Turkey is already breaking the 5 day long ceasefire that totally was or wasn't a ceasefire that our genius President masterfully negotiated using the brilliant strategy of "Giving Turkey everything they want."
The Trump Presidency: Part 17
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Minoosh
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Trump *wants* Ukraine to be unprepared. He wants to signal Putin that he will hold up military aid as long as possible.
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Turkey denies that, which of course it would, but I don't think it would be a good move for Turkey. Al Jazeera's coverage yesterday was presenting it as a real deal, quoting a Kurdish general confirming his troops were complying with the terms of the deal. At the same time Turkey denies the deal is a cease-fire because that would require a deal between Turkey and the Kurds.
Though I can see a million reason why this so-called cease-fire won't work, I'm not eager to see it fail and all Turkey has to do stop shooting for 100 hours (BTW I think that's the deal, not 5 days), then they've got carte blanche to carry on exactly as before. U.S. supposedly destroying "heavy equpment," which I assume means hindering the Kurds' ability to fight back if they don't leave in time.
Trump is still eyeing that Nobel Prize. He says millions of lives will be spared. If that turns out to be true, it will be a good thing.
timhau
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There is a precedent for improving the situation you helped to
up in the first place (see 1994). And that's his only hope.
Trump is spinning out of control worse than ever, impeachment gains momentum with daily revelations, and new chinks in the GOP stonewall emerge daily.
Notwithstanding, if the Tazmanian Devil became POTUS -- the very one depicted in WB cartoons, a cartoon character walking among us, think Roger Rabbit -- there would still be toadies who insist this freak show is business as usual. Granted, it might be an improvement.
Notwithstanding, if the Tazmanian Devil became POTUS -- the very one depicted in WB cartoons, a cartoon character walking among us, think Roger Rabbit -- there would still be toadies who insist this freak show is business as usual. Granted, it might be an improvement.
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Fast Eddie B
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From a recent tweet:
“He very much wants the ceasefire, or pause, to work. Likewise, the Kurds want it, and the ultimate solution, to happen.”
Is it just me, or is “ultimate solution” a poor choice of words.
Kind of like a “final solution to the Kurdish problem”.
“He very much wants the ceasefire, or pause, to work. Likewise, the Kurds want it, and the ultimate solution, to happen.”
Is it just me, or is “ultimate solution” a poor choice of words.
Kind of like a “final solution to the Kurdish problem”.
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US President Donald Trump has compared the deadly conflict between Turkish forces and Kurds in north-eastern Syria to a fight between children.
"Like two kids in a lot, you have got to let them fight and then you pull them apart," he told a rally in Texas.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50094738
"Like two kids in a lot, you have got to let them fight and then you pull them apart," he told a rally in Texas.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50094738
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Bet you a quarter that "final" was his first choice of words and saner heads prevailed.
Cain
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Democrats are the party of blatant corruption? He never uttered the word "corruption" once on his perfect phone call with Zelensky. Since it was made public, he's talked about "corruption" non-stop. After Pelosi says Trump had a meltdown, he tweets that she's the one who had a meltdown. And people buy this ****.
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Yes, let the 6' 180# 17-year-old beat on the 5' 102# 13-year-old. Eventually the big "kid" will get tired and the 13-year-old might someday come off that respirator.
TragicMonkey
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Perhaps the only topic Trump is less qualified to speak on than international relations is child-raising.
You're just jealous. He's got 40% of the country fooled and only one in five posters fall for your BS.*
*Which is some of the finest grade BS and I am a big fan, even if I don't fall for it.
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Armitage72
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These golf balls won't hit themselves, and somebody needs to send these Tweets.
Maybe because it wasn't intended for a President to be so incompetent and corrupt?
(I suddenly had a mental image of Trump wearing a metal faceplate and hissing a lot.)
Cain
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More like one in fifty these days.
A Turkish ambassador retweeted this The New Yorker cartoon:
TragicMonkey
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Jesus Christ. Surely even a Republican can see how bad it is when ambassadors of crap countries feel free to mock us so openly.
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This sucks.
Could be some campaign finance violations there but under Trump no one will investigate.
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