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In reply to the discussion: "there is only one Commander in Chief,..when he orders..the only proper answer is "Yes sir."-tweet [View all]Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)23. Please Tell Trump that we never really planned to bring troops home, and
....that we are never leaving Afghanistan. We have built 6 permanent military bases, staffed by 10,000 troops not including civilian contractors, there that protect US interest.
[link:https://militarybases.com/overseas/afghanistan/|
Iraq has 12 US military bases and 5000 troops.
We still have 38,000 troops in Japan, 34,000 in Germany and 24,000 on South Korea.
We may not call ourself an imperialist nation but we sure do act like one.
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"there is only one Commander in Chief,..when he orders..the only proper answer is "Yes sir."-tweet [View all]
Cerridwen
Nov 2020
OP
As challenging as it is, he's right. Asshat is president until the day he's not.
CincyDem
Nov 2020
#6
Will that be what you say about the troops gunning down Americans at Trump's order ...
mr_lebowski
Nov 2020
#20
Nevertheless, if that order were given, Rand Paul would probably support it under the same logic nt
mr_lebowski
Nov 2020
#32
Please Tell Trump that we never really planned to bring troops home, and
Under The Radar
Nov 2020
#23
I'm sure we can count on Rand Paul to show the same deference to the CIC-elect, Joe Biden.
OAITW r.2.0
Nov 2020
#25
Rand Paul the great libertarian is the most ardent bootlicker of authoritarians
dalton99a
Nov 2020
#35
Paul and Trump have no idea what it takes to pull all your troops out Afghanistan.
marie999
Nov 2020
#46