spin_dry Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Under President Trump, there are now more troops in the Middle East than when he took office, and he has continued the mission for tens of thousands of others far from the wars of 9/11. American military personnel in Logar Province, Afghanistan, in 2018.Omar Sobhani/Reuters President Trump has repeatedly promised to end what he calls America’s “endless wars,” fulfilling a promise he made during the campaign. No wars have ended, though, and more troops have deployed to the Middle East in recent months than have come home. Mr. Trump is not so much ending wars, as he is moving troops from one conflict to another. Tens of thousands of American troops remain deployed all over the world, some in war zones such as Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq and — even still — Syria. And the United States maintains even more troops overseas in large legacy missions far from the wars following the Sept. 11 attacks, in such allied lands as Germany, South Korea and Japan. Although deployment numbers fluctuate daily, based on the needs of commanders, shifting missions and the military’s ability to shift large numbers of personnel by transport planes and warships, a rough estimate is that 200,000 troops are deployed overseas today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted January 15, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 15, 2020 America wants to pull out of Africa. France sending someone to Washington to beg us to stay. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3045950/frances-macron-urges-trump-not-leave-africa-us-weighs-troop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted January 15, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) Somebody was bragging in another thread about Trump keeping a campaign promise and implying he has kept many. Well this is a biggie as is the deficit and they both go hand in hand. Edited January 15, 2020 by Jimmy Snacks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 17 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Somebody was bragging in another thread about Trump keeping a campaign promise and implying he has kept money. Well this is a biggie as is the deficit and they both go hand in hand. And NONE of these military occupations have anything to do with our security. These are just that, occupations. Expensive occupations that put servicemen at risk. Im sure some people are making lots of money off of this but its costing us a fortune. All of these neocons hammered on Obama for not keeping his campaign promise to get us out, Trump gets a high five for also not withdrawing but raising the deficit and golfing more than any president ever. MAGA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted January 15, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, Anler said: And NONE of these military occupations have anything to do with our security. These are just that, occupations. Expensive occupations that put servicemen at risk. Im sure some people are making lots of money off of this but its costing us a fortune. All of these neocons hammered on Obama for not keeping his campaign promise to get us out, Trump gets a high five for also not withdrawing but raising the deficit and golfing more than any president ever. MAGA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 He’ll get them out in his throws term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Somebody was bragging in another thread about Trump keeping a campaign promise and implying he has kept many. Well this is a biggie as is the deficit and they both go hand in hand. People here lie a lot when in comes to trump’s successes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, spin_dry said: People here lie a lot when in comes to trump’s successes. yes you do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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