RE: Trump's Missile Strike in Iraq...
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Joey. I think if he would've followed the wisdom of someone like Ron Paul, he could have extricated himself from the middle-east immediately and shuttered the embassy that led to this escalation before these events occurred.
However, I think there are security agreements that he's contractually obliged to fulfill in the region which may make a U.S. presence, and possibly an embassy, required elements of the arrangement.
This SOFA agreement, I'm not sure if it ever ended? Troops get removed, and they make a big tadoo about it. However, almost simultaneously, they're replaced with fresh faces. If full removal of U.S. troops is a contingency that triggers the end of the Iraqi SOFA and it's never happened, then they're intentionally prolonging the agreement for their "interests," whatever those may be.
The U.S. has so many Status of Forces Agreements. We've strayed way too far from avoiding entangling alliances. I wonder if the new POTUS's are subject to the President's previous SOFA-like agreements. If that's the case, it might explain why these things never get shut down.
Rhetorically he did exactly that. His actions did not meet his rhetoric, and this proves, as it always does, his political rhetoric hollow. It is the proof of his rhetorical grasp of just policy that best demonstrates the deliberate deception undertaken.
No doubt, he was partly ambiguous to begin with,
but there were a lot of red flags that he set off too.
As President, I would at least attempt to bring home the troops regardless of the contracts that the U.S. government may be tied to. America has a lot of leverage. I like Ron Paul and I am against global laws.
No doubt, I think in this case it would be a matter of—What's the penalty for breaking the contract? If it's a hefty fiscal penalty, I could see Trump becoming reticent to violate the terms and conditions. Also, what are the implications for the country if we fail to follow through on our contracts? Nations might become reluctant to do business with us. I'm not sure we're talking about global laws, but rather contract law in general.
If America breaks a contract, how can they punish America? Not do business with America? No. Because the world depends on America more than they say.