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Trump increased oversea troop deployments then muzzled stats

Journal by DeathMonkey

At the end of Obama's term, overseas troop deployments were at their lowest point in sixty years. (193,442 overseas deployments)

Two years into his term, Trump's overseas deployments had increased to 217,000 which was a 12% increase (as demonstrated by this amusingly cherry-picked article)

So, of course, the response is to censor the Pentagon and make them stop reporting these numbers because they look bad.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @10:32PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @10:32PM (#907590)

    He is a war hawk and most liberals want us to stop our meddling and unnecessary military "actions." So while we want to pull troops out of these areas it doesn't mean do it blindly or ignore our obligations due to the messes we ourselves created.

    Liberals, constantly cleaning up after conservative greedy fuckups. I member when Nixon prolonged a war to help his election...

    Not that Dems are saints, but we have 60+ years of history showing Republicans fucking up just about everything EXCEPT tax cuts for the elites. GOOD JOB!

    Try looking up the dirt on Saint Reagan sometime

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @10:41PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @10:41PM (#907596)

    You are just on the side of whoever is against the republican president. Democrats get a pass for the exact same thing. Now you are against corruption probes too I bet. It is illegal to investigate corrupt politicians and government bureaucrats for corruption, until democrats get the presidency that is.

    • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @10:43PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @10:43PM (#907599)

      And the most hilarious part is that TRUMP IS ACTUALLY A DEMOCRAT! Your mind is so twisted into knots because you keep trying to believe professional liars, you let it become part of your self image.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 17 2019, @06:01PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 17 2019, @06:01PM (#908414)

        The spin has started, Trump's base will pretend they always knew he was shit just as they always do.

        Ostriches hiding their heads in the sand while everyone laughs at them.

        #pathetic #triedtowarnyou #twatter

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @11:38PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @11:38PM (#907620)

      Nothing wrong with corruption investigations when through the proper channels. When done by the president against a political opponent using extortion of a foreign ally we call that TREASON.

      Git a brain slug.

      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @11:45PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @11:45PM (#907628)

        It s unbelievable that the Democrats are right that some people are dumb enough to repeat this.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @10:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @10:42PM (#907597)

    So while we want to pull troops out of these areas it doesn't mean do it blindly or ignore our obligations due to the messes we ourselves created.

    The effect of that is that we'll stay in these wars forever. Why? Because the military industrial complex - which you're being a useful idiot for - will prolong these wars as long as possible, using the excuse that it's 'not the right time' to leave.

    Here's the reality: The longer stay in these regions, the worse we'll destabilize them. The Taliban controls more of Afghanistan now than it did when we first invaded. We see article after article of civilian casualties, botched drone strikes, etc. You think that's not going to further radicalize people against us? You think the same military industrial complex which destabilized the region will now earnestly try to fix it, and be able to do so? That's incredibly naive.

    Define victory for me, and then give me a timeline which lays out in concrete terms when we can leave these wars. Then, tell me how you plan on getting the military industrial complex to follow your little plan. I'll wait.

    This is putting aside the fact that most of these wars weren't declared by Congress and are thus unconstitutional, which is reason enough to leave immediately.