When I first heard this Trump interview I couldn't believe that anyone aspiring to the presidency could have such a primitive view of international relations, or such a cavalier attitude to naked conquest.
TRUMP: In the old days when you had wars you win. You win. Right? To the victors go the spoils. So when we go to Iraq, we spend a trillion four, so far, and thousands of lives are lost. Right? And not to mention all the poor guys nad galls with one are or no arm and all of that. Right?
O'REILLY: Right.
TRUMP: And we're going leave, and 15 minutes after we leave Iran is going to go into Iraq...
O'REILLY: What do you do to Iran if that happens if you're President?
TRUMP: Nobody's going to have enough heart to want to go back...
O'REILLY: I know, but you're going to be President.
TRUMP: YOU STAY! YOU KEEP THE OIL!
O'LIAR:You're going to be in the office, Iran comes in, tries to take the oil. What do you do?
TRUMP: You stay and you keep the oil. If Iran is going to take over the oil we stay and keep the oil.
O'REILLY:All Right But if you're out of there, which they will be, in 12 we'll be out of there there. So say you win the presidency?
TRUMP: We shouldn't be out of there. What we should do is take over the oil.
O'REILLY: Shouldn't , wouldn't, Obama's going to pull them back, there wil be about 20,000 left.
TRUMP: So sure as you're sitting there Iran about 2 minutes after we leave Iran is going to come in and take over the oil.
O'REILLY: I know, but what do you do about it?
TRUMP: You stay, and you protect the oil, and you take the oil and we take what's necessary for them, and you take what's necessary for us, and we pay ourselves back a trillion and a half dollars, or more, you take care of Britain, and you take care of the other countries that helped us, and we don't be so stupid.
You know, we're the only country that... If you look at wars over the years, and I've studied wars, my whole life is a war. If you look at wars over the years, a country goes in they conquer and the stay. We go in an we conquer and we and we hand it to to people we don't even know. Now who are the people who are going to be running Iraq? The person that hates the United States the most will be running Iraq. So, in a nutshell we go in, we take over the second largest oil fields and we STAY!
O'REILLY: I don't want to take over the Iraqi oil...
TRUMP:Well I'm not going to hand it back to Iran, I'll tell you. DON'T LAUGH!
Trump: Stay in Iraq and 'Take Over the Oil'
That's right Donald your idea to stay in Iraq is so insane even Bill O'Raily is laughing in your face in disbelief. Trump even makes John Bolton look sensible by comparison. Donald Trump sees the world as a giant game of Risk, a game where each player controls a military empire and the object is expand your empire until you win by taking over the entire world. Trump strikes me as a rich boy eager to play with the most elaborate set of toy soldiers ever assembled.
Trump's attitude that we conquered Iraq fair and square so we get to keep it and all of its oil is absolutely astounding in the 21 st century. Trump is a throwback from the age of empires.