Statement From Joe Biden on trump's withdrawal from Syria

[Gothmog]

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[Cha]

1. Mahalo, Goth.. Biden is exactly

dead on.

[Gothmog]

14. Hey Cha

[Thekaspervote]

2. Once again Joe Biden is showing his strength in the area of foreign policy. It's going to be needed

To mend broken trusts with our allies

[Cha]

4. Absolutely, Kasper.. Joe Biden's

strengths in Foreign Policy would be a definite asset in the Oval Office.

[mahina]

3. Go get him Uncle Joe.

What a cowardly betrayal, a horrible disgrace for the US and tragic unnecessary loss of life of our great friends. . Take him down, Joe!

[OKNancy]

5. You know, Trump is such a creeper, someone should show him

pictures of the beautiful Kurdish women.
I've never felt such disgust with another human as I feel for the creepy tRump

[customerserviceguy]

6. Forgive me if I've remembered this incorrectly

but wasn't Joe Biden calling for breaking up Iraq into three parts, a Sunni part, a Shia part, and a Kurdish part?

[tirebiter]

9. The idea was discussed. It gave a future to the Kurds

And it would have allowed Sunnis and Shias a bit of time to not kill each other, at least not fight away. It was an idea explored but other things belayed it.

[yellowdogintexas]

16. Kurds have been being betrayed since the original

division of the Middle East back in the 20s (Lawrence of Arabia, etc) They were promised a nation, with boundaries. I have seen maps of its proposed location. Instead they were split up among Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria.

I am well acquainted with several Kurdish families due to my daughter's marriage and this whole situation just appalls me. Every one of these wonderful people has family 'back home' about whom they are now bound to be quite worried. My daughter's mother in law is Kurdish/Iraqi and her father in law is Kurdish/Iranian. They came to the US from Teheran, and refer to themselves as Kurdish or Persian.

One of the cousins described the Kurds this way: "First we eat, then we fight, then we dance, then we do it all again" I absolutely love them.

The father in law kind of leans Trumpian and I am just wondering how he is taking this latest turn of events. He is sort of an asshole anyway but still I do not see how anyone from that part of the world who lives here could support #45.

[FakeNoose]

20. That wasn't us, it was the British

But yes, the Kurds were originally screwed out of their proper homeland back in the 1920's. Nobody knew what to do with all the crazy Muslims, Arabs, Turks and Kurds and I think they just threw darts at a map.

[Celerity]

18. yes, and he backed Nouri al-Maliki in 2010, which led to a new round of sectarian violence

really good (and long) article

Joe Biden’s Haunted Legacy in Iraq

Biden’s long and contentious record in the country opens a window onto his foreign policy—and an identity crisis in the Democratic Party. This is the definitive history.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/06/joe-bidens-iraq-decisions-haunt-him-2020/592669/

[highplainsdem]

7. "Trump is writing the book on how NOT to be a Commander-in-Chief." Nailed it! Kudos to

Biden!

And thanks for posting this, Gothmog! K&R!

[Cha]

8. KICK!

[Gothmog]

26. We need a POTUS with foreign policy experience

Link to tweet

[Cha]

27. Oh Gawd Yes We Do and this is the perfect Tweet

for it! Thank you, Goth!

Link to tweet

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Kicked and recommended. Thanks Gothmog. ❤ nt

[Doreen]

11. Has it ever occurred to anyone

that the dripping piece of orange shit is working "with" ISIS? Maybe, is that to far fetched?

[GReedDiamond]

12. "...the President has threatened to 'obliterate' the economy of Turkey..."

I can see the tweet now: "Due to Turkey doing very bad things - really bad - I am announcing here and now, using my great and infinite wisdom, that the Untied Snakes is imposing a 50% tariff on all Turkish Taffy coming into my great empire of the You Ess."

[AlexSFCA]

13. Hate to say it but I generally welcome US withdrawal

from parts of the world that are not NATO. I do not support our troops being sent to Iraq, Afganistan, Syria, Lybia, Venezuela, Vietnam, etc. I never see anything good come out of it.

[UniteFightBack]

15. We seriously need a seasoned hand our foreign 'policy' is so fucked up. GO WITH JOE. nt

[yellowdogintexas]

17. Joe definitely has the foreign policy chops all right. In fact,

Let's pretend the nominee is say Warren and she wins. If I were in her place, I would offer Joe any of the following things and let him pick:

Secretary of State
Ambassador to UN
Ambassador to NATO
Ambassador at Large
General Foreign Policy TRouble Shooter and watchdog (a la President Carter)

Sec State is an exhausting job so he might prefer UN and he would be great for that spot.

Whatever, his foreign policy knowledge and experience should NOT be allowed to go to waste

[boomer_wv]

19. Pass.

Joe isn't taking any of those positions. He has already served 8 years as VP. He certainly isn't going to step down the cabinet ladder or take an ambassadorship. He will be President or he will be out.

[emmaverybo]

21. +1 He would make a terrific president. We need a foreign policy prez. World in big trouble and

we have a role to play. Must look beyond our own backyard.

[Gothmog]

25. We need a POTUS with foreign policy experience

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[Cha]

22. Kick for Joe Biden's excellent statement.

[Tarheel_Dem]

23. Damn Right!

[Gothmog]

24. Trump sold out the Syrian Democratic Forces -- the courageous Kurds and Arabs

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