Is Baby-trump's declaration of victory for real?
[big]When a Baby-trump fantasy collides with reality...[/big]
[b]Baby-trump FANTASY:[/b]
[i](Key points from Baby-trump's rambling speech: 23 October 2019)[/i]
[b]1.[/b] Cease fire has gone beyond most expectations.
[b]2.[/b] Turkey informed me they would stop firing and it will be permanent.
[b]3.[/b] No one else has been able to do that.
[b]4.[/b] We are achieving a more stable area... a safe zone... an interesting term... that's what we are calling it... a safe zone. A safe zone.
[b]5.[/b] Turkey and Syria have been fighting for centuries. We have done them a great service. Now we are leaving.
[b]6.[/b] Let someone else fight over this blood stained sand. Countless lives are being saved.
[b]7.[/b] The Kurds just have to move in a slightly different direction.
[b]8.[/b] ISIS is under strict lock-and-key. There were a few that got out... a small number... and they have been recaptured.
[b]9. [/b]We saved the lives of many Kurds. They are thankful.
[b]10.[/b] We got the cease-fire to stick. We have done something very special. We never could have got this without the 3 day outburst.
[b]11.[/b] We are now an economic powerhouse like never before. Our competitors are not doing very well.
[b]12.[/b] We expect Turkey to live up to their agreement.
[b]13.[/b] Europe has been very unresponsive. Now is their time to act.
Now Turkey, Syria, and others have to make sure ISIS does not regain their position.
[b]14.[/b] Through much work, we have done things that many people said couldn't be done.
[b]15.[/b] Now people are saying, "Wow. What a great outcome. Congratulations."
[b]16.[/b] We have avoided military intervention. Many thousands of people could have been killed.
[b]17.[/b] The last Administration drew a red line in the sand. I did honour my commitment.
[b]18.[/b] The same people pushing for unlimited wars in the Middle East are the same ones pushing to open our borders. Immigration security is national security. I made it clear we needed a new program guided by history.
[b]19.[/b] We will not be depleted where our military is depleted. When we commit US troops we must do so only when a vital American interest is at stake. Nobody can beat us.
[b]REALITY:[/b]
A. Ceasefire is not permanent and hasn't been since Mike Pence erroneously reported it as such.
B. Turkey was given what it always wanted. Russians are now patrolling a NATO border. The Kurds are less safe. Americans are not going home; they are performing the same operations, but from a more disadvantaged location in Iraq.
C. No one outside of Baby-trump's diminished circle of influence (and "the obedient base") is offering congratulations on this outcome. The Republicans and Democrats in official positions are mutually and formally agreed that this is a mistake, and not a good outcome for anyone except for Russia, Syria, Iran, and ISIS.
D. The Kurds are not thankful for this outcome; they threw rotten fruit at the ordered retreating American troops.
E. Baby-trump has ongoing (personal) business interests in Turkey.
[b]Baby-trump FANTASY:[/b]
[i](Key points from Baby-trump's rambling speech: 23 October 2019)[/i]
[b]1.[/b] Cease fire has gone beyond most expectations.
[b]2.[/b] Turkey informed me they would stop firing and it will be permanent.
[b]3.[/b] No one else has been able to do that.
[b]4.[/b] We are achieving a more stable area... a safe zone... an interesting term... that's what we are calling it... a safe zone. A safe zone.
[b]5.[/b] Turkey and Syria have been fighting for centuries. We have done them a great service. Now we are leaving.
[b]6.[/b] Let someone else fight over this blood stained sand. Countless lives are being saved.
[b]7.[/b] The Kurds just have to move in a slightly different direction.
[b]8.[/b] ISIS is under strict lock-and-key. There were a few that got out... a small number... and they have been recaptured.
[b]9. [/b]We saved the lives of many Kurds. They are thankful.
[b]10.[/b] We got the cease-fire to stick. We have done something very special. We never could have got this without the 3 day outburst.
[b]11.[/b] We are now an economic powerhouse like never before. Our competitors are not doing very well.
[b]12.[/b] We expect Turkey to live up to their agreement.
[b]13.[/b] Europe has been very unresponsive. Now is their time to act.
Now Turkey, Syria, and others have to make sure ISIS does not regain their position.
[b]14.[/b] Through much work, we have done things that many people said couldn't be done.
[b]15.[/b] Now people are saying, "Wow. What a great outcome. Congratulations."
[b]16.[/b] We have avoided military intervention. Many thousands of people could have been killed.
[b]17.[/b] The last Administration drew a red line in the sand. I did honour my commitment.
[b]18.[/b] The same people pushing for unlimited wars in the Middle East are the same ones pushing to open our borders. Immigration security is national security. I made it clear we needed a new program guided by history.
[b]19.[/b] We will not be depleted where our military is depleted. When we commit US troops we must do so only when a vital American interest is at stake. Nobody can beat us.
[b]REALITY:[/b]
A. Ceasefire is not permanent and hasn't been since Mike Pence erroneously reported it as such.
B. Turkey was given what it always wanted. Russians are now patrolling a NATO border. The Kurds are less safe. Americans are not going home; they are performing the same operations, but from a more disadvantaged location in Iraq.
C. No one outside of Baby-trump's diminished circle of influence (and "the obedient base") is offering congratulations on this outcome. The Republicans and Democrats in official positions are mutually and formally agreed that this is a mistake, and not a good outcome for anyone except for Russia, Syria, Iran, and ISIS.
D. The Kurds are not thankful for this outcome; they threw rotten fruit at the ordered retreating American troops.
E. Baby-trump has ongoing (personal) business interests in Turkey.
