Things that made you Facepalm today (Political Version)

Pretty fucked up what Trump has done to one of our best allies in Syria. He needs to grow a spine and tell Turkey to back the fuck up or get fucked up.

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Originally Posted by drauz

Pretty fucked up what Trump has done to one of our best allies in Syria. He needs to grow a spine and tell Turkey to back the fuck up or get fucked up.

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The Left: Endless wars are bad, end endless wars.
Also the Left: Pulling out was bad, we need to stay there.

The Left: Supporting countries that commit human rights violations is bad, stop dealing with these terrible countries.
Also the Left: Stop threatening Turkey, they are our NATO ally.

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Originally Posted by Back

ROFL. Wow. So 8 years of Bush doesn't count for anything? Thats just blatantly partisan.

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Sure, SOFA was negotiated by Bush and implemented by Obama, so there is culpability on both sides there. My point was only that we cannot simply disengage and withdraw entirely from the region, as much as we're all sick of it, because history has proven that the vacuum left behind will create something far worse.

I wonder, if Turkey bombed these ISIS prisons, would there be more international support?

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Originally Posted by ~Rocktar~

The Left: Endless wars are bad, end endless wars.
Also the Left: Pulling out was bad, we need to stay there.

The Left: Supporting countries that commit human rights violations is bad, stop dealing with these terrible countries.
Also the Left: Stop threatening Turkey, they are our NATO ally.

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Cool story bro, let me know when you have an argument other than "BUT THE DEMOCRATS!"

How about you articulate your stance or critique mine.

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Originally Posted by Back

ROFL. Wow. So 8 years of Bush doesn't count for anything? Thats just blatantly partisan.

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It's like you want to make an intelligent point.. but you simply are incapable.

Unless you would like to illustrate how Bush "just left that entire place to get fucked by themselves."?

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Originally Posted by Parkbandit

It's like you want to make an intelligent point.. but you simply are incapable.

Unless you would like to illustrate how Bush "just left that entire place to get fucked by themselves."?

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Pretty sure Back spent most of the Bush years screaming for us to get out of the Middle East.

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Originally Posted by Furryrat

If only that were possible, the hate eventually gets pointed west, due to support for Israel.

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Gee, I wonder what the solution is there.

Also, Al-Qaeda wasn't created by Clinton. It was created by HW's policies. They were pissy that we had troops in Saudi Arabia.

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Originally Posted by Gelston

Gee, I wonder what the solution is there.

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Gal Gadot?

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Originally Posted by Gelston

Also, Al-Qaeda wasn't created by Clinton. It was created by HW's policies. They were pissy that we had troops in Saudi Arabia.

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It was allowed to thrive and grow unchecked during the 90s. The WTC was bombed for the first time in 1993, US service members were killed in Saudi Arabia in 1995, leading to the 1998 US embassy bombings, and then the bombing of USS Cole in 2000. If only it was taken more seriously then.