larkin should be ashamed of himself for withholding this scathing fact check.
Link: https://www.foxnews.com/media/wapo-fact-checks-biden-bogus-claim-that-afghanistans-military-larger-than-nato-allies
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didn't even know? On the eve of fall of Kabul our president still bragged about its fake military. It's kind of scandalous.
Selected NATO Country military personnel levels...(Source: Wikipedia)
>Belgium.......25K (Active)...2K (Reserve)
>Denmark.....54K (Active)...63K (Reserve)
>Greece........107K (Active)...222K (Reserve)
>Italy.............165K (Active)...18K (Reserve)
It's easy to make accusations when you don't care about backing them up.
BTW...What's your current tolerance for shame?
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twisting yourself into an ever smaller knot trying to deny that...it's fun to watch.
misdirection per the usual M.O....and why you're a waste of time.
WaPo was fact checking the 300,000. You only make yourself look (more) foolish.
Adios...as I know you also cherish the last word.
countries...in fact, if you check my link below, that military (186K, per Wikipedia) 'was' larger than "MOST" NATO countries...i.e. 20 out of 30 had fewer personnel.
Not sure how long I'll have to wait for your acknowledgement of those facts...something tells me you're going to hold on for dear life to the "Difference Without Distinction" of the 300K claim...
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Twisting a few into many seems like a case of the twistys. Be careful out there Simone.
Also, if I didn't think it was childish and boring, I might label you and Qwesty "bots".
military personnel less than Afghanistan's (186K)...that's out of 30 NATO countries...I'd say that justifies using the word "many"...wouldn't you?
Do yourself a favor and pick some other hill to climb.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO
I should know better.
But you have confirmed, beyond the shadow of a doubt, what a pathetic political hack you are. Totally ridiculous.
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Not even you.
Biden lied about the absolute size of their army. He doubled the actual size. This was not only a pernicious lie, but a stupid one. He lied about something easy to check. He used this lie to try to exonerate his woeful mismanagement of this crisis…a crisis created entirely by him.
on the fact that, as Biden said, it was certainly large enough to have held off the Taliban..."If" they were motivated enough...they clearly weren't and so, one more reason why we're 'outta there.'
I get the need to find a soft spot and chew on it...but this is embarrassingly trivial...there will be much more to dig into as this real life drama plays out...like can the Biden admin keep the Taliban from wholesale abuse of Afghan women...or harboring al-Qaeda/ISIS terrorists again...etc., etc.
FALSE.
You are (Ha Ha Ha...Ho ho...smiley face) a deliberate manipulator for a purpose...
Carry on with your nonsense...
But he shed his facade of being just another good natured bloke pretty fast.
He's Jim. With no daddy issues.
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than Afghanistan?...Yes or No?
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Thanks, btw, for getting to "the point" of the matter ;-).
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Wikipedia...20 of the 30 NATO countries have smaller military personnel levels than Afghanistan 'did'.
Look, by my research, he flubbed on the numbers, but the "point' he made was correct...the Afghan military should have been (by numbers) strong enough to secure the country from the Taliban...sadly, the only 'cause' they would fight for was money...and when that dried up with our exit, so did they.
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role as "Niggling Nitpicker" of the Open Forum...;-).
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Like your Old Joe stories you are ignoring the facts.
The fact that other parts of his statement are true does not make this idiotic claim true.
He makes true statements. Saying 300,000 was not true.
You are essentially saying that WaPo is terribly wrong. Interesting.
...latest pathetic display on your behalf...
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Cats and dogs living together, can't have that