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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump appears to confuse the Kurds of Syria and Iraq in a meeting with the president of Iraqi Kurdis
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Trump appears to confuse the Kurds of Syria and Iraq in a meeting with the president of Iraqi Kurdis (Original Post)
dewsgirl
Jan 2020
OP
Our Thief in Chief speaks: "...very importantly, as you know, we have The Oil,
Hortensis
Jan 2020
#5
JHB
(37,161 posts)1. And by "appears to" they mean "totally did"
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)2. Well, he's the guy who doesn't know why Pearl Harbor is famous.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)4. I'm reading A Very Stable Genius, out of all the political books
in the last few years, this belongs in the top tier. It's nice to hear what was actually happening in the administration, during the events of the Mueller investigation.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)5. Our Thief in Chief speaks: "...very importantly, as you know, we have The Oil,
and, uh, we left soldiers for The Oil because we protect The Oil, and we have it very nicely, we secured it."
Uhuh. The fight over the Iraqi Kurdistan oil fields has been going on for decades. At least he isn't reminding everyone of how stupid W was that he didn't just load Iraq's oil on our ships and TAKE it. No need, of course.
Uhuh. The fight over the Iraqi Kurdistan oil fields has been going on for decades. At least he isn't reminding everyone of how stupid W was that he didn't just load Iraq's oil on our ships and TAKE it. No need, of course.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)6. He also confuses them with cheese curds.
Because he's just that fucking dumb.