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Iamaartist

(3,300 posts)
Thu Jan 9, 2020, 10:28 AM Jan 2020

Joe Biden is the Only Candidate Fit to Contest Trump in What is Now a Foreign Policy Election 😎🎨🦩

Last edited Thu Jan 9, 2020, 12:06 PM - Edit history (1)

The conventional wisdom had been the 2020 Presidential race would be dominated by domestic issues, from the economy to healthcare. That is, up until the impulsive assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian head of the Al-Quds Force. Iran has pulled out of the nuclear deal. The Iraqi parliament has voted for the U.S. to leave the country, opening the door for ISIS' reemergence. As tensions continue to build throughout the world, the 2020 election's signature issue will be foreign policy.
Soleimani aided and abetted terrorists and anti-American militias throughout the Middle East in furtherance of an Iranian version of rollback. However, it is unclear what the Trump Administration wanted to accomplish—and how (or whether) it will contain the fallout. This echoes Donald Trump's careless abandonment of our Kurdish allies in Syria a few months ago, until he flip-flopped and decided they might be useful after all—in guarding oil reserves.
It's a cliché to point out Trump is no stranger to self-promotion. But, the boasting about the first stage of a trade deal with China verges on the delusional. The Trump Administration bragged that China would start buying $50 billion worth of agricultural products—the type of accomplishment aimed squarely at winning votes in Iowa. However, it does not meet the hype. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Dave Marshall, a farm marketing advisor with First Choice Commodities said with respect to China, "They need U.S. pork, they need U.S. soybeans. Do they need $50 billion of agricultural goods? Absolutely not."
Trump has abandoned our allies (such as the Kurds), allied with our adversaries (such as Russia), and capitulated to some of the most ruthless actors in the international system.
Given that this election is likely to be dominated by foreign policy issues, the President that we need to succeed Trump is Joe Biden. The all other Democratic candidates have their virtues, but they are lacking foreign policy experience, expertise, and, most importantly, getting it right when it counts.
For Biden, foreign policy would not require on-the-job training. He played a central role in bringing about the Iran nuclear deal, assembling the multi-national coalition against ISIS, and worked to ratify the New START treaty with Russia. As a Senator, he quarterbacked legislative action to bring an end to the heinous genocidal wars in the Balkans during the 1990s.

Lawless Trump Cannot be Trusted to Lead America to War



Many of the former Vice President's critics posit that should he win the nomination, he will be swift-boated by Ukraine. But after two general election victories as Barack Obama's running mate, Joe Biden demonstrated that he knows how to punch back. Not only is there no proof that he did nothing wrong, but this is going to prove to be a trial by fire and make him a stronger candidate for the general election.
Donald Trump promised Americans that they would be winning so often they would get tired of it. While Trump is likely to win his trial in the Senate, we know that his reelection is a risky bet America cannot afford. Joe Biden is the best prepared candidate to build a better, stronger world order out of the wreckage this administration would leave behind....





For Biden, foreign policy would not require on-the-job training. And don't care if he voted for I Iraq War


I can find on all candidates that they have fault of some sort......and right now we don't need job training


Go Joe😎🎨






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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Joe Biden is the Only Candidate Fit to Contest Trump in What is Now a Foreign Policy Election 😎🎨🦩 (Original Post) Iamaartist Jan 2020 OP
I always thought it would come down to foreign policy. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #1
There is too much white space in your OP NYMinute Jan 2020 #2
I care that he voted for the Iraq war Bradshaw3 Jan 2020 #3
Nonsense vlyons Jan 2020 #4
My opinion too Desert grandma Jan 2020 #5
Another wonderful new ad from @JoeBiden this morning. Gothmog Jan 2020 #6
 

LakeArenal

(28,819 posts)
1. I always thought it would come down to foreign policy.
Thu Jan 9, 2020, 11:57 AM
Jan 2020

That’s why I have supported Joe since before he announced.

I think Pete would make a great national president. But a global president is another thing all together.

Joe remains the most qualified both nationally and globally.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

NYMinute

(3,256 posts)
2. There is too much white space in your OP
Thu Jan 9, 2020, 11:59 AM
Jan 2020

Would you mind editing it to remove the blank lines? Thanks

and K&R .. the OP is right on the money.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Bradshaw3

(7,522 posts)
3. I care that he voted for the Iraq war
Thu Jan 9, 2020, 12:07 PM
Jan 2020

Why is it that Biden's past expereince and decisions count for so much, EXCEPT for the biggest decision he had to make? That one we're supposed to forget about. Strange.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
4. Nonsense
Thu Jan 9, 2020, 12:54 PM
Jan 2020

You might think Biden is the BEST candidate about foreign policy, but certainly not the ONLY one. Anyone of our Dem candidates is smart enough to have expert foreign policy advisors, and diligent enough to read and study, to whoop Trump hands down in any foreign policy debate. Plus any one of our Dem candidates is wise enough to make smart, strategic plans and moves about foreign policy.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Desert grandma

(804 posts)
5. My opinion too
Thu Jan 9, 2020, 03:28 PM
Jan 2020

We need a calm. steady, experienced leader ASAP.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Gothmog

(145,291 posts)
6. Another wonderful new ad from @JoeBiden this morning.
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 11:29 AM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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