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The Pentagon confirmed Monday that major U.S. military exercises this summer in South Korea would be suspended, following President Trump's decision.
'We will be stopping the war games, which will save us a tremendous amount of money, unless and until we see the future negotiation is not going along like it should,' Trump told reporters after his meeting last Tuesday with Kim in Singapore. 'But we'll be saving a tremendous amount of money. Plus, I think it's very provocative.'
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @12:26PM (7 children)
I can't say that I really care about this North Korea business, but if Trump actually cared about saving money, he wouldn't have signed off on a large increase in military spending when we already have a ridiculously bloated military. Not only that, but he would completely end the 7+ interventions and wars we're currently engaged in and just bring our troops home.
(Score: 5, Funny) by driverless on Wednesday June 20 2018, @01:29PM
But we need our new Space Cadet Corps, dammit! Service guarantees citizenship! How else are all the children we're separating from their parents at the border going to become US citizens?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @03:00PM (5 children)
He tried to get the USA out of the war in Syria. But every time he started doing stuff about it, "Assad conveniently gasses Syrian children".
I highly doubt Assad or Trump were involved in those gas attacks, but what do you expect Trump to do? Take a higher risk to fight against those who want all those wars that badly? Take a hit on public opinion for ignoring Assad murdering children? He's got better things to do like play golf in Mar-a-Lago and not get "JFK"ed. I'd say he tried his best (I don't have high expectations of him ;) ) and then went "fuck it".
In contrast Clinton wouldn't even have tried to get the USA out of the war - look at how pleased she was about killing Gaddafi and messing up Libya.
The fact is few really care that much about saving money from US military spending. If they did there would be far more noise about this:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-audit-army/u-s-army-fudged-its-accounts-by-trillions-of-dollars-auditor-finds-idUSKCN10U1IG [reuters.com]
https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2017/msu-scholars-find-21-trillion-in-unauthorized-government-spending-defense-department-to-conduct/ [msu.edu]
Note: even SN editors rejected that story submission. So what's the big deal about military spending if there's no fuss when TRILLIONS go unaccounted for every year?
Apologists/spinmeisters claim those trillions aren't missing and it's not a big deal, it's just some accounting problems... When the Tax Department finds out you have "some accounting problems" that run to just millions (not even billions or trillions) you could end up in jail. Same for when the anti-money laundering bunch check on your "accounting problems".
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @03:21PM
*Sob* *Spittle running down chin* But Hill-a-ree! *Sob* *Self-entitled look on face* What about Hill-A-Reee????
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @09:11PM (1 child)
You should stop bringing up someone who didn't get the cut. It makes you sound like a broken record. We are talking about the current situation, not what you think would have happened if someone else was president. We are talking about what IS happening. Try to keep up.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Sulla on Thursday June 21 2018, @01:04AM
I think it is perfectly reasonable to compare the actions of a former secretary of state vs current. Tillerson did not have a government overthrown and under his watch the US stopped funding rebels in Syria that were/are killing civilians. Pompeo has spent his whole time as Sec of State trying to wage peace with NKorea.
Compare that to Hillary that ruined Libya, made shitty decisions about Benghazi and then lied about it, and doubled down on our illegal actions in Syria.
Before her was Kerry who i dont recall having done anything particularily bad. He got us the Iran deal for better or worse.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday June 20 2018, @11:32PM
The mystery of the missing trillions, otherwise known as the REAL news of September 10, 2001!!!
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @06:55AM
We don't need to go to war with Syria even if they gas children. Plenty of countries are run by bad people (such as Saudi Arabia), but we don't go to war with all of them. It's almost as if it's not about freedom or democracy at all...
Yes and yes. If doing what is right means taking risks, then you should still do what is right. He's supposed to be anti-establishment, anyway.