Posted on 01/05/2020 11:23:37 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
On this weekends broadcast of Fox News Sunday, anchor Chris Wallace asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if the airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani was a big step back in President Donald Trumps commitment to stop endless wars.
Wallace asked, Is the president pulling us out of endless wars in the Middle East, or with his action this week, did he take a big step back in?
Pompeo said, Endless wars are the direct result of weakness, and President Trump will never let that happen. We are going to get our facilities as hardened as we can possibly get them to defend against what Iran may potentially do, but make no mistake, Americas mission is to have our footprint in the Middle East reduced while still keeping America safe. Safe from rogue regimes like the Islamic Republic of Iran and from terrorist activity broadly throughout the region.
Wallace asked. So is it fair to say that while the big strategy is to pull the U.S. out of endless wars, at least in the short term, there could be more of a commitment?
Pompeo said, The Obama Administration created an enormous risk to the American people in Iran. This administration is working to reduce that risk.
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[[ Not every important decision has to be made based on politics. This guy needed killin and he got it.
I agree but it could have waited. ]]
Until what precisely? More American soldiers and ambassadors got murdered?
[[ Not every important decision has to be made based on politics. This guy needed killin and he got it.
I agree but it could have waited. ]]
Listen, when y7ou have got a rabid animal running around killing your livestock, you don’t ball up in a corner and do nothing because you are afraid PETA might scold you- you take care of the problem then and there- The era of tucking our tails and ‘leading from behind’ like our last president did, in hopes of appeasing the wild animals that are murdering our good decent soldiers is over- The era of appeasement because we’re afraid they might not like us anymore is over- the era of capitulation to terrorists because we are afraid the left wing media, which hates trump and will howl and screech and criticize him no matter what he does, is over
American Soldiers were dying because of that maggot- waiting was NOT an option- not for any decent human being leading the country that is- our last president did NOTHING- and allowed that maggot to continue his reign of terror! Our last president didn’t give a damn that that maggot was murdering American soldiers-
Thank God for a president with enough guts to NOT care what the howling screeching left wing media say, and for a president who cares enough about our military to STOP maggots like soleimani
His approval may have gone up but it does not change the fact that use of military force nearly always results in a net loss of voter support. If this is the end of it everything will be fine but it may not end here. The anti Trump deep state will be working to drag the President in deeper. Now they have the President drawing a line in the sand If they do anything there will be major retaliation.
major retaliation sounds a lot like the start of another endless war and loss in 2020.
Taking out this sub human at this time was not worth the risk.
[[ Not every important decision has to be made based on politics. This guy needed killin and he got it.
I agree but it could have waited. ]]
Listen, when y7ou have got a rabid animal running around killing your livestock, you dont ball up in a corner and do nothing because you are afraid PETA might scold you- you take care of the problem then and there- The era of tucking our tails and leading from behind like our last president did, in hopes of appeasing the wild animals that are murdering our good decent soldiers is over- The era of appeasement because were afraid they might not like us anymore is over- the era of capitulation to terrorists because we are afraid the left wing media, which hates trump and will howl and screech and criticize him no matter what he does, is over
American Soldiers were dying because of that maggot- waiting was NOT an option- not for any decent human being leading the country that is- our last president did NOTHING- and allowed that maggot to continue his reign of terror! Our last president didnt give a damn that that maggot was murdering American soldiers-
Thank God for a president with enough guts to NOT care what the howling screeching left wing media say, and for a president who cares enough about our military to STOP maggots like soleimani
[[Taking out this sub human at this time was not worth the risk.]]
BS!!! Tell that to the 600 families that lost their loved ones!!! It was exactly the right time- You sound just like a liberal right now!
[[His approval may have gone up but it does not change the fact that use of military force nearly always results in a net loss of voter support.]]
For crying out loud- He just GAINED support! Cripes- done arguing about this!
you do NOT let a friggin maggot keep murdering American soldiers by the 100’s just because you are afraid of what the left will think about you- or what the terrorists will think about you- or how a weak insignificant nation will react- knowing full well they do NOT dare wage all out war on you for fear of losing their tiny little regime!- not sure what you don’t understand about that!
Again- Your arguments are sounding awful liberal right now- You do NOT win by pacifying and coddling the enemy or the opposite party-
Thank God for a president that doesn’t listen to people that say the kinds of things you’ve said- otherwise we would be no different than the last administration- cowering and running away and hoping against hope that the TERRORISTS will stop murdering us in cold blood!
You wanna tuck tail and run out of fear that it won’t be politically correct- then whatever- I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be living under a presidency that holds to your kind of scared defeatist thinking- We went through 8 long miserable years of that crap- that’s long enough!
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