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JackRiddler

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24. He has said this repeatedly starting with campaign and...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Mar 21, 2017, 11:31 AM

Mar 2017

it is part of his "take their oil" and "should have kept the oil" raps. The former phrase was already in the first official Trump commercial and should be considered programmatic. My own view is that sowing further chaos in the Middle East does something that Exxon likes: takes "their oil" off the market.

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Trump Now Says U.S. Military 'Should Never Ever Have Left' Iraq [View all] DonViejo Mar 2017 OP

No doubt he's calling on his extensive military experience to reach that conclusion Siwsan Mar 2017 #1

He already said he knows more than HIS Generals. Submariner Mar 2017 #4

Historically, that has never worked out particularly well, for the self-appointed military expert Siwsan Mar 2017 #6

Five deferments can teach you a great deal about miltary service.... lastlib Mar 2017 #22

Easy for Mr. Bone Spur to say BeyondGeography Mar 2017 #2

Over 4,000 of our soldiers never did, you hamhock! Aristus Mar 2017 #3

Need an invasion to distract from his criminal ties SummerSnow Mar 2017 #5

Your reply is right on. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #8

Oh RiGHT, mr. cheney! elleng Mar 2017 #7

Never should have gone in Angry Dragon Mar 2017 #9

Great, Donald... jmowreader Mar 2017 #10

Please tell us all about your rich understanding of the events of that process. mahina Mar 2017 #11

And he was ALWAYS opposed to going into Iraq, too. He sez, all the time. Nt Mc Mike Mar 2017 #12

As Commander in Chief C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #13

We left Iraq because the govenment of Iraq The_Casual_Observer Mar 2017 #14

How long before ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #15

He's saying the troops stood have stayed even though the Iraqi government wanted them gone? Ken Burch Mar 2017 #16

Ignorant demented asshole dalton99a Mar 2017 #17

That was not our call. Iraqis did not want us there. nikibatts Mar 2017 #18

He claimed that he was always against the Iraq war. yardwork Mar 2017 #19

Less memory that my 9yro cat with dementia... noneof_theabove Mar 2017 #20

GIVE HIM A PISTOL AND SEND HIM TO IRAQ.... yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #21

It's time to take out Mad King Donald jeanmarc Mar 2017 #23

He has said this repeatedly starting with campaign and... JackRiddler Mar 2017 #24