I’m all for other countries paying their share. It is past time that they pulled their weight.
As you can tell, I’m still angry about Serbia:)
Yes, Obama was a pussy. That much is true. But, in a situation like this, someone could very easily make a mistake that could light the match to the ultimate nightmare.
I was against both Iraq wars but they didn’t scare me as much because Russia and Iraq weren’t strong allies.
Syria and Russia are strong allies and have been for decades. This is why we need to tread lightly. I’m not saying we need to bow down to Russia but we don’t need to provoke them.
Naturally, I also worry about our troops. I don’t want them dying in vain and there is no need to die for Syria.
Why Syria? There are many atrocities going on in the word. Look at the White genocide happening in South Africa. Why aren’t people focusing on that? (Rhetorical question, we all know that answer)
BS, Russia an Iraq were tight during Primakov's lifetime... ever since the Russians started using Iraq as a safe haven and staging grounds for their communist groups to undermine the neighboring Shah of Iran. Iraq was one of Russia's biggest clients [and Slobodan Millosovic's too] and Russia as well as France was looking forward to exploiting some incredible oil-for-food era oil contracts when the crap hit the fan.
I respect your opinion and agree with a lot of views. I think Trump inherited a very weakened country and is doing what we need to do as a country to restore our strength. Reagan called it Peace Through Strength. This is why Trump signed that horrendous budget. He did it because it had the defense spending that Gen. Mattis needs to rebuild our defense. We may be concerned about Trump’s readiness to make these decisions but I watched Mattis last night and I have a lot of confidence in him.