Neocons Make Trump Sound Like Peacenik on Foreign Policy

[MikeWB]

Jews are going insane... they see their power slipping away as Trump rises.





Donald Trump's long-awaited, much-discussed speech on foreign policy has been praised by some and slammed by others, but the more neocons recoil in horror over his ideas, the more those who are not otherwise inclined to support him might warm up to the Republican frontrunner's 'radical' ideas.

Trump's exploratory speech on foreign policy had its bright moments, with the candidate emphasizing that US foreign policy disasters in the Middle East threw the region into chaos, and saying that the cycle of hostility between Washington and Moscow must come to an end ("from a position of strength only" on the US's part, naturally).

At the same time, long-standing non-interventionists including Ron Paul Institute political analyst Daniel McAdams weren't as enthusiastic about Trump's proposals, McAdams telling Sputnik that Trump's proposals are a mixed bag, since his advisors appear to be realists, and "that is not super satisfying to a non-interventionist and an anti-war person because realists...lack the philosophy...of avoiding war and avoiding entangling alliances."

Nevertheless, the neocons' incessant bashing of Trump has created the potential to make the candidate appealing to those Americans sick of aggressive policy against Russia, and those opposed to never-ending wars in the Middle East.

This holds true in the case of neocon pundit Anne Applebaum, who has previously gone so far as to say that a Trump presidency would mark "the end of the West as we know it."

Responding to Trump's foreign policy speech in an op-ed for the Washington Post, Applebaum suggested that his rhetoric was not only ridiculous and contradictory, but also dangerous (to the neocons, of course).

"On the one hand, he said that 'your friends need to know that you will stick by the agreements that you have with them.' On the other hand, he threatened to 'walk' if those same friends didn't pony up to his demands. He wants to invest heavily in the military, but he wants to stop using the military. He doesn't want to do 'nation-building' but does want to promote 'regional stability'."

Ratcheting up the pretentiousness, Applebaum suggested that "there was no sense" that Trump even "knew what either of those terms meant," adding that unfortunately, neither may many American voters.

By the same token, she said, the 'multiple contradictions' in the speech indicate "that audiences can pick and choose their message. Isolationists and 'realists' heard what they wanted to hear. On the other hand, Trump's call to 'reinvigorate Western values and institutions' might well appeal to those voters who aren't isolationist at all. He says he likes American soldiers and wants to spend more on defense, so what's wrong?"

At the same time, "foreign audiences are already hearing different Trump messages and are picking and choosing the ones that they like. The Russians love the way he talks about foreign policy as if it were a cynical business deal, because that's exactly how President Vladimir Putin sees it.  A part of the European left is already warming up to the suggestion the United States withdraw from Europe, because that's what it has always wanted, too. And yes, all concerned will be perfectly capable of ignoring, simultaneously, all of the things about Trump that they should in theory deeply dislike."

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Ultimately, Trump's foreign policy proposals do appear to be somewhat contradictory and hazy, in contrast to the more principled approach proposed by Dr. Ron Paul. Nevertheless, the fact that neocons continue to throw a fit over Trump's remarks on foreign policy, despite his status as the presumptive Republican nominee, is an indication that he remains a thorn in the side of Washington's neoconservative foreign policy establishment.

At the same time, with fellow non-interventionist Bernie Sanders effectively sidelined by Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party establishment, Trump may yet prove to be the lesser hawk compared to the former secretary of state, who voted for the Iraq war, pushed the Libyan intervention, and whose aids promoted the Maidan coup d'etat in Ukraine. In any case, Trump's 'common sense conservative' views certainly never helped him win support among hawkish Republican elites. But they have given him the ear of those sick and tired of business as usual in Washington's political and and military relationship with the rest of the world.

http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160430/1038899571/donald-trump-neocon-bash.html

[yankeedoodle]

When the jews pull of a false flag, Donnie boy is going to do everything everything EVERYTHING the jews set it up for him to do.

[MikeWB]

Not sure about that... he doesn't like to be bullied.

[yankeedoodle]

Not sure about that... he doesn't like to be bullied.

