Trump Wants To Fire "Losing" General In Afghanistan

SO, THERE'S A STORY OUT ABOUT HOW DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO
FIRE SOMEBODY ELSE.
THIS TIME IT IS ONE OF HIS GENERALS, ARMY GENERAL JOHN
NICHOLSON.
NOW, NORMALLY, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SHAKE THEIR HEADS AND GO,
ANOTHER FIRING, JESUS CHRIST, WHEN IS THIS GOING TO END?
AND, YES, IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT HE THINKS HE'S STILL ON THE
SHOW THE APPRENTICE, AND THAT HE IS CONTRACTUALLY BOUND TO
FIRE ONE PERSON A WEEK.
HAVING SAID ALL THAT, IN THIS CASE, I DON'T AGREE WITH
NECESSARILY THE FIRING, AND I DON'T AGREE WITH HIS REASONS,
BUT I THINK HIS OVERALL CONCERN IS CORRECT, AND SO, I WANT TO
GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT HERE,
BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MUCH I THINK HE IS INCOMPETENT, AND I
DISAGREE WITH HIM ON OTHER ISSUES, EVERY ISSUE YOU HAVE TO
LOOK AT FAIRLY, AND SEE IF HE IS DOING THE RIGHT THING OR THE
WRONG THING, AND IF HE'S DOING THE RIGHT THING, GREAT,
GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR IT.
HE WAS HAVING A MEETING WITH JAMES MATTIS, AND IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE MEETING HE ASKED IF HE SHOULD FIRE THE
GENERAL LEADING AFGHANISTAN, THAT'S NICHOLSON.
THE FIRST THING HE SAID IS, "WE AREN'T WINNING."
YOU CAN SAY THAT'S OVERLY SIMPLE STICK, BUT OVERALL, IT'S TRUE.
THIS IS WHAT HIS SUPPORTERS WANTED, RIGHT?
THEY KNOW THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW THE INNER DETAILS OF
POLITICS, THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW INCOMPETENT HE IS,
BUT THAT'S OKAY.
BUT YOU WANT TO HAVE A GUT SENSE.
IF YOU ARE A SUPPORTER AND SAY THINGS LIKE, JUSTICE GOT.
IN THIS CASE HIM HE LOOKS AT AFGHANISTAN AND SAYS WE
AREN'T WINNING, THAT'S TRUE.
HIS GUT SAYS IT'S A MESS, THAT'S TRUE, GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR THAT.
AND YOU MIGHT THINK, THAT'S A REALLY LOW BAR, BUT NO,
MOST ESTABLISHED POLITICIANS, INCLUDING REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS, WOULD HAVE GONE IN THERE AND SAID, THE GENERAL
IS TELLING ME IT'S GREAT, LET'S STAY THERE FOR ANOTHER 10
YEARS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
SO THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POLITICIANS, AND IN THIS
CASE I THINK HE'S CLOSER TO BEING CORRECT.
SO, NOW, DETAILS ON THE MEETING.
THE MEETING GREW STORMY WHEN TRUMP SAID THAT DEFENSE
SECRETARY JAMES MATTIS AND JOINT CHIEF OF STAFF CHAIRMAN JOSEPH
DUNFORD, SHOULD CONSIDER FIRING ARMY GENERAL JOHN NICHOLSON, FOR
NOT WINNING THE WAR."
SO THERE WE HAVE TRUMP BEING A SIMPLETON.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE AREN'T WINNING THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
BECAUSE WE HAVE A BAD GENERAL, AND IF WE HAD A GOOD
GENERAL WE SOMEHOW WOULD WIN.
IT'S WAY MORE COMPETENT THAN THAT.
DID YOU KNOW THAT, MANY YEARS AGO, THEY ASKED AFGHAN HE'S
ABOUT 9/11, AND OVER 90% OF THEM KNEW WHAT THAT WAS.
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY WE ARE FIGHTING THEM.
IF THEY KNEW AT ALL, THEY FORGOTTEN IT, BUT MOST OF
THEM DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THAT WAS AN AMAZING POLE WE COVERED BACK IN THE DAY ON THE
YOUNG TURKS, AND THERE WAS SOME QUOTES THAT CAME ALONG WITH IT,
AND IT WOULD BE VILLAGERS IN THE MIDDLE OF AFGHANISTAN, THEY BE
LIKE, LOOK, EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE THE RUSSIANS COME AND WE
