Foreign Policy if the GOP were in charge of the White House right now?

[rdean]

After the twin debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan, the hundreds of soldiers sent to their death by Reagan I shudder to think.

The only one seemingly with any sense was Bush Sr. Thank God he didn't invade Iraq or this mess would have started that much sooner.

Republicans have a couple of problems. First, they don't respect anyone else. So they don't bother to learn about the people they want to bully. And when you invade a country without knowing anything about the local politics, the religion, the life style of the people living in that area, what you get is Iraq. Unfortunately, it seems from their current rhetoric, the Republicans are incapable of learning from their damaging, expensive and horrible fiasco. I even heard one Republican say we should be surrounding Russia with troops, you know, like in a "siege".

siege [seej]
noun

the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.

Can you imagine do that with a country that has hundreds or even thousands of long range nuclear missiles?

And these children on the border? Follow the Republicans and many of them will die when sent back to face gangs and bloodshed. Republicans don't think ahead and don't learn from mistakes. Those children that survive will remember they weren't helped. That the US allowed such violence in our own back yard. Republicans are desperately working to create as many enemies as possible far into America's future. As of now, with an American population that is more interested in Honey Boo Boo and the Kardashians, they will probable succeed. We deserve what we get if we don't stop the GOP and their thoughtless and destructive policies. Following them gave us the enormous debt. A failing infrastructure. Joblessness. War and tens of thousands of maimed American young. Their economic policies are laughable. They control congress and do nothing but try to stop people from having health care.

I could ask, "What kind of people are these"? But I have to ask, "What kind of people vote them into office"?

 

[Stephanie]

You'd be in Iran reporting the news

 

[Dot Com]

Repubs foreign policy record is well known. They take bad situations and make them worse

 

[The Rabbi]

RDean troll thread alert.

Well, what would foreign policy look like?
Russia would not have invaded Ukraine
ISIS would be a goddess in Egypt, not in control of half of Iraq
China would be trying to figure out how to make more sweaters instead of threatening Japan and Korea
South America would be dictator free with prospering economies, so no need for kids to rush our borders
Germany would not be expelling our CIA officers
The Taliban would be sitting down and hammering out concessions
Hamas would be a memory
Iran would be turning their nuclear program over to international authorities.

Yeah, the foreign policy disasters of the Obama Administration would be unthinkable if the GOP were in charge.

 

[The Rabbi]

Repubs foreign policy record is well known. They take bad situations and make them worse

Irony alert.
When Bush left office Iraq was stable, Afghanistan had unseated the Taliban, Libya had given up its nuclear program.
Now Iraq has a murderous Islamic thuggocracy in control of half the land, the Taliban are gaining in Afghanistan, Libya is a mess.
Tell me which party has fucked up?

 

[blackhawk]

The problem you on the left have is with reality that being a Republican is not in the White House right now Obama is and it is his foreign policy that is the issue not what a Republican might or might not do.

 

[Stephanie]

gotta take the heat off Dear leaders ASS

rdeanie still refuses to accept, dang near 70% of the people DISAPPROVES of the JOB Obozo is doing

so, he has to throw blame on others

 

[Dot Com]

Repubs foreign policy record is well known. They take bad situations and make them worse

Irony alert.
When Bush left office Iraq was stable, Afghanistan had unseated the Taliban, Libya had given up its nuclear program.
Now Iraq has a murderous Islamic thuggocracy in control of half the land, the Taliban are gaining in Afghanistan, Libya is a mess.
Tell me which party has fucked up?

how much was that *cough* "stability" costing in blood & treasure hack boi? I thought you people were against deficit spending & that particular Repub foreign adventure to enrich def contractors blew a huge hole in the budget

 

[Harry Dresden]

After the twin debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan, the hundreds of soldiers sent to their death by Reagan I shudder to think.

The only one seemingly with any sense was Bush Sr. Thank God he didn't invade Iraq or this mess would have started that much sooner.

Republicans have a couple of problems. First, they don't respect anyone else. So they don't bother to learn about the people they want to bully. And when you invade a country without knowing anything about the local politics, the religion, the life style of the people living in that area, what you get is Iraq. Unfortunately, it seems from their current rhetoric, the Republicans are incapable of learning from their damaging, expensive and horrible fiasco. I even heard one Republican say we should be surrounding Russia with troops, you know, like in a "siege".

siege [seej]
noun

the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.

Can you imagine do that with a country that has hundreds or even thousands of long range nuclear missiles?

And these children on the border? Follow the Republicans and many of them will die when sent back to face gangs and bloodshed. Republicans don't think ahead and don't learn from mistakes. Those children that survive will remember they weren't helped. That the US allowed such violence in our own back yard. Republicans are desperately working to create as many enemies as possible far into America's future. As of now, with an American population that is more interested in Honey Boo Boo and the Kardashians, they will probable succeed. We deserve what we get if we don't stop the GOP and their thoughtless and destructive policies. Following them gave us the enormous debt. A failing infrastructure. Joblessness. War and tens of thousands of maimed American young. Their economic policies are laughable. They control congress and do nothing but try to stop people from having health care.

I could ask, "What kind of people are these"? But I have to ask, "What kind of people vote them into office"?

the same kind of people who vote for the pieces of shit that you elect.....yea i know you think you are different.....but you are a far lefty....you aint much different than a far righty.....you are both destroying this Country...

