[del]Everybody[/del] Putin gets a share!
That’s really the most “amusing” part - because Trump himself is (or sees himself as) an authoritarian strongman. A vulgar bully, if you prefer. Therefore you would expect him, amongst all his other inadequacies and ignorances, of which I’m told there are some, but you would expect him to at least understand how the mind of a bully works. How his own obsession with looking strong and decisive and independant and his abject fear of ever looking weak or inferior to anything or anyone works. Then reflect that “if I wanted to convince me, here’s how I’d do it”.
But nope. Even a fucking mirror is among those skills not mastered, which is honestly surprising in a devout narcissist.
Thank you both for the answers provided.
I’m on board with the idea that “we should have talked to our allies first.” It’s probably worth mentioning here that Turkey is also a nominal ally, and we did apparently have some discussion with them about the matter beforehand, but anyways … it’s been quite obvious to me for some time now that President Trump overvalues / misuses the element of surprise when it comes to diplomacy / military matters, at least at times. His springing this on the world suddenly seems to be another case of that. It’s one of the aspects of his governing approach / personality that I don’t particularly care for.
But are you going to change anything? Are you going to consider that Trump isn’t capable of being President? And that if he isn’t capable of being President, he needs to be removed from office?
Or is this the moment where you look around and say “Trump is doing a terrible job…but I’m going to stick with him for another six years and see if he gets better”?
I don’t think he’s doing a “terrible job” and nor do I believe he “isn’t capable of being President” (I considered it, and found the idea laughable).
He’s not doing everything exactly as I would prefer, but the last guy didn’t either, and I don’t think he deserved impeachment for it either.
When the election rolls around, I’ll look back at his time in office, and look at who his opponent ends up being, and decide who I think will do a better job for the country for the next four years.
Will green lighting an invasion to kill the Kurds who wiped out ISIS at our behest be, in your opinion, a reason to vote for Trump or against him?
Releasing ISIS on (Trump’s tiny fingers crossed) only Europe was a Trump 4-D chess master-move. Friggin genius. Very stable, no less.
His handling of Syria over the last week or so is a point against him.
It just occurred to me that this withdrawal of troops should be called the Battle of Dumbkirk.
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“a point.”
Reminds me that I’m old enough to remember when the GOP was considered the superior party with respect to national security and defense. Remember all that “Mommy Party” and “Daddy Party” stuff from the 1980s and 1990s? What a laugh. Now Daddy’s hooked on meth, and the Mommy Party’s doing it all, the way women usually do when the men get irresponsible. Except Daddy can still break into the house and shoot off his guns through the walls.
And then you’ll vote for the Republican.
Pence & Pompeo negotiated a short cease-fire with Turkey.
It’s very probable. I consider the dems’ agenda generally destructive to the country.
And you prefer when it is specific. 
Yeah, like not back-stabbing people who shed blood for our security could have grave consequences for our standing in the world.
Someone should write a book about that. You know, bombing your own stuff so the enemy doesn’t have to. Or is it so that your ally doesn’t have to? Or is so your ally doesn’t capture your stuff and use it against your other ally?
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So the cease fire involves the Kurds doing something. Not the Turks doing anything.