LIVE THREAD & STREAM: President Trump Addresses the Nation on Afghanistan 8/21/17-9 PM EST

RSBN on YouTube ^

[proud American in Canada]

Now THIS is a presidential speech.

I agree.

[nopardons]

Really “general know-nothing” ? LOL

[HokieMom]

various twitter comments:

The commanders have had their shackles taken off and will be able to do WHATEVER it takes to destroy ISIS

FIRST EVER President to CALL OUT PAKISTAN FOR THE TERRORIST HARBORING NATION THEY ARE!

Asymmetric warfare can win the fight in Afghanistan. Total withdrawal would be a mistake right now.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

I have supported this POTUS very strongly from day one BECAUSE of his AMERICA FIRST platform, this decision IS NOT AMERICA FIRST!!!! This decision and the decision to remove Bannon have me VERY UNHAPPY!!! I do not expect in anyway to agree with ALL of his decisions HOWEVER I am very worried that this POTUS is starting to join the swamp instead of draining it!!!! As much as I LOVE our rank and file military I am beginning to believe that the generals in the military are a part of the deep state and got to be generals by being so!!!!

[Boardwalk]

You sound like Jeb Tippy Toes!

[jennychase]

Great Policy,

[nopardons]

Go take a course in remedial read comprehension; diddums.

You didn't watch the president's speech...did ya!

SHE WAS QUOTING PRESIDENT TRUMP and YOU came back at her, with a salacious insult!

[Jane Long]

Lol.

As embarrassing as being called Gen (Rand) Paul, by Linda Graham ;-)

[map]

There were several moments when I thought he was channeling Reagan.

[ozarkgirl]

Looked and sounded alot like Jeb Trump

Perhaps you would have preferred President Hillary? It's time we get behind our President and let him do his job. He's getting it from all sides, even "our" side. I agree, he needs to listen to his Generals, I agree he has to know more than we do to sit on the sidelines and armchair quarterback, I agree pulling out of middle east created ISIS. Let the military do their job - we can't pull out now - and stand behind and pray for the man who has a huge job to do and gets nothing but complaints.

[Wuli]

Laura Ingraham: Now SpeakerRyan is back criticizing DonaldTrump to applause on CNN tonight. Trump “messed up” and had “moral ambiguity.”

Is this Laura paraphrasing in her own way what Ryan was saying, or was she quoting Ryan?

I never watch CNN, for any reason.

[Pravious]

I have supported this POTUS very strongly from day one BECAUSE of his AMERICA FIRST platform, this decision IS NOT AMERICA FIRST!!!!
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You weren’t listening closely enough. Having Afghanistan be a refuge for terrorists - which it WOULD be if we pulled out - is NOT in America’s interest.

[servantboy777]

Dropping a MOAB on tunnel networks utilized by the bad guyz ought to scare the hell into all of’m over there. Just a precursor of what's to come. I believe Trump wants to cripple the enemy once and for all.

I found his speech to be somewhat cryptic. Sounded very resolute and focused. Love he laid out his intentions without giving away any plans. Drives the propagandist nuts.

Also sounds like Trump is planning on cutting or freezing foreign aid to the Paki’s.

[Wuli]

Thanks for the link. I did not listen to the televised speech.
Though too bad the link was NPR - LOL.

[nopardons]

Thanks! :-)

I don't post much anymore....mostly due to the mordant stupidity I now see posted here all the time, from n00bs and old nics whom I don't remember EVER seeing before and I have an exceptionally good memory.

But there are times, when this blinding stupidity MUST be confronted and shamed.

[kjam22]

Whatever... fact is we are not going to kill all of the terrorists over there. That would mean Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Lybia etc etc.

If you think we are you're just gullible.

[apoliticalone]

We haven’t won any wars since WW2. Agree. We have been fighting wars such as Korea and Vietnam based on so called entanglements, not because they attacked us, except for the Taliban and AQ in Afghanistan. We should have focused on them and not Saddam in Iraq.

[QuigleyDU]

Juan Williams claims Trump is �turning against his own base� (I think even a cursory glance at the comments here tonight prove how silly THAT claim is) and �his own instincts� (more nonsense).

What a fool.

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Then here’s another fool, for the first time ever I agree with Juan. We will not do what is necessary to win becauseires the deaths of massive numbers of civilians. Also in Muslim countries who’s your friends and who’s your enemy, it changes daily. But one thing is for sure they all hate us more. Trump Presidency is teetering. Clearly a broken campaign promise, no way around it. We’ve been their 16 years they had their chance.

[HokieMom]

I copied Laura’s tweet — It sounds like she’s paraphrasing what she’s observing on CNN.

[af_vet_1981]

Now THIS is a presidential speech.

It was an excellent speech.