It’s funny reading the responses on this thread because if Trump had said the exact same thing, the comments from the very same people would all likely be some variation of “yeah, Trump is right, we should’t let the Russians push us around in Syria or anywhere else”.
Eventually Trump will adjust his foreign policy when he realizes Putin is not someone he can be buddies with, and once Trump starts calling for a more confrontational approach to Putin the Trumpsters will suddenly be for getting tough with him too.
Nah, you have it wrong — but only in degree... the words will be “YEAH!!! Brilliant words by Trump! Go Trump go!”
(And remember... if you disagree, you’re automatically a Jeb-supporting GOP-e tool.)
I’m a Cruz guy. Here are my observations.
We opened the door and invited the Russians in. Now they are there. They are killing Islamic militants. Assad, especially a bankrupt Assad in charge of a devastated Syria, isn’t of much threat to us or Israel, but ISIS is.
The time to keep the Russians out of Syria has long since passed. After taking a pass on doing anything meaningful ourselves, it would be insane to confront the Russians militarily to make them stop.
I’m all for holding the Russians in check in Europe, but if they want to crush Islamists and bolster strongmen who will continue to crush Islamists, I’m all for it.
Maybe we could even find common ground with the Russians and Chinese on exterminating Islam worldwide. We all have something to gain from that.