Posted on 10/07/2019 2:52:38 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
President Trump on Monday dug in on his decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria as Turkey prepares an operation in the region, while members of his own party lined up to criticize the move.
Speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Trump said he has "great respect" for the prominent Republicans who are urging him to reconsider his strategy, but that "it's time to come back home."
"We’ve been there for many, many, many years beyond what we were supposed to be. Not fighting. Just there. Just there. And it’s time to come back home," Trump said.
"But I can understand the other side of it," he continued. "But if you go by the other side, that means we should never, ever come home."
The president lamented that the most difficult aspect of his job is writing letters to the families of soldiers killed overseas. He described writing to families of soldiers killed by mines or snipers, calling it "devastating."
“We’re willing to do what we have to do, but there has to be an endgame," he said. "And if you stay, it’s going to be the same thing. Eventually you’re going to have to leave."
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Leave Germany.
Hand Boobs a gun and tell her to go to Syria for 10 years.
This is what our Americans have been doing.
They don’t want to be there anymore than Americans want to send them there.
Yup
And Japan.
“John McCain should have been buried in sh*thole Syria among his ISIS brothers.”
After they enjoyed him as corpse!
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