‘I just don’t want to kill 10 million people’
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The ridiculous buffoon otherwise known as the president* of the United States is at it again, this time blowharding and fantasizing about his ability to kill "ten million" people if he "wanted to"
‘I just don’t want to kill 10 million people’: Trump’s comments reverberate in Afghanistan
JULY 23, 2019
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghans were startled to hear President Trump’s remarks that he could end the war in Afghanistan “in a week,” but that it would cause the deaths of millions of people.
The office of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday immediately asked for “clarification” about Trump’s statement “via diplomatic means and channels.”
“If I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth,” Trump said Monday. “It would be over in literally, in 10 days.” He did not elaborate on how that would be done.
Trump made the seemingly offhand comments during visit by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, where the two discussed a number of bilateral issues, including ending the war in Afghanistan.
“We’re working with Pakistan and others to extricate ourselves. Nor do we want to be policemen, because basically we’re policemen right now. And we’re not supposed to be policemen,” he said.
The statement from Ghani’s office said that while it “supports the U.S. efforts for ensuring peace in Afghanistan, the government underscores that foreign heads of state cannot determine Afghanistan’s fate.”
On social media, Afghans and analysts retaliated with their own heavy bombardment.
Rahmatullah Nabil, a candidate in Afghanistan’s upcoming presidential election, said in a tweet that in response to the president’s “insults” all Afghan leaders, from Ghani to the Taliban, “should drop their selfishness & announce that, we will make peace among ourselves.” There is no need for mediation from the United States or Pakistan, he added.
Others were more concerned with facts. Rana Momand, an Afghan-American tweeted: “Can some1 tell #DonaldTrump in order to wipe Afg off the face of the earth, he must get rid of 32 million Afghans, not just 10 mil.” The United Nations puts the current population of Afghanistan at 37.2 million.
Zaman Sultani, a South Asia researcher for Amnesty International argued via tweet that “There is no need to wipe off #AFG from the face of earth. The country is devastated by the meaningless war by the #Taliban and the corrupted & incapable #government.” He also urged the president to avoid civilian casualties in Afghanistan, which saw record highs last year.
The United States has been at war in Afghanistan since 2001, when it sent troops to the country after the 9/11 attacks to root out al-Qaeda militants. It is the longest war in U.S. history.
In Washington on Monday, Trump and Khan continued their meeting as planned, “strengthening cooperation between the two countries to bring peace, stability and economic prosperity in South Asia,” according to a statement from the Pakistani leader.
“The two leaders reviewed progress of the Afghan peace and reconciliation process,” it read. But Khan added that “pursuing the process was a shared responsibility.”
The statement from Ghani’s office Tuesday described Afghanistan as “one of the most deep-rooted and ancient countries of the world,” which has overcome many crises throughout its history.
“The Afghan nation has not and will never allow any foreign power to determine its fate,” it said.
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It is virtually impossible to imagine any other American political figure bragging he could kill 10 million people if he wanted to.
Or any American general for that matter.
More diarrhea of the mouth and trumpsters don't bat an eye at this lowlife moronic POS.
What do you expect from people who actually support a reality TV "star" and psychopathic con man as our President? If you don't care about ethics, honesty, decorum, and adult behavior, why would his dangerous pretense at foreign policy bother you either?
‘I just don’t want to kill 10 million people’
I would think that would be the general consensus of most folks that are not complete morons.
Why does he keep talking about wiping countries off the face of the earth? It sounds like some sort of fantasy related to trying to overcome shortcomings in masculinity.
How many people will be kicked off their life saving health insurance if Trump has his way in revoking the PPACA?
Let's look on the bright side.
The President has apparently come to understand that wars kill people.
That's progress, isn't it?
How unsurprising. Trump speaks a plain truth and everyone loses their minds over it.
The reality of international politics is that we could force a lot of things with our military might but we choose not to because we're not a nation of insane bloodthirsty murderers endorsing a scorched Earth policy. Someone care to claim otherwise?
That's all the man was saying. People ask him (like they ask any president) why he can't solve a problem faster, and he laid out the reality of it all. He specifically said he didn't want to kill 10 million people. No one has the common sense to see that as a good thing?
Oh, FFS, the jackass lies every time he opens his mouth. Just stop with the gaslighting. He LIES. YOU DON'T CARE. OWN IT. But stop lying about his lies. He never speaks a plain truth.
Non sequitur
Joking?
Trump says whatever comes into his head. He sounds like a boy in jr high, and that asinine talk from the leader of the country brings it to a juvenile level, and republicans try to translate 'what he meant' every time. He lies, therefore nothing coming from him or his goons is taken seriously. Threatening mass murder? WTF?