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potone

(1,701 posts)
Mon Aug 21, 2017, 10:19 PM Aug 2017

So, this seems to sum up what Trump said.

Charles P. Pierce‏Verified account @CharlesPPierce 39m39 minutes ago

Apparently we are going to win the war in Afghanistan by winning the war in Afghanistan.
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Everybody got it now?

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So, this seems to sum up what Trump said. (Original Post) potone Aug 2017 OP
Who knew it was all so simple? n/t NanceGreggs Aug 2017 #1
It's just as easy as solving the drug war. "People should stop taking drugs!" forgotmylogin Aug 2017 #13
I'm tired of winning johnp3907 Aug 2017 #2
Damnit D_Master81 Aug 2017 #3
All of history just face palmed having not thought of that. underpants Aug 2017 #4
Beyond the Khyber Pass Dyedinthewoolliberal Aug 2017 #5
Thanks. underpants Aug 2017 #6
You forgot, wants India to go to war with Pakistan! burrowowl Aug 2017 #7
So much winning! zentrum Aug 2017 #8
Oh the secret plans TimeToGo Aug 2017 #9
Funny as hell KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2017 #11
Did Van Jones add that he looked presidential tonight? BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #10
Exactly. kaotikross Aug 2017 #12
Why, I bet he can get it done while on the GREEN at Bedminster. forgotmylogin Aug 2017 #14

forgotmylogin

(7,528 posts)
13. It's just as easy as solving the drug war. "People should stop taking drugs!"
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 01:20 AM
Aug 2017

I mean obviously, he knows what's up.

underpants

(182,803 posts)
4. All of history just face palmed having not thought of that.
Mon Aug 21, 2017, 10:33 PM
Aug 2017

The Afghanistan area has been invaded many times in recorded history, but no invader has been able to control all of its regions at the same time, and at some point faced rebellion. Some of the invaders in the history of Afghanistan include the Maurya Empire of ancient India, Alexander the Great of Macedon, Umar, an Arab Caliphate, Genghis Khan of Mongolia, Timur of Persia and Central Asia, the Mughal Empire of India, various Persian Empires, the British Empire, the Sikh Empire, the Soviet Union, and most recently a coalition force of NATO troops, the majority from the United States, which entered the country in the first-ever invocation of NATO's Article 5 "an attack on one is an attack on all" following the September 11 attacks in the United States.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasions_of_Afghanistan

TimeToGo

(1,366 posts)
9. Oh the secret plans
Mon Aug 21, 2017, 11:35 PM
Aug 2017

I've got so many secret plans it's unbelievable. I've got such great secret plans. The best. They are so secret, way better than anyone's. Obama had secrets, let me tell you. But my plans are so secret I don't even know them. That's what secret means, most people don't know that.

kaotikross

(246 posts)
12. Exactly.
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 12:57 AM
Aug 2017

Trump should just go ahead and win it tomorrow, he can probably get it done between holes at Bedminster.

forgotmylogin

(7,528 posts)
14. Why, I bet he can get it done while on the GREEN at Bedminster.
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 01:25 AM
Aug 2017

He multitasks. He's a smart person. Otherwise, he wouldn't have TIME to play golf. I mean, you know how to win at golf right? You put the ball in the hole. That's the secret Trump knows that nobody else does. He's gotta enjoy golfing, because real soon we won't have the budget for him to golf anymore.

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