Afghani-gone?

[billisonboard]

“I could win that war in a week. I just don’t want to kill 10 million people,” Trump said during a White House meeting with Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan.

The president added that Afghanistan would be “wiped off the face of the earth” in 10 days if he chose to bring a quick end to the nation’s longest war, ... link

First off: Glad you see a massive assault as not a good idea. I do question the idea that a war strategy that kills 20 to 25% of the country's population as one that would end the war with a US "win". You can't really wipe a country "off the face of the earth". You can destroy most elements of the existing social order within the boundaries of a country, but something would have to replace them. I wonder if President Trump is just shooting his mouth off with this idea or does he really believe it is an option that he happens to not be taking at this time?

[Tennesseer]

I know a poster or two called for the nuking of the Middle East and turning it into a sheet of glass.

[tallguy]

Jul 22, 2019 13:33:30 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I know a poster or two called for the nuking of the Middle East and turning it into a sheet of glass.

I'll bet they were happy to talk up their religious beliefs and motivations too, weren't they?

[Tennesseer]

Jul 22, 2019 13:40:22 GMT -5 tallguy said:

Jul 22, 2019 13:33:30 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I know a poster or two called for the nuking of the Middle East and turning it into a sheet of glass.

I'll bet they were happy to talk up their religious beliefs and motivations too, weren't they?

Why...why...yes they were as a matter of fact!

[weltschmerz]

Jul 22, 2019 13:40:22 GMT -5 tallguy said:

Jul 22, 2019 13:33:30 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I know a poster or two called for the nuking of the Middle East and turning it into a sheet of glass.

I'll bet they were happy to talk up their religious beliefs and motivations too, weren't they?

You betcha!

[Deleted]

Amazing what can be accomplished in a short period of time when the rules of engagement are tossed aside along with any shred of human decency.

We do have experience with this on a smaller but still horrific scale:

www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/vietnam-war/agent-orange-1

[tallguy]

Jul 22, 2019 16:15:56 GMT -5 @aj said:

Amazing what can be accomplished in a short period of time when the rules of engagement are tossed aside along with any shred of human decency.

We do have experience with this on a smaller but still horrific scale:

www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/vietnam-war/agent-orange-1

Amazing what someone can come up with when they don't have any shred of human decency to start with.  That is what worries me about this administration.

[happyhoix]

Saw him this AM talking about the British tanker Iran hijacked.

Stated repeatedly that we don't have any 'signed' agreements with Britain. Then said there are hardly any US tankers there because we are 'energy independent' now.  So I guess he doesn't give a shit that Iran is capturing tankers now.

Just the usual BS, plus throwing an ally under the bus.

[busymom]

Has he cleaned up Bush's "Mission Accomplished" banner, to hang up after the first week?  Inquiring minds want to know.  

[billisonboard]

A Presidential statement:

“Given the multifaced relationship between Afghanistan and the United States, the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan calls for clarification on the U.S. president’s statements,” President Ashraf Ghani’s office said in a statement Tuesday.

“While the Afghan government supports the U.S. efforts for ensuring peace in Afghanistan, the government underscores that foreign heads of state cannot determine Afghanistan’s fate in the absence of Afghan leadership,” the statement added.

Trump’s comments about Afghanistan prompt dismay, calls for clarification in Kabul

[Value Buy]

Jul 22, 2019 13:33:30 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I know a poster or two called for the nuking of the Middle East and turning it into a sheet of glass.

The fact there were other posters here who claimed Trump would do this, and has not should make you happy.
Like that will ever happen.

[Tennesseer]

Jul 23, 2019 9:34:55 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Jul 22, 2019 13:33:30 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I know a poster or two called for the nuking of the Middle East and turning it into a sheet of glass.

The fact there were other posters here who claimed Trump would do this, and has not should make you happy.
Like that will ever happen.

trump's exit from the White House will make me happy. Next week would be great.

[Value Buy]

Jul 23, 2019 9:36:40 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jul 23, 2019 9:34:55 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

The fact there were other posters here who claimed Trump would do this, and has not should make you happy.
Like that will ever happen.

trump's exit from the White House will make me happy. Next week would be great.

