[Magdalen] as much as I dislike war ....

[Lynn Ronkainen]

This is the beginning of our elected officials thinking for the country 
instead of themselves, their 'base' or their next election....


from  Washington Posts just now...
Senate backs Mitch McConnell's rebuke of Trump's military drawdown plans in 
Syria, Afghanistan

The vast majority of Republican senators voted to support a measure 
declaring that the Islamic State and al-Qaeda remain serious threats in 
Syria and Afghanistan - directly contradicting the president's assessment 
and his justification for seeking to withdraw U.S. troops from both 
countries.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Trump supporter who seldom openly 
crosses the president, drafted the amendment to a larger Middle East policy 
bill.



Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

"Mercy and compassion are more than personal options. They are the antidotes 
to that fear and hatred." Mark Singel