Posted on 10/20/2019 9:41:39 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trumps decision to move U.S. troops out of northeastern Syria, said on Sunday he now believed historic solutions were possible.
In an interview with Fox News Channel, Graham said a conversation he had with Trump over the weekend had fueled his optimism that a solution could be reached where the security of Turkey and the Kurds was guaranteed and fighters from Islamic State contained.
I am increasingly optimistic that we can have some historic solutions in Syria that have eluded us for years if we play our cards right, Graham said.
Graham said Trump was prepared to use U.S. air power over a demilitarized zone occupied by international forces, adding that the use of air power could help ensure Islamic State fighters who had been held in the area did not break out.
Senator Jim Inhofe, a Republican who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on Saturday that Trump understood the need for the United States to maintain air power in the region.
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Lindsey Graham is nobody to trust on anything. A glance at his accomplishments, and who he has partnered is enough proof to know the man is nothing more than an opportunist.
Donald Trump, like his father, can see around corners. He sees answers to problems others don’t immediately recognize.
Think of Einstein’s definition of insanity - doing the same thing even when it doesn’t work.
Sometimes you just need a different approach and the slower minds have to catch up.
Six weeks ago no one was saying that Syria would unite against Turkey and its terrorist proxies. but it appears that Trump has made it happen.
President Trump.
Flip-floppin’ Lindsay must have seen a drop in internal polling.
He only has to put up with the ‘conservative’ act for about another year — until his reelection. Then, he can join with Romney.
And yet.....Many have been for us getting out of Syria since he took office.
How could the country have survived without the 17th Amendment? /sarc
Pavlov’s Dog had a faster learning curve than the so-called “elite” denizens of the DC Swamp.
When is he going to hold those hearings he promised just
after the Mueller report came out?
Do your job. Promises made promises kept like Trump does
Lindsay’s a fickle bitch.
He just now found out that President Trump has better information and knows more than he does.
A lesson more of the chattering class should learn.
Do you know who I have not heard from on this topic, and thought I would have by now? Former Gov. Mike Huckabee.
I am guessing Mr. Huckabee is in general disagreement with the president’s intent to pull out of endless Middle East wars.
Many republicans remain opposed to the pull out. It was our party position for a very long time.
Mike remains quiet, because he doesn’t want to muddy the waters and lessen his daughter Sarah’s future political plans. Everyone expects her to make a bid for Governor in a year or two.
I've heard they sometimes roll him over five times a night.
Execute all the ISIS prisoners...that would solve the problem.
Also because he comes from a business background which gives a different view of events than those who come from the defense/foreign policy background comes up with new and more practical solutions. We need another four years of this leadership style to solve problems that have lingered unsolved for years. Then establishment type have botched things for years by doing their way. Trump can be a transformational leader and can change the way things are done.
Trump threatened to release Linda’s new cell phone number.
Go easy on Lindsey, he still gets his news from cnn.
I give him credit for admitting he may have been wrong about a major policy. It takes some guts to do that and the president needs all the support he can get.
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