some times politicians get a little thing wrong, like the rest of us. a way to show this is this example.macdonald,maccoy,maclain,machinemacdougal,like that.Of course he Knew about Aleppo.But had been thinking of abbreviations.Of course one of US People has ever made that kind of mistake.So back to the darling little boy, dirty and injured and tired, would touch most people’s hearts.Most normal people would love to take the tyke in, bathe him,attend to his wounds and rock him to sleep.
Lest we need to be reminded, it’s the nasty journalists. Because if it weren’t for them we’d be safely insulated in our private little cocoons . SHAME ON THEM !
Trump has claimed he has a secret plan to defeat ISIS that he can’t talk about in public so as not to tip off the terrorist group. He also said during a speech earlier on Wednesday that he would give military leaders 30 days after he took office to come up with a plan to defeat ISIS. When Lauer pressed him on this seeming contradiction, he said within a matter of seconds that he both currently has a plan and has yet to come up with one.
(I am in no way a supporter of the Libertarian Party, but I do have sympathy for a fellow human who was target of a below the belt unidentified topic) --Answer: Gary Johnson is the Libertarian Party candidate for president of the USA, who was ambushed by a member of the media (which is notorious for asking lengthy “questions” intermixed with liberal opinions, of a blunt “what would you do about Aleppo”? without any hint of reference to any news or debate issue! Johnson was taken aback, and his error was thinking the man was asking about some US government agency with an acronym! IMO, understandable. When he understood the unfamiliar “question” he did have knowledge of the atrocities in Syria, including the city of Aleppo, which is not a common American mealtime topic of discussion.-You Liberal/Leftists give Hillary and all Democrats the benefit of miles and miles of leeway and alibis, but an opponent of a Democrat, not one fraction of an inch.
“The international community has a moral obligation, as do we all, to help these people- now.”I’m not sure what you’re advocating. John Kerry has been beating his head against the Syrian crisis, but short of a massive deployment of ground troops, we can’t put the genie back in the bottle.Invading Iraq was the match that led to the “Arab Spring”, which is what put Syria into the mess it’s in. We could make a temporary peace by occupying Syria. But, it’s not the only place in the world where atrocities happen. Are we invading Libya, Sudan, Somalia… the list goes on. It should be perfectly clear that our occupations seldom leave countries in better shape than they were before we arrived.
No more Libertarians for me. I voted for one in my first election, and Reagan got in. I didn’t realize right off what that meant, but after hearing him speak a few times, it was like he’d go along just fine, and then say something utterly crazy that nobody reacted to. Votes have consequences, even if you vote to give yourself pretty, clean hands.
Nice excuses from the conservatives here, but Hillary would have been able to answer the Aleppo question and she could have pointed to it on a map, and given an intelligent response.
A clown who prefers corporate tax breaks to the environment, and guns to public libraries. One of the very few people in the country (along with Santorum, Bachmann, Perry, Cruz, Scott Walker, and Huckabee) who actually makes Trump look good.
I met Gary Johnson at a Libertarian convention years ago. He talked about “mitigating harm” from drugs, rather than criminalizing drugs. Nixon started the “war on drugs” about 40 years ago, what good has that done?
Syria is in some ways a proxy war between Iran & the Sunni States, as well as between the US & Russia. Since we can’t take back our past actions that enabled this tragedy, we do have an obligation to mitigate the harm.There are enough people on all sides willing to shoot at anyone who tries to bring aid to Syrians, that the only way to make it happen immediately is with a large ground force. If that ground force is American, I see long term results being even worse than the status quo. Besides fueling the image of America as “occupying Imperialists”, it could just as easily turn the Syrian Civil war into a region wide conflict.Supposedly, Kerry & his Russian counterpart have convinced Assad & the non-ISIS opposition to a cease fire, but such agreements in the past were short lived. Any lasting peace has to start with Assad agreeing to give up power. Putin shows no sign of backing away from his support for Assad.
Flash Gordon over 7 years ago
A dumb @$$ who is running for president and has no hope of winning just like Jill Stein and donald dump won’t win.
pam Miner over 7 years ago
some times politicians get a little thing wrong, like the rest of us. a way to show this is this example.macdonald,maccoy,maclain,machinemacdougal,like that.Of course he Knew about Aleppo.But had been thinking of abbreviations.Of course one of US People has ever made that kind of mistake.So back to the darling little boy, dirty and injured and tired, would touch most people’s hearts.Most normal people would love to take the tyke in, bathe him,attend to his wounds and rock him to sleep.
siddiqqi44 over 7 years ago
Lest we need to be reminded, it’s the nasty journalists. Because if it weren’t for them we’d be safely insulated in our private little cocoons . SHAME ON THEM !
