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Baitball Blogger

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2. Trump is no negotiator.

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2019, 05:36 PM

Oct 2019

Turkey and Russia leave with all the wins at the gambling table and throw a chip to Trump like he's their drink server. And, frankly, this was the military's win. They had all the intelligence they needed sans Turkey and Russia. The military's strike was a success in spite of Trump. Not because of his participation.

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Interesting take on the raid by Garry Kasparov. [View all] edbermac Oct 2019 OP

Very interesting! orangecrush Oct 2019 #1

Trump is no negotiator. Baitball Blogger Oct 2019 #2

Trump has long pined for a dramatic 'kill' like Obama had, I'd wager. Chemisse Oct 2019 #3

I'm thinking something similar. kentuck Oct 2019 #4

They threw him a bone because of the heat he is taking. They news him in office a few more months. Pepsidog Oct 2019 #5

This was in a reply. I wish I knew the source of this, but it sounds very plausible: catbyte Oct 2019 #6

Well, I'm sure he acknowledged the help of the Kurds in that wonderful speech he gave. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2019 #11

I think it's from kpete's thread... and the NYT article therein liberalla Oct 2019 #12

Of course it was pure coincidence. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2019 #7

That was my take on it. n/t CousinIT Oct 2019 #8

About a month or two there will be another no. 1 or 2 ISIS leader. Crowman2009 Oct 2019 #9

Even the russian military says it wasn't baghdadi.... he died in 2017.... getagrip_already Oct 2019 #10

K&R, uponit7771 Oct 2019 #13

And Erdogan lived only 5 kilometers.from where baghdadi was found. nt Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2019 #14