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When did America become so beta? Saudi unhappy about bill related to 9/11

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Mathloom, Apr 16, 2016.

  1. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    Best President since IKE and in the top 5 Presidents of all time, I would take 8 more years of Obama - he has done an excellent job.

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  2. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    If a sovereign gov't says go home, you have to leave. If Japan says go home, we have to go home. Same for South Korea or wherever our troops are stationed.

    I don't know why this is so hard for you to understand.
     
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    ....you say this, but we aren't "home" now and there's still no immunity agreement. Hell there's over 4,000 US troops there now and there's nothing different today than there was when Obama ordered the troops removed from Iraq. There's simply no defending the decision....but since Obama did it, you'll try to come up with something no matter how much mental gymnastics you have to do.
     
  5. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    Actually it was Bush's decision but Obama was an advocate yes.

    Troops returned by the invitation of the Iraqi gov't. Sounds like you are just trying to be a partisan and ignore the facts.
     
  6. Bobbythegreat

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    Bush signed the deal, Obama ran on it and actually removed the troops from Iraq and took credit for it. Troops returned without a deal (the excuse for why they were removed) and are still there to this day. It was a blunder by 2 bad presidents, but only one took credit for it until it was obvious it was a blunder.
     
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    http://www.usnews.com/news/articles...y-to-support-saudi-arabias-yemen-intervention

    To prop up support for the $1.15 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia for their indiscriminate Yemen bombing campaign, Bob Corker & John McCain brought up the crazy theory that somehow a Houthi victory in Yemen will threaten shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Too bad they forgot to check their maps, the Strait of Hormuz is several hundreds miles away from the nearest Yemeni border and unless they somehow managed to take over both Oman & UAE they can't pose any threat to the Strait of Hormuz.
     
  8. Nook

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    Actually Obama has an approval rating of over 55%...... with the vast majority or independents also supporting him.

    His approval rating at this point is higher than any President in over 30 years.
     
  9. Bandwagoner

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    Wasn't clinton in the high 70's when being impeached?


    Obama is benefiting from two shitty replacements spending billions to make the other one look bad. The result is two very poor candidates looking even worse and Obama looking better by comparison.


    We can cuss now? FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!
     
  10. Cohete Rojo

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    I bought a Lenovo Yoga laptop, two years ago. I'd give it a 55% rating but I still have buyer's remorse. Interesting argument of yours, though.
     

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