We're going to start winning wars again IYKWIM
by digby
Trump's America bashing is not an advocation for the US to be a more humble country. I wish people would put that one to rest. It's fatuous nonsense. He's advocating for American to ramp up into a much more monstrous, aggressive, violent power than it already is unshackled by any laws, rules or norms. It is sickening to even think about what Trump and the apocalyptic weirdos he's surrounded himself with have in mind.
Remember his motto: to the victors belong the spoils. He has said it in the context over and over again. Here's just one example from his speech to the CIA:
When I was young, we were always winning things in this country. We'd win with trade. We'd win with wars. At a certain age, I remember hearing from one of my instructors, "The United States has never lost a war." And then, after that, it's like we haven’t won anything. We don’t win anymore. The old expression, "to the victor belong the spoils" -- you remember. I always used to say, keep the oil. I wasn’t a fan of Iraq. I didn’t want to go into Iraq. But I will tell you, when we were in, we got out wrong. And I always said, in addition to that, keep the oil. Now, I said it for economic reasons. But if you think about it, Mike, if we kept the oil you probably wouldn’t have ISIS because that's where they made their money in the first place. So we should have kept the oil. But okay. Maybe you'll have another chance. But the fact is, should have kept the oil.
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