The Democratic Federation of Northern Syria is a secular, libertarian socialist controlled region. They are the opposite of al-Qaeda. They are also about to be invaded by Turkey.
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It should be remembered that Mattis did not choose that nickname, and in fact despises it. Whatever his failings, I feel sorry for him that it’s been hung so thoroughly around his neck.
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Going across Siberia is about as far as New York to Berlin (over twice the width of Australia). Since they were mostly trading with Europe, goods shipped from western ports would have to go half way around the world. literally.
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The current White House: Willy Wonka’s Factory if every room was the Wonkatania boat ride.
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In place of the daily reporting of just how bad the idiot is some genuinely refreshing news would read: Masses of 45 voters realize that using their votes like god damn fools really was the worst thing that ever happened to the USA. Any bets on any sings of insight from the right? We could only hope.
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But with no candy whatsoever waiting on the other side when the ride is finally over.
Worst sweepstakes, EVER.
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This is true.
However, the DFNS are not the rebels I was referring to.
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All the people who voted for President Andrew Johnson can relax now down in Voter Hell. The baton has been passed!
Oh wait, no one voted for Andrew Johnson as president.
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They are subject to invasion by Canada:
although some Canadian troops were not happy about it:
100 years ago tomorrow.
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Then I guess he must have been oh-so-pleased when Trump started calling him “Moderate Dog Mattis” (because I guess being accused of “moderation” is a grievous insult in Trumpland?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/406448-trump-privately-calls-mattis-moderate-dog-report
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There’s no punishment at all if you tell people he choked on a pretzel and fell over.
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On April 27, 2016, then-Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump used an invitation-only event at Washington’s ornate Mayflower Hotel to argue that presidents of both parties had gotten the US ensnared in too many costly, grinding foreign wars.
That, Trump promised, would change once he moved into the White House.
“I will never send our finest into battle unless necessary, and I mean absolutely necessary, and will only do so if we have a plan for victory with a capital V,” he thundered. “The world must know that we do not go abroad in search of enemies.”
The speech was part of Trump’s attempt to make a decisive break with the more hawkish and interventionist wings of his own party, which he blamed for the Iraq War and Washington’s icy relationship with Moscow. He wasn’t just trying to argue that he’d be a different kind of president than Democrats like Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. He was also arguing that he’d be a different kind of president than Republicans like George W. Bush.
Flash-forward to last Monday night, when President Donald Trump announced that he would be sending more American troops to Afghanistan. He stressed that there would be no timetable for when those troops would come home, guaranteeing that the longest conflict in American history would drag on well into the future.
I’m confused.
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https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/20/politics/afghanistan-withdrawal/index.html
OTOH, note that opposition to the US presence in Afghanistan is not an unusual position.
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“How could things possibly get any worse?” I say to myself, because I’m a fucking idiot.
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While i’m no fan the Sociopathic orange Scarecrow in chief.
I’m not a fan of Generals who insist military might in Syria and Afghanistan is the the answer.
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The Twatwomble in Chief eats KFC with a knife and fork?! Is this because its tiny hands is too smalls for effective licking of the fingers, I wonder?
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It doesnt matter if you think US presence/activites in Syria are good, bad, regular or whatever.
I mean, it matters, but not for this.
Announcing big sweeping changes of policy by random surprise tweets that leave whoever is in charge of that area of the admnistration blindsided is, well, that is a XXI century banana republic way of doing things. While final responsability for the policies is in the hands of the president, that would normally mean he discuss and plans stuff with his people in charge of whatever area of government it is, and they go and plan and execute and monitor and all that.
Accepting rule by 3AM Tweet rant is basically accepting the US is now outperforming tin-pot dictatorships in terms of ridiculousness and unprofessional ways of governnment.
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I really doubt Trump even read it.
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You’re right of course, but that’s the way Trump rolls.
After the departure of Mattis, Trump’s “administration”, to use the word loosely, will consist almost entirely of true believers, incompetents, grifters, family members and other hangers-on, and quite a few empty chairs.
It will be hard to tell which category does the worst job.
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