TRUMP CORRECT: TROOPS TO USA BORDER , TROOPS OUT OF SYRIA

PRESIDENT TRUMP DESERVERS SUPPORT FOR HIS AMERICA FIRST POLICIES

 TROOPS MUST COME HOME FROM SYRIA

 TROOPS (STATE MILITIA) NEEDED ON BORDER

 YES, GET OUT OF SYRIA.
 As I have stated before in this blog before—we have nothing to gain and much to loose in Syria. Assad has support of more than 60% of the Syrian population and almost fully controls the habitable western part of the Syria. Trying to unseat him is not a viable proposition. Russia is well placed in Syria and will not be easily dislodged. Both Russia and our NATO ally, Turkey want us out of Syria—and will work toward that end when they can.   Obama’s foolish and failed policy of supporting a rag-tag element of Syrian insurgents has come to its bitter and tragic end.  It was a failed policy that only served to extend the civil war.

Our own US troops are ensconsed in a circumscribed and small western segment of the nation, ostensibly in support of a Kurdish insurgency. This group our ally Turkey correctly views as an existential threat to their nation. Turkey is a nation with a large and restive Kurdish minority. The Kurds in Syria are their enemies.  The USA currently has more than 2000 troops there—supporting the Kurds who are viewed as terrorists by our NATOally Turkey.  Not a good situation.  . In addition simply keeping these troops in place costs us nearly two billion (with a “B”) dollars annually (@ 1 million per trooper).

We literally have nothing to gain and much to loose by keeping our forces there. President Trump—our non politiician-executive—who often sees thing more clearly than the self-serving politicians in the DC swamp—who interpret every issue only on how it effects their relelction. President Trump clearly stated  early in this week (April 2, 2018?) His intention that our troops “will be coming home very soon from Syria”.

His statement caused an uproar in the Pentagon, the military industrial complex, and among the neocon war-hawks, and the anti-Trump media. All of these groups are bound together in an economic symeconosis in which every world conflict is seen as aa place to test out the newest killing machines or as a sales-showcase for their death-dealing hardware. Consequently, these are constantly “sending a message” to some presumed enemy or other with American-made bombs and think little of the human or economic consequences to the nation’s welfare as a whole. Military adventurism does little to generate meaningful jobs for US workers or re-build communities shattered by wrong headed trade policies of the past 40 years.

Thankfully, the man who sits in the Oval Office today..has the concerns and economic needs of our middle class workers close to his heart. Interestingly, he—a multibillionaire business man— has a better feel for the pulse of America than any of our “professional” politicians. The folks inside of the Beltway, once they get there, focus too commonly not on their constituent needs, but only on how to feather their own nests and assure that they stay inside the swamp. We can thank the Founders and our Constitution which—only in America— has made Mr.Trump’s election possible.

 Americans who want to see a better economy at home, a better future for our children and thriving heartland communities again should all support and encourage President Trump to bring our troops home. Let us spend those billions of hard earned tax dollars not in the barren desert sands of Syria, but in building up America. Syria’s leaders and the Syrian people must come to their own accommodations and don’t need the USA to direct their future.

ON MEXICO

 YES SEND THE TROOPS TO THE MEXICAN BORDER

ACTION OF PUEBLO SIN FRONTERAS ONLY UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR BORDER WALL

 In regard to the Mexican border and the Honduran Caravan which is attempting to march thousands of “refugees” from Honduras into the USA. These folks know how to manipulate the system. But President Trump has stepped up to the plate. He has used his authority to send troops to the border to help the border patrol. Let us hope that sanity prevails among the governors of our border states. We must have secure borders so we can control who has access to our nation.

 Mexico has no right to encourage, facilitate and accommodate the hoarders of refugees traveling north to OUR border. If they are actually fleeing a war zone or some other events which threaten their lives—-international rules indicate that Mexico must accept them as refugees. Mexico must not shunt them north to the Texas border. President Trump is absolutely correct in threatening our unappreciative, disrespetiful and recalcitrant southern neighbor to act responsibly in regard to these illegal hordes of refugees. They must NOT be allowed to enter.

 This action of the “Pueblo Sin Fronteras” (People without Borders) movement which has encouraged and organized the Honduran caravan only underscores the need for an actual physical barrier—a REAL wall—where appropriate— along the border which can not be breached.