{"id":395040,"date":"2019-02-03T14:09:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T13:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/once-opposed-democrats-now-back-wars-just-to-thwart-trump\/"},"modified":"2019-02-03T14:09:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T13:09:18","slug":"once-opposed-democrats-now-back-wars-just-to-thwart-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/once-opposed-democrats-now-back-wars-just-to-thwart-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Once opposed, Democrats now back wars just to thwart Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/washington-secrets\/party-of-no-once-opposed-dems-now-back-wars-just-to-thwart-trump\"><strong>Washington Examiner<\/strong><\/a><br \/>February 3, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">D<\/span>emocratic voters, long opposed to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, now disagree with President Trump\u2019s call to withdraw troops in Afghanistan and Syria, according to a new survey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And the likely reason they have flipped is simply to oppose the president.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I inherited a total mess in Syria and Afghanistan, the \u201cEndless Wars\u201d of unlimited spending and death. During my campaign I said, very strongly, that these wars must finally end. We spend $50 Billion a year in Afghanistan and have hit them so hard that we are now talking peace\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1091326078323486722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Trump\u2019s Syria move, the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/zogbyanalytics.com\/news\/881-the-zogby-poll-more-voters-agree-with-president-trump-s-decision-to-withdraw-troops-from-syria-and-afghanistan-democrats-oppose-withdrawing-troops-from-syria-and-afghanistan-millennials-and-hispanics-want-troops-to-come-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Zogby Analytics Poll<\/a> found that 52 percent of Democrats oppose the troop withdrawal. Just 31 percent agree with Trump\u2019s move.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2026.after 18 long years. Syria was loaded with ISIS until I came along. We will soon have destroyed 100% of the Caliphate, but will be watching them closely. It is now time to start coming home and, after many years, spending our money wisely. Certain people must get smart!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1091329137699184640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The poll analysis called it a \u201cstunning reversal\u201d of years of results where Democrats wanted troops withdrawn from U.S.-led wars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mediadc.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/6306509\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/593x355+0+0\/resize\/593x355!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmediadc.brightspotcdn.com%2F97%2F10%2Fdfed52c54ddc98cdc3b88a618a65%2Fafghanwithdraw013119.png\" alt=\"afghanwithdraw013119.png\" data-image-size=\"fixed\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Zogby Analytics)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/washington-secrets\/party-of-no-once-opposed-dems-now-back-wars-just-to-thwart-trump\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Sunday, February 3, 2019  at  7:44 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/party-of-no-once-opposed-democrats-now-back-wars-just-to-thwart-trump.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/party-of-no-once-opposed-democrats-now-back-wars-just-to-thwart-trump.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington ExaminerFebruary 3, 2019 Democratic voters, long opposed to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, now disagree with President Trump\u2019s call to withdraw troops in Afghanistan and Syria, according to a new survey. And the likely reason they have flipped is simply to oppose the president. I inherited a total mess in Syria and Afghanistan, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-395040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}