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  1. 01-22-2020, 01:44 PM #1
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    The Cost of an Incoherent Foreign Policy
    Trump’s Iran Imbroglio Undermines U.S. Priorities Everywhere Else

    By Brett McGurk

    "Washington’s policy today is defined by incoherence: maximalist ends, minimalist means, false assumptions, few allies, all pressure, no diplomacy," writes Brett McGurk in a new essay. "With the stakes as high as another war in the Middle East, it is not too much to demand clarity on priorities and strategic orientation."

    Read more from Foreign Affairs on Trump’s foreign policy in the Middle East and beyond:

    "The Imperial Presidency Is Alive and Well"
    by Sarah Binder, James Goldgeier, and Elizabeth N. Saunders
    "How the Trump Administration Refashioned American Strategy" by Elbridge A. Colby and A. Wess Mitchell
    "Reckless Choices, Bad Deals, and Dangerous Provocations" by Hal Brands
    "America’s Middle East Purgatory" by Mara Karlin and Tamara Cofman Wittes
    "Why Trump’s Shapeshifting Syria Policy Worked—Until It Didn’t" by Frances Z. Brown
    "Why U.S. Foreign Policy Will Never Recover"
    by Daniel W. Drezner

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    Under Trump

    Ordered a limited attack on Syria for use of chemicals on citizens. Result no more chemicals, no retaliation from Syria. No soldiers injured or killed.

    Ordered an attack on a compound hiding one of the world's most dangerous terrorist, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi . Result he was killed . No soldiers injured or killed.

    Ordered an attack on an Iranian General Qasem Soleimani who was responsible for many American soldier deaths and a terrorist in his own right. Result he was killed an no soldiers were injured or killed (less a few minor injuries after Iran's lame missile "response").

    Has had more success in limiting Isis than any of his predecessors.

    Just a few things to stir in the pot of Trump hating stew a favorite of his TDS friends.
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    [QUOTE=Honda;1061739]

    Ordered an attack on an Iranian General Qasem Soleimani who was responsible for many American soldier deaths and a terrorist in his own right. Result he was killed an no soldiers were injured or killed (less a few minor injuries after Iran's lame missile "response").

    .../QUOTE]

    Think the "new report" is showing 13-15 or so troops that were removed to other installations for further treatment of unknown injuries.
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    Are there supposed to be links or something else in that quote box that I'm supposed to read and become angry about?
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    Quote Originally Posted by CactusCurt View Post
    Are there supposed to be links or something else in that quote box that I'm supposed to read and become angry about?
    There aren't any Dave is just gigging us.
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    [QUOTE=FredK;1061741]
    Quote Originally Posted by Honda View Post

    Ordered an attack on an Iranian General Qasem Soleimani who was responsible for many American soldier deaths and a terrorist in his own right. Result he was killed an no soldiers were injured or killed (less a few minor injuries after Iran's lame missile "response").

    .../QUOTE]

    Think the "new report" is showing 13-15 or so troops that were removed to other installations for further treatment of unknown injuries.
    Oh Fred, you got me, you got me good..................
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