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So Trump wants to set up colonialism in Iraq to get the oil? (Original Post) SummerSnow Sep 2016 OP
If the media does not pounce on that comment by Trump, they are totally useless riversedge Sep 2016 #1
They are useless Duckhunter935 Sep 2016 #5
Thank you SummerSnow Sep 2016 #6
U.S. troops in perimeters guarding Iraqi oil fields--sitting ducks pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #2
That will be in a political ad - ran by ISIS for their recruiting. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #3
Hope Poland doesn't have any oil. C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #4
"To the winners go the spoils" Avalux Sep 2016 #7
I remember he said that, he also said it tonight. SummerSnow Sep 2016 #8
"Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women." pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #10
psychopath yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2016 #9

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
2. U.S. troops in perimeters guarding Iraqi oil fields--sitting ducks
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 09:31 PM
Sep 2016

Reminds me of certain vulnerable U.S. bases/firebases in Vietnam that were often overrun or besieged, and finally abandoned.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
7. "To the winners go the spoils"
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 09:34 PM
Sep 2016

Yes, he actually said that; we spent billions and lost thousands of lives and we got nothing for it.

This man CANNOT become president. He'll have us invading countries within a month.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
10. "Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women."
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 09:42 PM
Sep 2016

He's extolling a concept from barbaric times. And he may not know that Conan was a fictional character.

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