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So how does this square with the retreat from Trump’s America First-ism?
Right after he has his nap.
So America is going back to landing troops in other countries then. Great. One good thing Trump did was reduce American foreign adventurism.
Joe Biden has declared ” America is back” and ” ready to lead” the world again…………………Joe Biden has declared ” America is back as the world’s police at the expense of US soldiers lives” and “ready to lead the US armed forces into never ending wars for the enrichment of my election backers. Wall Street bankers, multinationals, Democrat billionaires at the expenseof US blue collar workers”…..there fixed it for you.
I only have one thing to say for the US, good luck, because you sure are going to need it.
Buy Defence Industry Stocks.
Cannot wait to see how this unfolds. Will not be the unmitigated success they imagine.
Team America is such a classic movie. Trey Parker and Matt Stone are legit geniuses.
Isn’t this more or less what then President Eisenhower warned against – the military-industrial complex – sixty-plus years ago?
And to think that PDT was accused of being the one who was going to start all these foreign wars.
Don’t let your children enlist in the Army.
Get out if you are in.
Yes indeed he did. He could see the swamp then.
My gut feel is that China has too much on Biden and his son, that they will take Tiawan by force. america will do nothing and then China will clain all rights to the South China sea.
Exactly IT.
I just had a rant on the open thread.
Joe aims to make America great again?
Wow, that’s amazing.
They are going back to a Democrats-First policy where the whole of America is a means instead of an ends.
But seriously? Lead the world?
Under Obama America was being pushed around by Iran, by China, by Russia, and by Nato. They were like puppets dancing on a string.
And Biden was part of that sad ignominious time in history.
Will Joe be ronery?
Which one first…China into Taiwan. north Korean missle testing or a very big noise out of Iran?
The Hollyweird luvvies of FAG will, of course, be onboard with this brave new agenda.
Today the hard-hitting MSM was focused on the style of Sleepy Joe Hidin’s socks
TRUMP ERA! FUCK NO!
Jonesy, it will be all 3 at once coordinated and then we’ll hear “what does it matter now anyway”
World’s most powerful geriatric. The Swamp is back!
So while the US war machine is swatting sand fleas in the desert and blowing up wedding parties, spending blood and treasure on wars that can’t be resolved without using tactics Roman style and promoting irrelevancies like diversity, inclusion and equality real oponents like China are building up. Now if the Chinese had something on a new US president what would they have him do? Prepare for what anyone who knows about history and geopolitics understands will be the next global conflict or fritter his countries capability away on phantom threats and vapour objectives. Anyone running a pool on how long it will take for a US carrier with a gender and ethnically diverse command crew to run it aground or collide with something?
He will writing a lot of very angry letters like Hans Blix.
Upcoming quagmire in Durka-Durkastan.
That’s lazy of them. They’re just doing a rerun of the their focus on Trudeau’s socks.
So…which country is the best candidate to be the next Libya?
No more donuts for Monty. Better get fit Monts for call up we’re going back to war.
How does one lead from the rear?
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#3670640, posted on November 25, 2020 at 4:09 pm
How does one lead from the rear?
Ask Obama. Didn’t he say he was leading from the rear?
If you are creepy enough, every step you take toward other people will prompt them to take a step in the same direction to maintain distance.
Anyone remember the movie “Being there”?
Chancy Gardener had been a simple and totally isolated gardener in a walled garden and never ventured out of the garden, until his employer passes on. He only knew the outside world from TV. By sheer accident and chance he ends up in the higher echelons of society and gets to be selected as the prime contender for President.
So life is now following story books.
“And to think that PDT was accused of being the one who was going to start all these foreign wars.”
DJT –
* the first US president in 40+ years to NOT start a new war
* brokered the first middle-east peace deal in 30 years, despite everyone saying it was impossible without getting the Palestinians sorted
* reduced the chances of war with NK
* got N & S Koreans talking to each other
* got Japan and China talking to each other
* made other NATO members pay what they agreed to pay in NATO upkeep
* pulled the vast majority of US troops out of the middle east
Clearly, he’s a war-monger and has to go…
A Harris/Biden admin will go back to the old days in terms of international relationships, and re-institute Critical Race Theory in the US Gov… because to do otherwise would be racist. Don’t forget, if you voted for Trump, you aint black.
VenOztraliastan.
‘Joe Biden has declared that “America is back” and “ready to lead” the world again…’
Lead it where? Into which particular abyss? Perhaps the destruction of world industry (except for China) by imposing ludicrous bans on reliable and affordable fuels? Perhaps more China virus lockdowns, melting down the entire middle and lower classes, leading us capably into a kleptocracy on steroids? Perhaps the inspired totalitarianism of the Great Reset, brought to you by the uber-wealthy and other communists the world over?
And who is going to lead the USA that leads the world? Mr Biden will be more or less comatose. He couldn’t even remember the last name of the ‘George’ he was running against.
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Here is a strategy for the Republicans. Go to Joe and say ‘Joe, what a wonderful presidency you have had. You beat George, and now you have done your eight years. Now a fellow called Donald has just got it. Thank you. Time for transition.’
Which country will be the next invaded and looted. . . I mean liberated for the benefit of multinational corporations? Well they haven’t finished with Seria yet, still a chance to start something with Russia. Or considering that perpetual conflicts without resolution appear to be a goal, see Afghanistan, they could always go in to Venezuela. Or maybe they wish to go big and play with Iran. Imagine how long that occupation could be dragged on. Rhetoric about lists, putting Republicans against the wall and rounding up Trump supporters and their families aside I don’t think that they wish to get sporty with the US population just yet. Give it time though.
I see Biden is zeroing in like a laser on the giga buck scams – Iran is squarely in his sights. CIA will be in raptures, manna from heaven.
I’m waiting for the first N Korean missile to land in the Pacific. It won’t be too long after the inauguration.
“Joe Biden has declared that “America is back” and “ready to lead” the world again…”
– in debt and deficits.
Let’s see if they can lead the world in producing the technological miracles required to make their climate change rhetoric a viable reality.
Syria or Venezuela?
Syria or Venezuela?
My bet would be Syria.
Ask this guy – Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin – was said to have said:
Maaaaatt Daaamon
Jonesy:
All three at once.
Biden will be doing a complete circumferential head spin in his padded room as he directs his nonexistent armies to come to his aid.
Scott Osmond:
Didn’t we already have a situation where a collision occurred between a US destroyer and a merchantman because two wymminses – one at the helm and the other in the CIC weren’t talking to each other because the same bloke was rooting them both?