Trump Abandons Kurds, NBA Grovels to China, Bleak Prospects in Virginia

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

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4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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We've got nothing but bad martinis today. Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America are frustrated by President Trump ordering the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria, even as Turkey specifically says it wants us gone so it can attack our Kurdish allies who did more than anyone else in the region to confront ISIS. Jim and Greg also swat away the NBA's pathetic apology to China after the general manager of the Houston Rockets tweeted out that people should stand with Hong Kong. And they groan as they see polls for the upcoming legislative races in Virginia looking very rough for Republicans.

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0:00.0	Now the three martini lunch with Greg Carumbus and Jim Garrity.
0:05.0	And welcome to the Monday edition of the three Martini lunch. He's Jim Garrity of National Review, also the author of Between Two Scorpions I'm Greg
0:13.8	Carumbus of Radio America and we're pretty much just spitting mad about
0:17.8	everything today we've got three bad martinis for you some of it involves
0:21.6	President Trump some of it involves cow towing to China, and
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0:48.2	So, Jim, let's start with our first bad Martini.
0:52.3	Here's CBS this morning explaining a sudden change in
0:55.7	policy as they term it although I think this is a change in policy that actually
0:59.7	is the reason we don't still have our original defense secretary in this administration.
1:04.0	Nonetheless, here's CBS this morning.
1:06.0	In a major U.S. policy shift this morning, American troops are pulling back to make way for
1:10.4	Turkey's planned invasion of part of northern Syria.
1:13.3	Video out this morning shows American forces leaving an area along Turkey's border.
1:18.2	Turkey is targeting U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters that have been key American allies in the fight against ISIS.
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