That Syria story is complete BS........yet it just keeps getting repeated. Yes, Russian mercs and pro Syrian forces did a frontal attack on a position manned by Rangers, Delta and Kurds.........and it was a slaughter. But trump had nothing to do with ordering the commandos to DEFEND themselves. It could have been Belgians attacking for all that it mattered. What were our guys going to do........NOT respond because it was Russians?
If Trump drew a line and Putin p!ssed on it...what would Trump have done/do? B/c that's what would happen...Then you have to walk the talk. You ready to walk the talk, and all that entails?
Biden had excellent intelligence that this was coming. He should have lead an effort to mass troops and equipment along the Ukraine border, in every NATO country, showing unprecedented force.
He bombed Syria and Russian assets when Putin got uppity. So far all Biden has done is piss his depends.
Bob, I know you're only interested in revisionist history, but it is pretty easy to google and see the truth. Even Google isn't hiding it anymore. Sorry.
Probably could have used the equipment left in Afghanistan for this mission.
townhall.com
Boy, you guys just really can’t help yourselves can you? More pretzel logic from you. How logistically was they going to happen? Equipment was all over the place. It wasn’t like it was sitting in a parking lot ready to go. Oh and hey Vlad, don’t mind us, just dropping off all of these tanks and copters etc into Ukraine. But not to worry, no one will know how to use it so feel free to take it for yourselves.Probably could have used the equipment left in Afghanistan for this mission.
What Biden Left Behind
Let’s start with our current dependency on Russian energy resources, especially oil and gas, which we were much less dependent on under Trump. Putin knows he’s got us by the balls now because if he cuts off our energy resources, Biden will have a domestic nightmare on his hands when oil and gas prices shoot through the roof. He knows Biden has to tiptoe around the issue, whereas trump didn’t have to. It’s really not as complicated as some of you are making it. Trump had leverage, Biden doesn’t. https://globalenergyprize.org/en/2022/02/22/u-s-nearly-tripled-imports-of-russian-oil-in-2021/
We have plenty of reserves here, so I’m not sure what your point is? Trump had no more leverage than anyone else. It’s funny, you guys will toss out TDS but the only thing you can fall back on here is Trump Trump Trump because you eat it off of a plate.
Can't imagine why Putin waited for an empty suit...oh wait yes I can.
The facts are that the US contacted Russia through open channels to ensure Russia knew what was about to happen so the US didn't attack in a wreckless manner. Even Reuters writes that the mercs were moving toward the base to provoke and see what the Americans would do. They found out...
www.reuters.com
You: I don’t know what Trump would do differently.
Well, since none of this happened under Trump, and it did happen in the first 2 years of Biden, I guess we can look at it however we'd like.
On the other hand, we know exactly what Biden would do, which wasn’t much.
Thanks for the cliff notes moron. Sounds like you might have buyer’s remorse. You can’t bring yourself to admit you were wrong?
Then you should have no problem link posts where I was wrong.........and telling me under what circumstances our guys would NOT respond to a frontal assault from forces from ANY country?
I know the facts. What's your point?The facts are that the US contacted Russia through open channels to ensure Russia knew what was about to happen so the US didn't attack in a wreckless manner. Even Reuters writes that the mercs were moving toward the base to provoke and see what the Americans would do. They found out...
BTW, the Wagner Group mercs were clearly funded by the Kremlin. This wasn't Syria hiring them. And if you think Trump wasn't made aware of this at the time, you're a special kind of moron...
"He said that on Feb. 7 the force had advanced toward the settlement of Khusham, in Deir al-Zor province, into a zone designated as neutral under a deal between the Russian military and the U.S.-led coalition.
The aim was to test if the U.S.-led coalition would react. The force advanced to within less than 5 km (3 miles) of the SDF and American positions, he said.
He said that the U.S.-led forces, in line with procedure agreed with the Russians, warned Russian regular forces that they were preparing to strike. He does not know if the warning was passed on to the contractors."
Russian toll in Syria battle was 300 killed and wounded: sources
About 300 men working for a Kremlin-linked Russian private military firm were either killed or injured in Syria last week, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
I mean I’m literally just repeating what you said. What am I wrong about? You’re sitting here talking out of both sides of your ass. Gr8 is right, you’re all the same. Trump wouldn’t have allowed it, can’t explain how he would have prevented it, but somehow Biden was supposed to prevent it even though you can’t say how Trump would have prevented it. Some really solid rationale by you guys.
Lol. Oohhh yeah, that’s all Trump had to do. Hard to believe he didn’t get re-elected since he clearly had the answer for world peace. 😂😂
Trump would have prevented it with his strength. The world knew it and that’s why North Korea, China, and Russia all behaved. I suggest you get your head out of your ass and wake up. Remember when Biden withdrew the sanctions on his first day in office? Putin does! Remember when Biden withdrew our troops out of Afghanistan and killed many Americans? Putin does! Remember when Biden immediately shut down the Keystone making us dependent once again on Russia? Putin does!
What strength? Lol. Okay. You righties are hilarious.
a lot of people in the middle east would agree with that statement https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54124996
The strength to destroy all of our liberal brains. Us lefties need help. Defending the party on Saturday morning and Saturday nights is kinda pathetic. We have our orders though and will never stray from the mission. The mission of shaming Republicans on a message board. We will never stop. They must be destroyed.
Okay I mean trump was in the debates too was he not? So why wasn’t he asked as well. I swear the idiot logic y’all use is amazing.
They’re idiots. We’re the smart and rational ones. We’re emotional Democrats going after Trump and defending the party on Saturday night.
I realize I have a tendency to talk over your heads. Let me say it differently, all Biden had to do was nothing and he could have went down as a good president. He couldn’t even do that right. Now he is racing with Carter and Obama. Who will win?
are you so clueless that you don't understand how the debates work? The moderator and team pick the topics and ask the questions. All four ignored foreign policy. The first time in the history of televised debates. Given his four decades of bad takes i'll take that as cover because his record is God awful.
The issue is not reserves but current output. Right now Europe is dependent on Russian oil. We can’t embargo Russian oil and we can’t even fully restrict Russian access to financial markets because Europe has to buy oil from them. Russia gets 60% of their import money from oil.
You understand that Germany is closing dowm nuclear power plants in favor of Russian gas, right?
Joe Biden makes Jimmy Carter look like a good President - that’s a scary thought.
So 352 Ukrainian people are disposable so Biden and Europe can send a message?
