US Defense Secretary Mattis Quits

[ReptilianPeon]

Global stability is never an either or proposition. It isn't 100% isolation, or 100% playing world police.

Did I say it was? Where in the post you quoted did I say that. The Russian Federation has been helping the Syrian people plenty. The Syrian goverment asked the Russians for assistance. The Syrian government did not ask NATO or the Turks for help. Understand where I'm coming from? Why do you support imperialism Brian?

Imperialism is what sowed the seeds that germinated in DAESH. President Assad of Syria does not have a rape fetish nor is he a masochist. He never asked for Syria to be blown up by the United States. The Syrians do not want to be in bondage. The disagreements over Syria were clearly one of the reasons why the general left the White House.

our foreign policy is based on overlap in our intel, and that includes military intel

Really Brian? You actually believe that? Let me tell you a few things.

The USA has known the Saudi goverment (and to a lesser extent U.A.E.) have been supporting terrorists for decades. The moment we found out the Saudis were delivering weapons to terrorists, the US goverment should have said "Right, okay, it's time to use powers given to us by the 1976 Arms Export Control Act!"

No president has ever use the the Arms Export Control act to curtail the plans of the Saudis. Why is this? Could it be that the money they get is more valuable than human lives?

The Act of Congress requires international governments receiving weapons from the United States to use the armaments for legitimate self-defense. Consideration is given as to whether the exports "would contribute to an arms race, aid in the development of weapons of mass destruction, support international terrorism, increase the possibility of outbreak or escalation of conflict, or prejudice the development of bilateral or multilateral arms control or nonproliferation agreements or other arrangements."

Here's a recent Tweet by Donald Trump that hasn't been talked about in the media enough nearly as much as it should have done:

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So hard to believe that Lindsey Graham would be against saving soldier lives & billions of $$$. Why are we fighting for our enemy, Syria, by staying & killing ISIS for them, Russia, Iran & other locals? Time to focus on our Country & bring our youth back home where they belong!

Anyone who has been paying attention will know that Lindsey Graham has been chief amoungst the Donald Trump butt-lickers. So what happened all of a sudden? Lindsey Graham was one of the biggest cheerleaders for Donald Trump, was he not?

Well...as it happens Lindsey Graham is one of the biggest voices in congress for the defense industry. He has never seen a war that he doesn't like. Just take a look as Lindsey's top campaign funders (Open Secrets website). He is the defence industrys' whipping boy, well one of them. Clearly he would prefer to keep getting more money from the lobbyists and cooperations than support one of the few sensible ideas from Donald Trump. There is a saying: "a broken clock is right twice a day."

I believe the foegien policy of the United States is dictated more by the profit motive than intel. How about this for intel led goverment: Bombshell: Newly Released CIA Documents Prove Bush Could have Killed Bin Laden; Prevented 911.

Did you know that president George Bush was golfing at the time of 9/11 and had insisted on taking a vacation and ignoring warming from US intelligence about it?
Slate: While Bush vacationed, 9/11 warnings went unheard.

Yeah, I mean the US goverment is totally intel led.  

Are you one of those silly #Resistance people who now that Donald Trump is president actually think George Bush was a good president simply because he attacked him?