After last night's "debate" among the Democrat candidates, we should have gotten some clarity about what these people think the USA should have done regarding the Turkish moves in Syria. We got nothing, however, except that all of the candidates agree that whatever President Trump did was wrong.
I had hoped that one of these gurus would have explained just how America was supposed to stop the Turkish invasion. I wondered if one of these candidates would have the guts to say that he or she would have used American military force to stop the Turks. After all, almost all of them say that we had to "support" the Kurds and we shouldn't have abdicated our "responsibilities". But again, the question arises as to just how that was supposed to have been done. How does one stop a military invasion if not by using a superior military force.
I also wondered what these candidates would say they would have done to safeguard the tens of thousands of American military and civilian personnel in Turkey right now in the event that America used its military to stop Turkish forces. Again, I'm still waiting.
There are some who claim that had President Trump left the US forces on the battlefield, the Turks would not have dared to attack for fear of killing Americans. These are people who want to use American servicemen and women as pawns whose lives are expendable in the event that the Turks decided to call our bluff. I was waiting to hear if any of the candidates would support that view.
Sadly, America didn't get to hear anything intelligent about the Syrian situation last night. Instead of talking about real issues, we got about a third of the evening devoted to impeachment and statements about how much each of the candidates hate Trump. I think it's safe to say that all America knows that the Dems hate Trump. Why couldn't the candidates talk about something relevant to most Americans. We heard nothing about job creation. We heard nothing about economic growth. Indeed, the only discussion of economics was the Democrat consensus view that corporations are evil and the wealthy don't pay enough taxes.
Could the next debate be just about solutions to problems? I guess not. The Democrats, it seems have no solutions.
I had hoped that one of these gurus would have explained just how America was supposed to stop the Turkish invasion. I wondered if one of these candidates would have the guts to say that he or she would have used American military force to stop the Turks. After all, almost all of them say that we had to "support" the Kurds and we shouldn't have abdicated our "responsibilities". But again, the question arises as to just how that was supposed to have been done. How does one stop a military invasion if not by using a superior military force.
I also wondered what these candidates would say they would have done to safeguard the tens of thousands of American military and civilian personnel in Turkey right now in the event that America used its military to stop Turkish forces. Again, I'm still waiting.
There are some who claim that had President Trump left the US forces on the battlefield, the Turks would not have dared to attack for fear of killing Americans. These are people who want to use American servicemen and women as pawns whose lives are expendable in the event that the Turks decided to call our bluff. I was waiting to hear if any of the candidates would support that view.
Sadly, America didn't get to hear anything intelligent about the Syrian situation last night. Instead of talking about real issues, we got about a third of the evening devoted to impeachment and statements about how much each of the candidates hate Trump. I think it's safe to say that all America knows that the Dems hate Trump. Why couldn't the candidates talk about something relevant to most Americans. We heard nothing about job creation. We heard nothing about economic growth. Indeed, the only discussion of economics was the Democrat consensus view that corporations are evil and the wealthy don't pay enough taxes.
Could the next debate be just about solutions to problems? I guess not. The Democrats, it seems have no solutions.
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