On Iran, Trump talks loudly and carries a big stick — but doesn't use it by caseydarnell_
In the space of about 24 hours, President Trump warned Iran that it had made “a very big mistake” in shooting down an American drone near its coast, then said he believed it wasn’t intentional, then scheduled a retaliatory strike, then canceled it at the last minute to avoid excessive Iranian casualties — continuing a pattern of ambivalence toward U.S. military action that has characterized his public life and presidency.
....On Monday they shot down an unmanned drone flying in International Waters. We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights when I asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a General. 10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not.... The president ordered a full withdrawal of 2,000 troops from Syria in the same week — resulting in backlash from foreign allies, the intelligence community and both Democrats and Republicans. Secretary of Defense James Mattis resigned in protest, citing his disagreement with Trump’s worldview. A full withdrawal never happened, and 200 troops remain in Syria.
In a 2002 interview, Howard Stern asked Trump if he supported the invasion of Iraq. “Yeah, I guess so,” was his reply. A year later he called the war “a tremendous success from a military standpoint” in an interview with Fox News, adding that he liked the war because “Wall Street’s just going to go up like a rocket.”
Why are we continuing to train these Afghanis who then shoot our soldiers in the back? Afghanistan is a complete waste. Time to come home! Trump never was in uniform. He famously avoided serving in Vietnam with student and medical deferments. He said he “was never a fan” of what he recently described as “a terrible war.”
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