lol, which country would not have given an order to go find Bin Laden in similar circumstances. The Bush adminstration is the one that went off to Iraq to fight a war against a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, and for all that military flexing and all the bombs dropped in the Middle East, do we have any more peace to show for it today? Did Russia not walk right into Georgia under Bush?

A least IMO Obama avoided sending troops to Syria, as bad as the situation is, it would've been worse in the long run with direct US involvement. 

The only relevance Bush had to this thread was your wrong Obama example. I am not interested in discussing what else that idiot did.

Of course Obama avoided sending troops to Syria. He is a wuss, after all. Not that it was the wrong decision in this specific case, but Obama simply was the embodiment of a neutered USA. That's the entire point here. Obama's response to other countries building nuclear weapons would be "please don't do it" while Trump is much more aggressive with his "I dare you to do it." The latter is better for world peace, because out of all countries with nuclear weapons, the USA remain the most trustworthy. If they scare the rest of the bunch, good.

Which lunatics? Who is there even left to have an arms race with? ISIS drive around in used Toyota Trucks and many on freaking horseback, they don't even have a fleet of tanks let alone an air force, let alone a navy, let alone a nuclear aresenal, Ethiopia has a larger standing army. 

This is largely the message received by most of Trump supporters. The thought was that Obama was weak and showed his weakness to other nations that has made the US seems not as powerful. Trump is essentially the opposite in that as he's beating around the bush. I'm surprised that you're the only person here to present that viewpoint though.

This is largely the message received by most of Trump supporters. The thought was that Obama was weak and showed his weakness to other nations that has made the US seems not as powerful. Trump is essentially the opposite in that as he's beating around the bush. I'm surprised that you're the only person here to present that viewpoint though.

Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and others who may toy around with the development of nuclear weapons. Nobody fears or even respects a USA that has a mentality of "please don't do this."

Building more nukes at this point only makes Trump look like a moron. They're useless, expensive and dangerous, and everyone knows it. Maybe he might succeed in aliniating some american allies.

This is such a phony cop out. So basically he can say whatever he wants and afterwards say "just joking! lulz" and there's zero accountability for anything said, right? This is how the presidency works now? 

This is such a phony cop out. So basically he can say whatever he wants and afterwards say "just joking! lulz" and there's zero accountability for anything said, right? This is how the presidency works now?