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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGraham: a complete and utter national security disaster in the making
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Lindsey Graham ✔ @LindseyGrahamSC
I hope President Trump is right in his belief that Turkeys invasion of Syria is of no concern to us, abandoning the Kurds wont come back to haunt us, ISIS wont reemerge, and Iran will not fill the vacuum created by this decision.
However, I firmly believe that if President Trump continues to make such statements this will be a disaster worse than President Obamas decision to leave Iraq.
I worry we will not have allies in the future against radical Islam, ISIS will reemerge, & Irans rise in Syria will become a nightmare for Israel.
I fear this is a complete and utter national security disaster in the making and I hope President Trump will adjust his thinking.
The statements by President Trump about Turkeys invasion being of no concern to us also completely undercut Vice President Pence and Sec. Pompeos ability to end the conflict.
12:12 PM - Oct 16, 2019
I hope President Trump is right in his belief that Turkeys invasion of Syria is of no concern to us, abandoning the Kurds wont come back to haunt us, ISIS wont reemerge, and Iran will not fill the vacuum created by this decision.
However, I firmly believe that if President Trump continues to make such statements this will be a disaster worse than President Obamas decision to leave Iraq.
I worry we will not have allies in the future against radical Islam, ISIS will reemerge, & Irans rise in Syria will become a nightmare for Israel.
I fear this is a complete and utter national security disaster in the making and I hope President Trump will adjust his thinking.
The statements by President Trump about Turkeys invasion being of no concern to us also completely undercut Vice President Pence and Sec. Pompeos ability to end the conflict.
12:12 PM - Oct 16, 2019
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Graham: a complete and utter national security disaster in the making (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Oct 2019
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Before the presser in the East Room - Jonathan Karl asked him a question based on a quote...
Dennis Donovan
Oct 2019
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guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. Graham cannot stop lying, even when he says something partially truthful.
President Obama left Iraq pursuant to a Status of Forces Agreement signed by George W. Bush.
stopdiggin
(11,242 posts)2. yeah. but treaties and agreements . pffft. (nt)
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)3. And what are you going to do about it?
STFU.
hlthe2b
(102,127 posts)4. were these tweets made before or after Trump's press conference today?
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)5. Before the presser in the East Room - Jonathan Karl asked him a question based on a quote...
...from one of the tweets.
Kid Berwyn
(14,797 posts)6. Lindsey Leningram forgot the main thing.
Putin and Russia have been reinstalled as the big power brokers in Syria.
Funtatlaguy
(10,862 posts)7. Sounds like someone has the vapors
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)8. Yup, and you're at least partially responsible. Eat shit and die, Lindsey.
WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)9. Fuck the hell off Leningrad Lindsey Graham
Leningrad Lindsey you know damn well by the end of the week you will be blaming all of this shit on President Obama, because you are cuck for Fat don tRUMP and his boss Vlad Putin.
Vinca
(50,237 posts)10. Come the weekend Lindsey will be carrying his golf bag and bowing and scraping.