Quote:Lol, well you got me there. But again, if I remember correctly, republicans and the war mongering media were pushing Obama pretty hard to get Assad out...


Is that how you recall it? Remember that whole thing? The chemical weapons Assad was using on the rebels, mccain and I think a couple other republicans going to meet with the rebels, the rhetoric that Assad had crossed the red line, etc...


There were no good choices at that point.

Sorry, but McCain was speaking for himself, and not the party.  He and that other war hawk, Lindsey Graham are hardly the pulse of the conservatives. 

 

Quote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Donald's plan to send more troops. Isn't that exactly what everybody wanted eight years ago. So basically we're back to where we were during the Bush administration.

Are you referring to the surge in Iraq that actually turned the tide in that war?  The one democrats fought to prevent?

 

I think what Trump is willing to do, and what this administration has failed to do, is to let his military leaders come up with a feasible plan that would potentially include US troops on the ground, to root out and end this ISIS situation once and for all.  Trump has indicated he will not run a political war by interfering in the strategy as Obama has done consistently throughout his presidency.  You know, act like a president who trusts his men on the ground? 

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