destroyed. In this regard, at least I know Pres. Trump isn’t doing a “wag the dog”.
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Remember the assets Iran has had in Syria...we are leaving Iran’s mullahs as islands...Iran is next.
What about that Trans-Syrian highway that Iran wants to build, practically ending at Israel's back door?
That's not exactly "our interest"...but it is Israel's...and the Sowdies.
Aye, we do.
We never attacked China during the Korean and Vietnam wars.
That's because it was their forces and their territory. I do concede the point that we did not attack them--although a direct attack beyond the Yalu would have been right into their strength, but General McArthur did want to strike back in diverse other places, but Truman fired him.
HOWEVER, in the case of ISIS and Syria, the Syrian territory was no longer Syrian as ISIS controlled it completely. They beat the government forces there and sent them packing. We were not (or I think we both agree SHOULD not be) fighting Assad's Syria but rather ISIS.
We are allowing sanctuaries to be established in Pakistan hurting our efforts in Afghanistan.
Tell that to the many killed by US drones in Pakistan. We do what we want in Waziristan without asking permission of Pakistan. We don't need or want boots on the ground THERE for a variety of reasons, but we don't let it be a hands-off location for the Taliban to operate from.
I am not against our actions in Syria to take out ISIS, but I don't try to defend it with some cockamamie rationale.
Absolutely!
That could describe so many other countries around the globe. Where do we draw the line on our involvement in these countries?
Just to pursue and defeat our enemies who are actively fighting us from such places, and not other reasons. In this there is no disagreement between us.
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