But this is going to be a huge gut check for Democrats. 2 of the 3 front runners have all expressed support for Trump pulling out of Syria. Yes, it was months ago (largely because none of them has had to address any foreign policy since some theoretical quesitons very early on), and sure, they can flip these positions to say “No, don’t pull out now and abandon our allies”…but even a novice republican strategist can blow a hole a mile wide through that.
This is going to be a problem.
I’m sure Trump’s faithful will get over their disappointment in his latest disaster pretty quickly. They always do.
Putin. Nobody in the Republican establishment supports this. Nobody.
The Republican Party is fast removing itself from our collective future with actions like Trump’s.
The Democratic non-interventionalist position is always problematic.
You don’t get to be the World leader by not taking on some of the responsibilities of that leadership.
That said, though, read the nuance behind people like Warren’s comments:
Her statement is much more nuanced than the headline (Bernie’s positions have always been more problematic).
WOW.
Once the Kurds are wiped out Trump will announce that he is withdrawing from any support for the Ukraine so Putin will be able to walk right in. It is as though we elected Putin and Trump is just his surrogate.
Time for Mattis to speak.
Or the proof of Trump’s foreknowledge of the Khashoggi murder stays in the vault.
There has to be a balance, a combined consultation with allies and an aversion to lies. Trump fails on all counts and only a Purity Patrol Prick would go for this BoneHead Move.
OT Bernie was not really interested in Foreign Policy. I could tell that from Jump.
Good God, for all the bluster, for all the chest thumping President Trump appears to be a complete pussy when it comes to military affairs. Who knew?
London and Paris weren’t told either. They have troops on the ground in the region.
Those are pretty old quotes you have there. As a general statement most everybody agrees we can’t stay in Syria forever. What have the Democrats said about abandoning the Kurds to the tender mercies of the Turks?
I’ve been raising the more general question for months…its not only the complete lack of experience on foreign policy matters, its the myopic focus of every candidate on exclusively domestic issues.
So now we have an actual foreign policy crisis thrust on the news stage…how are they going to react? Piecemeal? Backtracking earlier comments? Ignore it? Or present a comprehensive foreign policy agenda?
I understand the “nuance” position behind Warren and Sanders statements (and, gonna disagree with you…both of their statements are saying the same thing in terms of policy. Pull out ASAP, but make sure ISIS is gone first). The problem is, this position is weak…both in terms of having their cake and eating it too, and in terms of not part of any overarching foreign policy.
Trump just loves doing favors for foreign authoritarian leaders.
What an embarrassment.
Erdogan has proof Russia is innocent of election meddling in 2016. Barr is on his way there now to help his staff create the evidence.
Graham’s curious about the “details” of this decision. That’s so quaint.
There are no details. Trump doesn’t make decisions based on anything even remotely like details.
Graham will be furiously backpeddling before dinner.
Trump is a coward on all fronts. This is a man who is too scared to fire anybody in person. It’s been clear since the staged air strike on empty positions two years ago that he’s a weakling in foreign affairs. Worse, he’s compromised and can predictably be relied upon to do the most pro-Russian thing he can get away with doing.
He doesn’t like democracy at home or abroad and cozies up to dictators.
So, yeah, let’s get him out of office ASAP. His incompetence at foreign affairs is, by itself, grounds for impeachment. (But thankfully there are easier arguments to make.)
