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Re: Trump
Another case of the result of yanks sending mixed messages to the middle east.
Last week Trump made the remark that warring factions in the Middle East should not rely on US to sort out their differences. Assad took that to mean that that the US wouldn't intervene if he did exactly that.
Within 48 hours that's exactly what Assad did with his gas attack.
In 1990, the US Secretary of State ( Madeline Albright) said exactly the same thing in a meeting with Saddam Hussein. He immediately responded with an invasion of Kuwait.
The lesson in both instances is that the yanks have to be very very careful in dealing with middle eastern diplomacy.
However, no nuclear weapons are involved.
North Korea is a different kettle of fish. The lunatic that runs NK does have nuclear weapons.
If there's a up side to the Syrian mess, its that Trump appears just as irrational as the NK dictator Kim Jong-in. Maybe they'll frighten the bejesus out of each other or something worse.
NK's next door neighbour China will probably play the good cop in the forthcoming good cop/bad cop confrontation
Having hit Syria, the US is now doing some sabre rattling of its own by diverting the US 7th Fleet to the Korean area.
Watch this space over the next couple of weeks.
Last week Trump made the remark that warring factions in the Middle East should not rely on US to sort out their differences. Assad took that to mean that that the US wouldn't intervene if he did exactly that.
Within 48 hours that's exactly what Assad did with his gas attack.
In 1990, the US Secretary of State ( Madeline Albright) said exactly the same thing in a meeting with Saddam Hussein. He immediately responded with an invasion of Kuwait.
The lesson in both instances is that the yanks have to be very very careful in dealing with middle eastern diplomacy.
However, no nuclear weapons are involved.
North Korea is a different kettle of fish. The lunatic that runs NK does have nuclear weapons.
If there's a up side to the Syrian mess, its that Trump appears just as irrational as the NK dictator Kim Jong-in. Maybe they'll frighten the bejesus out of each other or something worse.
NK's next door neighbour China will probably play the good cop in the forthcoming good cop/bad cop confrontation
Having hit Syria, the US is now doing some sabre rattling of its own by diverting the US 7th Fleet to the Korean area.
Watch this space over the next couple of weeks.
Regards
Ronje
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What a mess ... http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/lea ... dac8f12b2b
Everyone hoped he would "drain the swamp" but now he is just using this as a slogan to justify sacking people who don't toe his line.
Everyone hoped he would "drain the swamp" but now he is just using this as a slogan to justify sacking people who don't toe his line.
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Trump will be looked upon in future as a criminal ... http://www.news.com.au/technology/envir ... 11d0515a0a
You are right nomad, he has become an enemy of the world, his security crew will have to beef things up now.
You are right nomad, he has become an enemy of the world, his security crew will have to beef things up now.
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i wonder how many pages this topic will run to before he leaves. I truly thought he would be gone by now. The latest when he barged his way thru the other world leaders was so reminiscent of Mussolini
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The quotes in that Twitter might as well have come from a school kid. Hope he has a more mature approach with his nuclear weapons.
That said, the story about what he said to the Irish female reporter was a bit ho hum.
That said, the story about what he said to the Irish female reporter was a bit ho hum.
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Colluding with the Russians, despite all the denials, and the evidence is from Trump Jr himself ... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... ry-clinton
... so it can't be "fake news".
Trump Sr tomorrow: "I don't really know Trump Jr, I just saw him around the house a lot when he was a kid!"
... so it can't be "fake news".
Trump Sr tomorrow: "I don't really know Trump Jr, I just saw him around the house a lot when he was a kid!"
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Trump addresses the Scouts about knots and campfires, not ... http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parent ... 92e3946768
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