Or is this just another political football? I know I don’t want to see my kids going to fight a war we’re never going to win.
Obama wanted to withdraw and then buckle the pressure. Trump wanted it now Biden wants it done.
would think that after a thousand years they would have built roads” Those two quotes should be all we needed to know.
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We’ve been there for ten years. If they can’t stand on their own by this time, no amount of additional time is going to change that. There will be some negatives to our pulling out. Losing that AF base will be one. But, it’s past time, and we should cut our losses.
…and I don’t think that this regime will support itself for long regardless of how we pull out.
Normally, I’d say it’s stupid to Telegraph our withdrawal, but it really doesn’t look like it would matter one way or the other here IMO.
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I'm sure most Americans would prefer a competent withdrawal that doesn't result in regime change in a couple of months.
We cannot police the planet to prevent terrorist safe havens. Let the Russians, Chinese and Iranians fight over this god forsaken and useless hell hole.
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/09/iran-and-russia-move-to-fill-diplomatic-vacuum-in-afghanistan