Surely you realize that, once he is Pres, the jews will pull-off a false flag, and Donnie will do his damnedest to "Make America Great Again" (trademarked by Donald J. Trump), and that will mean bombing whoever the jews tell him did it.  So, just as on 911, the jews get what they want.

Of course he doesn't like to be bullied, which means that when something goes BOOM, Donnie boy will go BOOM BOOM BOOM back, and, who do you think he will do it to?  That's right: whoever the jews say did it.

Same old shit.  Do you think he's going to say...hmm,..wait a minute...hmm...are we sure who did it?   After all, he said it was those damned Mooosssslllluuummms that were celebrating in New Jersey on 911, didn't he?  As you surely know, it was jews celebrating in New Jersey, not Mooosssslllluuummms.  When you get to talk to Donnie, ask him about that. 

Of course, maybe he will surprise us.  We will soon know, methinks.

[yankeedoodle]

Not sure about that... he doesn't like to be bullied.

Of course, all politicians lie and talk tough when running for office, but Donnie has just threatened to shoot down a Russian jet, simply because Russia is defending itself.  It wasn't too long ago that Donnie was praising Vlad.  Guess if Vlad doesn't accept Donnie's praise, and then acquiesce to Donnie's demands, then Donnie will go to war.  Make America Great Again - trademark owner: Donald J. Trump.  Let's make a deal: do what I say, or else.

  Gotta shoot 'em, Trump says – as Pentagon downplays Russian warplane encounters  ''

https://www.rt.com/usa/341653-russian-warplanes-shoot-down/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has said US may have to shoot down Russian warplanes approaching American military assets. Meanwhile, the Pentagon said such encounters were meant by Russia to send a signal rather than to provoke.

Over the past few months there were several incidents in which Russian warplanes approached American warships and spy planes in international space close to the Russian border, which the US described as unprofessional and dangerous. The latest happened Friday, when a Su-27 plane barrel-rolled next to a RC-135U reconnaissance plane over the Baltics.

Commenting on such incidents Monday, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump, blasted President Barack Obama for not handling the situation correctly.

"Normally, an Obama, let's say a president, because you want to make at least a call or two, but normally Obama would call up Putin and say, 'Listen, do us a favor, don't do that, get that maniac, just stop it.' But we don't have that kind of a president. He's gonna be out playing golf or something," Trump said.

"And if that doesn't work out, I don't know, you know, at a certain point, when that sucker comes by you, you gotta shoot," he added. "You gotta shoot. I mean, you gotta shoot. And it's a shame. It's a shame. It's a total lack of respect for our country and it's a total lack of respect for Obama. Which as you know, they don't respect."

The Russian Defense Ministry routinely dismisses American accusations of acting improperly in international space. Commenting on the Friday incident, it said the US should stop sending spy planes towards Russia's border with their transponders switched off. If they did, Russia would not have to send warplanes to intercept unidentified aircraft it sees on radar for visual contact, the ministry explained.

The chief of US naval operations said the Russians are not trying to provoke an incident by intercepting American planes and ships.

"I don't think the Russians are trying to provoke an incident. I think they're trying to send a signal," Adm. John M. Richardson told reporters at the Pentagon. "I think it's pretty clear that they are wanting to let us know that they see that we are up there in the Baltic."

The admiral added that such encounters increase the risk of a "tactical miscalculation" and that the US seeks to normalize the situation.

Earlier, US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that the US may open fire on Russian planes, if they are assessed to pose a military threat.

Over the past two years the US has increased troops deployment in Europe, claiming it to be a response to Russian aggression. Moscow sees the rising number of NATO military assets at its border as a threat and a violation of the spirit of Russia's agreement with the alliance, which states that no significant deployments would be made by NATO near Russia. No legal definition of what "significant" means was ever made, so NATO just brushes aside Russia's concerns.

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter confirmed Monday that the alliance is considering placing thousands of additional troops in Poland and the Baltic States in addition to the newly formed 5.000-strong Very High Readiness Joint Task Force.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the new troops would comprise four full battalions of roughly 1,000 troops each. Half of those would be provided by the US with the two others coming from Britain and Germany.