Trump said the US was right to invade Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks—a reversal of his position earlier this month when he called the war a “mistake.”
“We made a mistake going into Iraq. I’ve never said we made a mistake going into Afghanistan,” Trump told CNN. Trump said on October 6 that he believed entering Afghanistan was a mistake and worried about U.S. forces getting stuck there.
“At some point, are they going to be there for the next 200 years? It’s going to be a long time,” Trump said, when asked about Afghanistan. “We made a terrible mistake getting involved there in the first place. We had real brilliant thinkers that didn’t know what the hell they were doing. And it’s a mess. And at this point, you probably have to stay because that thing will collapse about two seconds after they leave.”
Trump first signaled his backtrack when he said Afghanistan is “where we should have gone,” meaning the US should have focused its attention on Afghanistan over Iraq.
TRUMP: I’m the most militaristic person on your show. I want to have a much stronger military. I want it to be so strong that nobody is going to mess with us.
RUMP: I might have gone in. Now it’s such a mess over there, with everybody involved, and the airspace is very limited. It’s not that big of an area. The airspace is very limited. So are we going to start World War III over Syria?
C’mon. Two minutes after we leave, there’s going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will take over.
So Kim, who was going to publicly blow up a nuclear site of some sort, now whizzes around several hundred degrees and says there will be no talks if there must be denuclearization. Trump has finally met someone crazier than he is.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 6 years ago
War: it’s good for the oil companies.
Dtroutma almost 6 years ago
Forest Trump ain’t got the brains, and certainly not the courage or heart of Forrest Gump.
Crabbyrino Premium Member almost 6 years ago
The military industrial complex is rubbing its hands, thinking about all that money!
Ontman almost 6 years ago
“We’ll see what happens folks”. That has become one frightening sentence, for the US and the world.
Masterskrain Premium Member almost 6 years ago
GOD, he’s a FUC#!%G MORON!!!
superposition almost 6 years ago
Reminds me of these bathroom wall quotes from long ago …
“To be is to do”—Socrates.
“To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre.
“Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra.
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/16/do-be-do/
WaitingMan almost 6 years ago
Even that notorious liberal, Ronald Reagan, called for a world free of nuclear weapons.
Radish the wordsmith almost 6 years ago
Trump said the US was right to invade Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks—a reversal of his position earlier this month when he called the war a “mistake.”
“We made a mistake going into Iraq. I’ve never said we made a mistake going into Afghanistan,” Trump told CNN. Trump said on October 6 that he believed entering Afghanistan was a mistake and worried about U.S. forces getting stuck there.
“At some point, are they going to be there for the next 200 years? It’s going to be a long time,” Trump said, when asked about Afghanistan. “We made a terrible mistake getting involved there in the first place. We had real brilliant thinkers that didn’t know what the hell they were doing. And it’s a mess. And at this point, you probably have to stay because that thing will collapse about two seconds after they leave.”
Trump first signaled his backtrack when he said Afghanistan is “where we should have gone,” meaning the US should have focused its attention on Afghanistan over Iraq.
TRUMP: I’m the most militaristic person on your show. I want to have a much stronger military. I want it to be so strong that nobody is going to mess with us.
RUMP: I might have gone in. Now it’s such a mess over there, with everybody involved, and the airspace is very limited. It’s not that big of an area. The airspace is very limited. So are we going to start World War III over Syria?
C’mon. Two minutes after we leave, there’s going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will take over.
http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Donald_Trump_War_+_Peace.htm
Kip W almost 6 years ago
It’s uncanny how much Churchill sounds like an overweight single guy sitting at a computer screen in a basement.
dogday Premium Member almost 6 years ago
So Kim, who was going to publicly blow up a nuclear site of some sort, now whizzes around several hundred degrees and says there will be no talks if there must be denuclearization. Trump has finally met someone crazier than he is.
Mr. Blawt almost 6 years ago
“Bring ’em on!” – George W. Bush on his own war mongering.