{"id":50776,"date":"2016-09-30T18:18:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T22:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=50776"},"modified":"2016-09-30T18:20:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T22:20:29","slug":"mr-trump-please-talk-about-syria-instead-of-miss-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=50776","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Trump: Please Talk About Syria Instead of Miss Universe!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Healdsburg, CA<br \/>\nSeptember 30, 2016<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump is in a position to elevate the political conversation<br \/>\nand win the presidential election by calling for an end to America&#8217;s<br \/>\nbipartisan failed foreign policy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/the-wholesale-failure-of-american-foreign-policy\/\">http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/the-wholesale-failure-of-american-foreign-policy\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this time of great peril, we need true boldness in our leaders. With<br \/>\nSecretary of Defense Ashton Carter predicting nuclear war with Russia<br \/>\nand the Pentagon going out of its way to threaten them because of<br \/>\ntheir support for Syria, the potential for direct confrontation and WWIII<br \/>\ngrows greater every day. <a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=146706\">http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=146706<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, even the New York Times editorial board seems eager for war<br \/>\nwith Russia: <a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=146670\">http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=146670<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This deepening crisis requires a focused approach that only Jill Stein seems<br \/>\ncapable of articulating these days.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2016\/09\/30\/the-debate-we-should-have-trump-stein-and-clinton\/\">http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2016\/09\/30\/the-debate-we-should-have-trump-stein-and-clinton\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But since she is not allowed to participate in the debates, only Trump\u00a0is positioned to be the voice of sanity because Hillary stands for the\u00a0status quo and a continuation of what her immediate predecessors\u00a0attempted to do.<\/p>\n<p>Relying on military force to achieve regime change has proven very\u00a0costly in terms of lives, good will and the drain on our treasury.\u00a0Trump must go for the jugular and link these failures to the former\u00a0Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<p>With Congress now authorizing the shipment of lethal weaponry to<br \/>\nUkraine, the estrangement with Russia is intensifying.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=146694\">http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=146694<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the attack by the US on Syrian government troops, Putin has<br \/>\nresponded aggressively by launching more air strikes and helping Assad<br \/>\nattempt to retake Aleppo. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article45576.htm\">http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article45576.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate US troops are embedded with our rebel &#8220;allies&#8221;<br \/>\nin a last-ditch effort to forestall what might be the inevitable success<br \/>\nof Assad and Putin. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2016\/09\/29\/syrian-war-report-september-29-2016-us-deploys-troops-near-aleppo-city\/\">http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2016\/09\/29\/syrian-war-report-september-29-2016-us-deploys-troops-near-aleppo-city\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The invasion of Syria by Turkey, the growing crisis in Ukraine, the<br \/>\nmini-shooting war between India and Pakistan in Kashmir&#8230;..all demand<br \/>\na level of statesmanship so far absent from the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump can somehow summon the courage and wisdom necessary<br \/>\nto change the subject and focus on this most urgent crisis, he can<br \/>\nquickly shift the electorate in his favor and bring in voters from across<br \/>\nthe entire political spectrum who yearn for an end to these endless wars!<\/p>\n<p>The failed ceasefire and escalation now means that unless he does so<br \/>\nquickly, America&#8217;s future will be the one predicted by Ashton Carter, a fate<br \/>\nwe must work tirelessly to avoid. <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=50626\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=50626<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those doubting how serious the Russians feel about the situation should<br \/>\ntake a look at this: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatdoesitmean.com\/index2127.htm\">http:\/\/www.whatdoesitmean.com\/index2127.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please Mr. Trump: Miss Universe is a silly distraction. Do what you can<br \/>\nto elevate the conversation and alert Americans to the dangers we face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healdsburg, CA September 30, 2016 by Rich Scheck Donald Trump is in a position to elevate the political conversation and win the presidential election by calling for an end to America&#8217;s bipartisan failed foreign policy. http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/the-wholesale-failure-of-american-foreign-policy\/ In this time of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=50776\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}