Mr. Blawt over 7 years ago
A wounded politician in a tanstaafl party and just another staged conservative stunt.
kaffekup over 7 years ago
And after all, what can a Libertarian say about Aleppo?“Not our problem.”
phredturner over 7 years ago
He’s a guy whose foreign and military policies involve unicorns
6.6TA over 7 years ago
Maybe: “less unqualified”?
Happy Two Shoes over 7 years ago
Trump has claimed he has a secret plan to defeat ISIS that he can’t talk about in public so as not to tip off the terrorist group. He also said during a speech earlier on Wednesday that he would give military leaders 30 days after he took office to come up with a plan to defeat ISIS. When Lauer pressed him on this seeming contradiction, he said within a matter of seconds that he both currently has a plan and has yet to come up with one.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/donald-trump-commander-in-chief-forum-isis-plan
kline0800 over 7 years ago
(I am in no way a supporter of the Libertarian Party, but I do have sympathy for a fellow human who was target of a below the belt unidentified topic) --Answer: Gary Johnson is the Libertarian Party candidate for president of the USA, who was ambushed by a member of the media (which is notorious for asking lengthy “questions” intermixed with liberal opinions, of a blunt “what would you do about Aleppo”? without any hint of reference to any news or debate issue! Johnson was taken aback, and his error was thinking the man was asking about some US government agency with an acronym! IMO, understandable. When he understood the unfamiliar “question” he did have knowledge of the atrocities in Syria, including the city of Aleppo, which is not a common American mealtime topic of discussion.-You Liberal/Leftists give Hillary and all Democrats the benefit of miles and miles of leeway and alibis, but an opponent of a Democrat, not one fraction of an inch.
Uncle Joe Premium Member over 7 years ago
“The international community has a moral obligation, as do we all, to help these people- now.”I’m not sure what you’re advocating. John Kerry has been beating his head against the Syrian crisis, but short of a massive deployment of ground troops, we can’t put the genie back in the bottle.Invading Iraq was the match that led to the “Arab Spring”, which is what put Syria into the mess it’s in. We could make a temporary peace by occupying Syria. But, it’s not the only place in the world where atrocities happen. Are we invading Libya, Sudan, Somalia… the list goes on. It should be perfectly clear that our occupations seldom leave countries in better shape than they were before we arrived.
Kip W over 7 years ago
No more Libertarians for me. I voted for one in my first election, and Reagan got in. I didn’t realize right off what that meant, but after hearing him speak a few times, it was like he’d go along just fine, and then say something utterly crazy that nobody reacted to. Votes have consequences, even if you vote to give yourself pretty, clean hands.
ARodney over 7 years ago
Nice excuses from the conservatives here, but Hillary would have been able to answer the Aleppo question and she could have pointed to it on a map, and given an intelligent response.
markjoseph125 over 7 years ago
Who is Gary Johnson?
A clown who prefers corporate tax breaks to the environment, and guns to public libraries. One of the very few people in the country (along with Santorum, Bachmann, Perry, Cruz, Scott Walker, and Huckabee) who actually makes Trump look good.
joe19 over 7 years ago
I met Gary Johnson at a Libertarian convention years ago. He talked about “mitigating harm” from drugs, rather than criminalizing drugs. Nixon started the “war on drugs” about 40 years ago, what good has that done?
Uncle Joe Premium Member over 7 years ago
Syria is in some ways a proxy war between Iran & the Sunni States, as well as between the US & Russia. Since we can’t take back our past actions that enabled this tragedy, we do have an obligation to mitigate the harm.There are enough people on all sides willing to shoot at anyone who tries to bring aid to Syrians, that the only way to make it happen immediately is with a large ground force. If that ground force is American, I see long term results being even worse than the status quo. Besides fueling the image of America as “occupying Imperialists”, it could just as easily turn the Syrian Civil war into a region wide conflict.Supposedly, Kerry & his Russian counterpart have convinced Assad & the non-ISIS opposition to a cease fire, but such agreements in the past were short lived. Any lasting peace has to start with Assad agreeing to give up power. Putin shows no sign of backing away from his support for Assad.