Posted on Wednesday
the 23rd of September 2015, by Alice Greene : Guest Writer
It’s
been far too long since The Donald has showed up in one of our
headlines! This Monday he appeared on Fox News’ On the Record with Greta Van
Susteren to discuss his plans for foreign policy, specifically the role of
our soldiers in Syria’s three-way civil war.
“If
Putin goes in there and if he is able to knock out ISIS – which he has a big
reason to do it because he doesn’t want them coming into other places – if he
goes in and knocks out ISIS, to me that’s not the worst thing I have ever heard
of,” said Trump.
If
you watched CNN’s GOP debate on September 16th, you heard the candidates
discuss how they would deal with Russia and the threat it poses to national
security. While candidates like Carly Fiorina had a no-negotiation mindset,
Donald Trump was quite confident that he would get along swimmingly with
Vladimir Putin. In fact, Trump believes that he could get along with nearly
every world leader.
Trump
sees no reason to send U.S. troops to Syria, preferring to let Russia take on
ISIS. Russia, who supports the Assad regime, has already started to build
up its forces in Syria. The United States has sided with the Free Syrian
Army.
“Assad
must think we are the dumbest people on Earth,” said Trump, “because ISIS wants
to fight Assad but they can’t get through because they are fighting us. If
Russia wants to do the job on ISIS it would be something that I would not be
extremely concerned about.”
The
Republican frontrunner has been surprisingly quiet in regards to foreign
policy during his campaign thus far and refused to elaborate when Van Susteren
pressed him about his plans.
“I
don’t want people to know all my thoughts,” said Trump, “because I do have a
good chance, and if I’m there, I don’t want people to go back to your show and
say, ‘Well, this is what he is going to do,’ he said. ‘If Gen. Douglas
MacArthur and if Gen. Patton ever heard and some of the great generals ever
heard all of this talk, this political talk, they would be spinning in their
grave.'"
Although
voters deserve to know as much as possible about the candidates' plans, I
understand Trump's desire to keep military details a secret - especially
considering how many of our enemies have access to U. S. media.
http://punchingbagpost.com/donald-trump-let-russia-deal-with-isis
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