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I canâ€t blame Trump here-you canâ€t say you oppose nation building and massive US military interventions and then turn around and go to war w/ Turkey over something that has zero tangible US interest. Does it suck to be a Kurd-absolutely-butâ€s that what you get when your populace is spread out over Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq.
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I would like to hear an alternative.
Keep doing the same things?
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Turn one of Ankara, Riyadh, Tehran, or Baghdad into a glass parking lot and say “Whoâ€s next if you people donâ€t calm down? We can do this from North Dakota and only the Chinese care about your oil.†Better yet, tell them that Medina is on target and you will give warning a week in advance to allow them to evacuate the cities population. If they still donâ€t calm down-permanently-tell them Mecca is next, with warning for civilians.
How long until a terrorist attack in the Middle East, in the US or abroad is reported and ISIS in blamed?
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Our nation's taxpayers foot the bill for protection of nations around the world. Can we as taxpayers justify that revenue collection to security for us here at home?  That is the question and I really don't know the answer.
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(10-07-2019, 06:10 PM)BoyGenius Wrote: How long until a terrorist attack in the Middle East, in the US or abroad is reported and ISIS in blamed?
ISIS will replace white extremists as the most dangerous threat.
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"Abandoning the Kurds to the tender mercies of the Turkish government -- a government led by Islamist dictator Erdogan -- is a foreign policy disaster."
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(10-07-2019, 07:11 PM)P1tchblack Wrote: "Abandoning the Kurds to the tender mercies of the Turkish government -- a government led by Islamist dictator Erdogan -- is a foreign policy disaster."
LOL...so, you always complain about BIG SPENDING republicans and when they pull back it's wrong?  YOU ok with protecting the world at taxpayer expense?
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(10-07-2019, 07:31 PM)P1tchblack Wrote: (10-07-2019, 07:19 PM)zigbee Wrote: (10-07-2019, 07:11 PM)P1tchblack Wrote: "Abandoning the Kurds to the tender mercies of the Turkish government -- a government led by Islamist dictator Erdogan -- is a foreign policy disaster."
LOL...so, you always complain about BIG SPENDING republicans and when they pull back it's wrong?  YOU ok with protecting the world at taxpayer expense?
It wasn't my quote.  It was from Ben Shapiro.
Do you share that opinion?
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Trump did promise to “Ruin the Turkish economy†or words to that exact same effect if Erdogan messed with the Kurds upon invasion. Heâ€s not as naive to this particular situation as many think, I suspect.