Looks like one more week out of 52 weeks of vast disappointment for you this year. 
Leaves you with five more years of disappointment after that.
That is 281 more weeks of suffering for you plus three weeks in the new year after the election in 2024.
How about we make it the total number of days?

[Tennesseer]

Jul 23, 2019 9:41:36 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Jul 23, 2019 9:36:40 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

trump's exit from the White House will make me happy. Next week would be great.

Looks like one more week out of 52 weeks of vast disappointment for you this year. 
Leaves you with five more years of disappointment after that.
That is 281 more weeks of suffering for you plus three weeks in the new year after the election in 2024.
How about we make it the total number of days?

Time will tell, VB. So many well-deserved bad things can fall on trump before the election.

[Deleted]

Jul 22, 2019 12:58:09 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

“I could win that war in a week. I just don’t want to kill 10 million people,” Trump said during a White House meeting with Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan.

The president added that Afghanistan would be “wiped off the face of the earth” in 10 days if he chose to bring a quick end to the nation’s longest war, ... link

First off: Glad you see a massive assault as not a good idea. I do question the idea that a war strategy that kills 20 to 25% of the country's population as one that would end the war with a US "win". You can't really wipe a country "off the face of the earth". You can destroy most elements of the existing social order within the boundaries of a country, but something would have to replace them. I wonder if President Trump is just shooting his mouth off with this idea or does he really believe it is an option that he happens to not be taking at this time?

rhetoric

[ˈredərik]

NOUN

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

"he is using a common figure of rhetoric, hyperbole"

synonyms:

oratory · eloquence · power of speech · command of language · expression · way with words · delivery · diction

www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/

[billisonboard]

Jul 23, 2019 13:15:05 GMT -5 @x said:

...

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, ...

Got it.

"... the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan calls for clarification on the U.S. president’s statements,” President Ashraf Ghani’s office said in a statement Tuesday.

Trump’s comments about Afghanistan prompt dismay, calls for clarification in Kabul

So if it was supposed to be rhetoric and there needs to be clarification, does that mean that it is suck ass rhetoric?

[Deleted]

Jul 23, 2019 13:44:33 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Jul 23, 2019 13:15:05 GMT -5 @x said:

...

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, ...

Got it.

"... the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan calls for clarification on the U.S. president’s statements,” President Ashraf Ghani’s office said in a statement Tuesday.

Trump’s comments about Afghanistan prompt dismay, calls for clarification in Kabul

So if it was supposed to be rhetoric and there needs to be clarification, does that mean that it is suck ass rhetoric?

My opinion on the question you posed, that I bolded in your post.  (I wonder etc...)

You would have to get clarification from him.

I don't know.

[weltschmerz]

Jul 23, 2019 13:15:05 GMT -5 @x said:

Jul 22, 2019 12:58:09 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

“I could win that war in a week. I just don’t want to kill 10 million people,” Trump said during a White House meeting with Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan.

The president added that Afghanistan would be “wiped off the face of the earth” in 10 days if he chose to bring a quick end to the nation’s longest war, ... link

First off: Glad you see a massive assault as not a good idea. I do question the idea that a war strategy that kills 20 to 25% of the country's population as one that would end the war with a US "win". You can't really wipe a country "off the face of the earth". You can destroy most elements of the existing social order within the boundaries of a country, but something would have to replace them. I wonder if President Trump is just shooting his mouth off with this idea or does he really believe it is an option that he happens to not be taking at this time?

rhetoric

[ˈredərik]

NOUN

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

"he is using a common figure of rhetoric, hyperbole"

synonyms:

oratory · eloquence · power of speech · command of language · expression · way with words · delivery · diction

www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/

Yes, we all know what rhetoric means, Diogenes. Or are you under the mistaken impression that you're here to "educate" us, like a certain other Cult 45 poster?

[thyme4change]

Honestly, destroying a region will only leave a hole, that will be filled by the next undesirable leader. We can't seem to get along with anyone that has run that country, how would destroying them and them rebuilding, now even more angry and bitter, and with even less to lose than they did before, going to end up better?

Short term solution to a long complicated problem.