Do you remember when George Bush invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, using 9/11 as the excuse?
In all candor, I supported Bush at the time, I voted for him twice and I even supported those wars. I drank the kool-aid.
With nearly 20 years of history to study, it seems pretty obvious now that the decision to invade Iraq was one of the most deadly and costly in American history.
I remember Democrats with anti-war signs all over the place back then. Of course, I thought they were wrong, but I have to admit, after all this time, they were right and I was wrong. Luckily those wise Democrats who realize these foreign, forever wars, were a terrible idea are still protesting ….
Oh, wait, that’s not true, the Democrats LOVE war now. They were furious with Trump when he refused to officially start ANOTHER forever war in Syria and put thousands of ‘boots on the ground’ in Assad’s Syria.
Democrats were furious when Trump installed a policy to finally bring our troops home. Now it looks like the left is getting exactly what they wanted … more money, and more importantly, inevitably more AMERICAN LIVES pissed away, 6000 miles from home…
Newsmax reported:
‘Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Tuesday that he is expanding the U.S. military presence in Germany by 500 troops and has stopped planning for large-scale troop cuts ordered by the Trump administration.
“This planned increase in U.S. personnel underscores our commitment to Germany and the entire NATO alliance,” Austin said in a notable counterpoint to the Trump administration’s repeated complaints that Germany is a weak partner on defense and security.
Austin made the announcement after talks with German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on his first tour of Europe since becoming Pentagon chief in January.
Kramp-Karrenbauer welcomed the announcement as a “strong signal” of a healthy U.S.-German relationship.
They also discussed a pending decision by President Joe Biden on whether to withdraw completely from Afghanistan by May 1, a deadline the Trump administration pledged to the Taliban militants. Germany is a key part of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan.
Austin said at a joint news conference with Kramp-Karrenbauer that the extra 500 U.S. troops will be stationed permanently in Germany’s Wiesbaden area as early as this fall.
“These forces will strengthen deterrence and defense in Europe. They will augment our existing abilities to prevent conflict, and, if necessary, fight and win,” Austin said in prepared remarks.
“This move will also create more space, more cyber, and more electronic warfare capabilities in Europe,” he added, and he said it will “greatly improve our ability to surge forces at a moment’s notice to defend our allies.”
Last year, President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of 12,000 troops from Germany as retribution for what he considered Germany’s refusal to spend more on its own defense. Austin suspended that move shortly after taking office. He said decisions on troop levels would be made as part of a comprehensive review of the U.S. military presence around the world, including in Europe.’
