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Turkey Syria offensive: Mitch McConnell attacks Trump
BBC ^ | Oct 18 2019 | BBC

Posted on 10/19/2019 6:46:33 PM PDT by rintintin

Donald Trump's policy in Syria has been criticised by one of his party's most senior politicians.

In a Washington Post opinion piece , Mitch McConnell said fellow Republican Mr Trump's troop withdrawal order combined with Turkey's Syria assault was a "strategic nightmare".

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1 posted on 10/19/2019 6:46:33 PM PDT by rintintin
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To: rintintin

Oh no, the Turtle criticized the Commander in Chief of the military, whatever will Trump do.


2 posted on 10/19/2019 6:48:19 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: wastedyears

I really wish these naysayers would just shut up.


3 posted on 10/19/2019 6:51:55 PM PDT by madison10
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To: rintintin
Washington Post opinion piece

Seriously? Mitch McConnell writes an opinion piece for the Washington Post. This guy should have been removed long ago.
4 posted on 10/19/2019 6:52:16 PM PDT by JoSixChip (I'm an American Nationalist)
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To: wastedyears
"Mr McConnell says the US "retreat" will allow both Russian and Iranian influence to grow in the region."

mitch looks healthy enough to tote a rifle.

Less talk, more walk, mitch.

5 posted on 10/19/2019 6:53:13 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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To: chief lee runamok

Let Russians and Iranians die for awhile


6 posted on 10/19/2019 6:55:16 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: rintintin

There is a lot of money to be made in the war business and Trump is interrupting the usual order of things.
The louder a politician complains, the more (s)he is being squeezed by the industrial puppet masters.


7 posted on 10/19/2019 6:56:21 PM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: madison10

Agree.


8 posted on 10/19/2019 6:56:28 PM PDT by rockinqsranch ("Democratic" party sold out to the ICP. It is now the Communist Party USA.)
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To: rintintin

I don’t get why our team does this. You don’t generally see Democrats come out and attack each other. Democrats always seem to present a unified front, in no small part due to the media covering up disagreements.

Republicans, on the other hand, just can’t help themselves. What does this article in the Washington Post accomplish, Senator McConnell? Disagree if you must, but do it in private. All you do is hand ammunition to the left to tear down the presidency.

These are not normal times. The stakes are higher than ever before! We face socialism and ruin versus freedom and success. If President Trump loses votes because Senator McConnell chose to tear the president down in a most public way in an opposition paper, we will all pay a very heavy price.

You don’t see Democrats do this. They are unified to destroy Trump. Well, it’s time our team realizes that we have to fight for our team in the same way.


9 posted on 10/19/2019 6:57:08 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: rintintin

If you disagree with the president, you tell him your assessment and rational in private , then shut up.

Blabbing to the world makes him look stupid and untrustworthy.

Shut up, Mitch.


10 posted on 10/19/2019 6:57:09 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: rintintin

The Turtle is wrong in his assessment of the Kurdish situation. President Trump was 100% accurate in his dealing with Turkey.

If you want an accurate assessment of the Kurdish /Turkey situation, see video at link here:

“Perfect rundown of the Syrian situation by Amir 10/17/19”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3787426/posts

Poor Mitch McConnell. Whenever he gets his hackles up, he ALWAYS sticks his foot in his own mouth.

What will Congress do, Declare War on Turkey ?

McConnell wants our soldiers deployed in never ending wars, and we have no strategic interest in Syria. Let Europe protect itself from the threat of massive refugee influx.


11 posted on 10/19/2019 6:58:44 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: JoSixChip

The Washington Post of all places, right? It’s called giving aid and comfort to our enemies.


12 posted on 10/19/2019 6:58:57 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: wastedyears

So, is Mitch trying to prove POTUS is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors? I mean, he doesn’t WANT to...But what can he do? If only POTUS hadn’t interfered with the industrial military complex...


13 posted on 10/19/2019 7:01:04 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: rintintin

This is why you can’t ever judge Trump’s chances of winning based off the election of another Repuke. Most of them utterly disgust me and even if Trump were to say vote for them it’s still a hard pill to swallow for most. Trump is the only one I truly support. The rest are almost as bad as the resistance


14 posted on 10/19/2019 7:02:36 PM PDT by wiseprince
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To: JoSixChip

Exactly. The Turtle goes to the Compost to whine about our president? Tells you ALL you need to know about that worthless RINO.

For all the complainers here on this forum that whine about how this president hasn’t done enough about this, that, or the other please remember the man stands virtually alone in The Swamp. Opposed by nearly all including influential senior members of his own party.

That he has accomplished what he has managed to accomplish is a miracle. He accomplishes what he has by sheer force of will and dogged determination. With precious little support from his own party and 24/7/365 opposition by The Swamp.

Too many so-called supporters are too quick to forget the odds this one man faces daily. 24/7.

I for one Thank God Almighty for blessing us with such a man.


15 posted on 10/19/2019 7:03:29 PM PDT by ocrp1982 (Lurking since the late 90's. Recently retired. No tagline yet.)
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To: rintintin

Shut up, Murder Turtle! Did did it ever occur to you that creating chaos was part of a good plan?

Yes, the Kurds and the Turks started fighting, and they quickly started to see fighting sucks, fighting is hard. So we have cease fire right now, and our small number of withdrawn troops are safe and sound.

The Kurds and Turks have been fighting for hundreds of years, and they will be fighting for the next thousand years. They will never stop fighting, ever.


16 posted on 10/19/2019 7:07:35 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ( "Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves”)
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To: ocrp1982
the man stands virtually alone in The Swamp

You get it. If this impeachment ever gets to the senate, the outlook is not good.
17 posted on 10/19/2019 7:07:46 PM PDT by JoSixChip (I'm an American Nationalist)
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To: madison10

So do I.

Is McConnell that convinced that Trump is a country bumpkin after the past nearly three years?

If so, he sure hasn’t gone to school on Trump at all.


18 posted on 10/19/2019 7:08:31 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: CitizenUSA

Our “team” has absolutely no idea of what team work entails.


19 posted on 10/19/2019 7:10:32 PM PDT by ImpBill (Conservative voter sans political Party!)
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To: rintintin

You can get to this article without going through google and all that entails. Here’s the link:

www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-50103605


20 posted on 10/19/2019 7:10:33 PM PDT by upchuck (Democraps say the President is out of control. They mean the President of out of THEIR control.)
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