You suck DJT!

[sumdumguy]

In Afghanistan we went as peace keepers (on the ground) . Think we kept the peace?

Gotta wonder what is more effective, ground troops or thunder from the sky. The sad part is that we can try all we want but these countries spend all their time praying and warring and no one is going to change them. Everyone looks to America and says, "Do something", well the Donald reacted. Now what?

[farmaholic]

grassfarmer.... hence the hate for the Americans in the Middle East. This area looks like it barely made it out of the stone age to start with and it seems to be continually bombed further back into it. Too much meddling to some extent. Is there a side that wouldn't blame the current state of affairs in the Middle East on American(or "coalition") meddling?

[Oliver88]

Trump is dealing with the previous administrations idle threats.
Either way this majority Islamic region in the Middle East will always be a hell hole.....Israel and a few other countries will be the exception.

[Hopalong]

Talk in US media of significant change in policy toward Russia and recent US trends toward isolationism.
Stay tuned.
Could be good news for European Union.

[grassfarmer]

Could be good news for European Union.

How so?

[Hopalong]

Too many European countries are forgetting one of the main reasons for the EU was to avoid the protectionism and nationalism leading up to two world wars.
Maybe people will think again about opting out.

[Hopalong]

Think that in the shorter term, at least, danger of a major war and nuclear annihilation far outweighs that of global warming and climate change.
United States isolationism was a factor leading up to past world wars, would not like to see it leading up to a third one.

[grassfarmer]

I would disagree with that Hopalong. The main reason for the original EEC or Common Market as it was also called were to facilitate trade between the founding countries. Only later, much later (from the 90s on) did the "European Union" emerge with the idea of being one superstate with monetary union etc. That I believe is why the UK wants to leave - at least in my families experience - we signed up to be part of a Common Market not part of a Superstate by default run by the Germans. I think the comparisons to the US anti immigrant attitudes is overplayed in Britains case - we just got sick of the burgeoning bureaucracy run by self-appointed officials accountable to no-one and losing our sovereignty and independence.

I certainly agree with your second post that these actions ramp up the risks of global conflict and nuclear war. That was what I was worried about when Trump was first elected. Any gung-ho ideas of attacking North Korea would amplify these risks by a factor of 10. Dangerous times.

[Hopalong]

Think you misunderstand, grassfarmer.
Saw reports in United States media that this missile action is a turnaround in policy toward Russian support for Syrian regime. Sort of a Trump turnaround.
Also a warning to North Korea and China.
Better for US to step in now rather than wait for things to get more out of hand.
My reading of history is that US was too isolationist in years leading up to world wars.
Better to stop a fire before it starts.
Same applies to a trade war where we can hope for another Trump turnaround

[grassfarmer]

Oh, so you think the Trump administration with their inward looking closed border, anti-immigrant, protectionist, America first stance is them moving the country out of an isolationist era?
If so I disagree with you on that too LOL.