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Old 01-30-2019, 11:58 AM   #1
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Russia, Trump, Afghanistan... Oh My!

The era of global retreat...

Russia's Putin: Taliban must be taken into account at Afghan peace talks

Who asked these guys to do anything...?

Trump says Afghanistan talks 'proceeding well'

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On Monday, U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad told the New York Times that the United States and the insurgent group had sketched the outlines of an eventual peace deal.
Oh... weird...

Foreign troops to quit Afghanistan in 18 months under draft deal: Taliban sources

Okay Putin I see what you're doing...

Apparently McConnell does too... moves to block withdrawal.

Serious question for Administration backers.... when did global retreat become the Policy?
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Old 01-30-2019, 12:10 PM   #2
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Missed one... color me shocked...

Russia vows to help Iraq battle terrorism after US withdrawal from Syria
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Okay Putin I see what you're doing...
His mancrush has no clue
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His mancrush has no clue
Our inability and/or complete unwillingness to react to the Russian "coming out party" could well end up being our biggest failure of the young century... and we've already had some pretty fantastical blunders.
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Everybody loves a party but Pres. Trump.
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Old 01-30-2019, 02:06 PM   #6
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Our inability and/or complete unwillingness to react to the Russian "coming out party" could well end up being our biggest failure of the young century... and we've already had some pretty fantastical blunders.
Agree.

Closer to home, Venezuela fixing to explode. Starving people do desperate things.
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Old 01-30-2019, 02:30 PM   #7
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Agree.

Closer to home, Venezuela fixing to explode. Starving people do desperate things.
We need international mandate before we head in there...

Our track record among Latin American countries isn't the best on the block. So far we haven't really done anything wrong but we need to be leaning on the OAS and/or UN to formulate a mandate for international involvement... humanitarian at first obviously.

Luckily this Administration is great a playing nice with allies and international bodies.
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Agree.

Closer to home, Venezuela fixing to explode. Starving people do desperate things.
They should not have gone to your favorite economic system.
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We need international mandate before we head in there...

Our track record among Latin American countries isn't the best on the block. So far we haven't really done anything wrong but we need to be leaning on the OAS and/or UN to formulate a mandate for international involvement... humanitarian at first obviously.

Luckily this Administration is great a playing nice with allies and international bodies.
So...Who's permission do we need to park one of our carriers off Caracas?
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Serious question for Administration backers.... when did global retreat become the Policy?
0bama?
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So...Who's permission do we need to park one of our carriers off Caracas?
I would say, Putin's.
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So...Who's permission do we need to park one of our carriers off Caracas?
We don't need anybody's permission but American adventurism in the Western Hemisphere has been... um... problematic in years past.

Going in with coalitions lends some credibility to what you are doing.
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So with Trump we just shift it into high gear huh?

Who knew you and Obama agreed so much...
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We need international mandate before we head in there...

Our track record among Latin American countries isn't the best on the block. So far we haven't really done anything wrong but we need to be leaning on the OAS and/or UN to formulate a mandate for international involvement... humanitarian at first obviously.

Luckily this Administration is great a playing nice with allies and international bodies.
Who the heck said anything about "we head in there" I mean besides you.
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Who the heck said anything about "we head in there" I mean besides you.
What Venezuela?

We'll be involved in some capacity at this point no matter what happens.

I think Venezuela has its own thread though... we can go back to Trump letting Putin take the helm of world affairs.
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