FIGHT THEM, THEN THE AMERICANS CAME AND WE FIGHT THEM, WE
JUST ASSUME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR LAND.
SO, THE AFGHANS ARE FIGHTING US BECAUSE WE'RE THERE!
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET OUT OF THAT VALLEY, THE RANDOM DUES.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO AFTER AL QAEDA, AL QAEDA HASN'T BEEN IN
AFGHANISTAN FOR DECADES.
WE ACTUALLY COULD HAVE KILLED BIN LADEN, RUMSFELD COULD
HAVE SENT IN THE TROOPS, YOU CAN READ ABOUT THAT, BACK IN
2004, IT'S A BELIEVABLE STORY.
BUT NOW WE ARE FIGHTING GUYS WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY WE ARE
FIGHTING THEM, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE FIGHTING THEM.
WHY ARE WE STILL IN AFGHANISTAN?
IS IT THE TALIBAN?
IS THE TALIBAN STILL CONNECTED TO AL QAEDA AND ISIS?
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?
WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING THERE?
THAT'S THE RIGHT QUESTION TO ASK.
SO, HIS GUT IS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, HIS HEAD,
AS USUAL, IS DRIFTING SOMEWHERE.
WHAT IS A BETTER GENERAL GOING TO DO?
HERE'S THE CORRECT PATH, GET OUT!
WE ARE CAUSING A BIGGER MESS BY STAYING IN.
ANYWAY, ONE MORE QUOTE ON THIS.
REUTERS SAYS, "OFFICIALS SAID TRUMP ARGUED THAT THE UNITED
STATES SHOULD DEMAND A SHARE OF AFGHANISTAN'S ESTIMATED $1
TRILLION IN MINIMAL ñ MINERAL WEALTH IN EXCHANGE FOR ASSISTING
THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT."
I'M TRYING TO GIVE THE GUY CREDIT, AND IF HE GETS US OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN, I DON'T GET AROUND HIS REASONING WAS, I'LL
TAKE IT, GREAT.
BUT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS NOT, NOW LET'S STEAL THE NATURAL
RESOURCES OF AFGHANISTAN, TO PAY FOR THE WAR THAT WE CREATED
THAT I KNOW IS A MESS, AND THAT WE'RE NOT WINNING.
HOW IS THAT HELPING AFGHANISTAN?
HOW IS IT HELPING US?
BUT THIS GUY, HE REALLY MEANT IT, WHEN WE WENT INTO IRAQ,
WE SHOULD HAVE JUST TAKEN THEIR WORLD.
ARE YOU INSANE?
THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, YOU DIDN'T COME TO LIBERATE US,
WHICH IS THE EXCUSE THAT BUSH USED, YOU CAME TO ROB US,
AND IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY WOULD FIGHT US, AND THAT WAR
WOULD BE EVEN WORSE THAN IT WAS, IT WAS ALREADY A DEBACLE
AND A DISASTER.
SO, NOW HIS BRILLIANT IDEA OF HOW TO MAKE AFGHANISTAN
BETTER IS, WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE THEIR MINERALS?
TAKE IT FROM THEM, AND THEY SHOULD PAY US FOR INVADING THEM.
JUST, SOMEBODY GET IN THERE, IT'S LIKE, AND BE LIKE, OH
MISTER PRESIDENT, YOU ARE SO RIGHT, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ARE
NOT JUST LETTING US TAKE THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES, WHAT IS THEIR
OWN POPULATION STORESÖ RAGES.
I GOT AN IDEA FOR YOU MISTER PRESIDENT, LET'S JUST LEAVE.
THAT WILL SHOW THEM.
IT MIGHT WORK.
HE'S KIND OF HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION, JUST NUDGE HIM
THAT WAY.
IT IS SO FRUSTRATING HOW LITTLE HE KNOWS.
ANYWAY, FIRING THE GENERAL IN THIS CASE ISN'T WHAT YOU
SOLVE IT, BUT IF IT LEADS TO US LEAVING, FANTASTIC.
CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT ON THAT, IF YOU'LL JUST
ACCIDENTALLY GO IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.

Trump Wants To Fire "Losing" General In Afghanistan

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