 

[Harry Dresden]

Repubs foreign policy record is well known. They take bad situations and make them worse

like they did in my State?....

 

[whitehall]

When is the left going to stop whining about the unfairness of only controlling 2/3 of the federal government? Every military conflict in the bloody 20th century started during a democrat administration. Truman sent Troops to Korea with a illegal executive order and mis-managed the conflict so badly that we lost 50,000 Troops in three years. LBJ faked a crisis that didn't happen in order to send Troops to Vietnam and democrats finally withdrew funding when a republican was elected ironically after the VC was defeated. Bill Clinton couldn't keep it in his pants so he sent US bombers with daisy cutter bombs to Yugoslavia. About 36% of democrats in congress authorized Bush to use combat troops and then they undermined the conflict. Why didn't Barry Hussein withdraw Troops from Afghanistan if he didn't have the heart to pursue the conflict? Because he had dumb assed supporters who would blame Bush even through his 2nd term?

 

[Stephanie]

the democrat base are like brainwashed programmed robots

spreading the dirt that the party doesn't

 

[Peach]

RDean troll thread alert.

Well, what would foreign policy look like?
Russia would not have invaded Ukraine
ISIS would be a goddess in Egypt, not in control of half of Iraq
China would be trying to figure out how to make more sweaters instead of threatening Japan and Korea
South America would be dictator free with prospering economies, so no need for kids to rush our borders
Germany would not be expelling our CIA officers
The Taliban would be sitting down and hammering out concessions
Hamas would be a memory
Iran would be turning their nuclear program over to international authorities.

Yeah, the foreign policy disasters of the Obama Administration would be unthinkable if the GOP were in charge.

Russia went into Georgia in 2008, and taking the heat of al Qaeda to venture into Iraq gave Islamic fascists another country. Time to ramp up the heat on Russia, and end the turmoil begun by invading Iraq.

 

[The Rabbi]

Repubs foreign policy record is well known. They take bad situations and make them worse

Irony alert.
When Bush left office Iraq was stable, Afghanistan had unseated the Taliban, Libya had given up its nuclear program.
Now Iraq has a murderous Islamic thuggocracy in control of half the land, the Taliban are gaining in Afghanistan, Libya is a mess.
Tell me which party has fucked up?

how much was that *cough* "stability" costing in blood & treasure hack boi? I thought you people were against deficit spending & that particular Repub foreign adventure to enrich def contractors blew a huge hole in the budget

In 2008 there were 322 casualties among allied forces in Iraq.
In 2012 there were 402 casualties, all American, in Afghanistan.
You do the math, Einstein.

 

[The Rabbi]

RDean troll thread alert.

Well, what would foreign policy look like?
Russia would not have invaded Ukraine
ISIS would be a goddess in Egypt, not in control of half of Iraq
China would be trying to figure out how to make more sweaters instead of threatening Japan and Korea
South America would be dictator free with prospering economies, so no need for kids to rush our borders
Germany would not be expelling our CIA officers
The Taliban would be sitting down and hammering out concessions
Hamas would be a memory
Iran would be turning their nuclear program over to international authorities.

Yeah, the foreign policy disasters of the Obama Administration would be unthinkable if the GOP were in charge.

Russia went into Georgia in 2008, and taking the heat of al Qaeda to venture into Iraq gave Islamic fascists another country. Time to ramp up the heat on Russia, and end the turmoil begun by invading Iraq.

So you have nothing of truth or substance to contribite here. Got it.

 

[rdean]

RDean troll thread alert.

Well, what would foreign policy look like?
Russia would not have invaded Ukraine
ISIS would be a goddess in Egypt, not in control of half of Iraq
China would be trying to figure out how to make more sweaters instead of threatening Japan and Korea
South America would be dictator free with prospering economies, so no need for kids to rush our borders
Germany would not be expelling our CIA officers
The Taliban would be sitting down and hammering out concessions
Hamas would be a memory
Iran would be turning their nuclear program over to international authorities.

Yeah, the foreign policy disasters of the Obama Administration would be unthinkable if the GOP were in charge.

Russia invaded Georgia and Bush sent Georgia a plane load of bandages. Almost like he was mocking them.

If he hadn't "looked into Putin's soul" and found something he liked, perhaps Ukraine wouldn't have happened?

 

[rdean]

Repubs foreign policy record is well known. They take bad situations and make them worse

Irony alert.
When Bush left office Iraq was stable, Afghanistan had unseated the Taliban, Libya had given up its nuclear program.
Now Iraq has a murderous Islamic thuggocracy in control of half the land, the Taliban are gaining in Afghanistan, Libya is a mess.
Tell me which party has fucked up?

Iraq was stable? Really? Are you sure? Or it just wasn't in the news very much?

 

[rdean]

Just saw Miss Lindsey Grahame on Meet the Press. His solution was to surround Russia with troop and missiles. That's what he said. That we not only need to surround Russia with troops and missiles, but we need to restart the missile defense program and surround Russia with that.

Does that sound like it would work?

 

[Stephanie]

we see rdeanie pulled his crystal ball out again
ZZZZZZZ

 

[R.C. Christian]

It wouldn't be much different actually. The only difference is Obama is not a strong leader but an ideologue and a puppet. An empty suit. He's a self-consumed sociopath who is missing a BIG opportunity to act like a man for the first time in his INSIGNIFICANT life during a pivotal moment in history.