This cannot be forgiven...EVER!
Link: Biden basically has executed Americans because of his shit foreign policy
As I’ve said before - this war has gone on too long. All of the service men & women who lost their lives, God knows how much money, etc.
The fact of the matter is, the Taliban isn’t going to change and there are only 2 options. Wipe the country off of the map or get the hell out.
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-tale ending on July 8th? If it could play out no other way and he had all the intelligence, why did he lie then?
Later on, of course, he said that he knew chaos would ensue...which would, of course, be calling himself out. I charitably chalk that up to him being old, tired and confused much of the time...
Link: Creating American hostages, abandoning Afghan allies
No matter who anyone wants to blame.
The Taliban is going to continue to kill innocent people whether the US is involved or not. They haven’t changed after 30 years.
And for people to continue to blame all of it on Biden is total bullshit.
of allies given to the enemy, and handing over an entire army's arsenal to the biggest terrorist threat in the world.
Get real, idiot.
...and deservedly so.
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“I stand by my decision to leave.” “The Taliban were always going to regain control of Afghanistan.”
I have no problem with those statements.
However, neither explains this clusterfuck of a withdrawal.
The execution is the thing and we have paid dearly, and will continue to pay, for the extremely poor handling of this.
It was just a question of when the Taliban would seize power.
The optics have been horrible having to leave Afghanistan with the Taliban as the gatekeepers, but whatever leverage we could muster, it seemed to work far better than I expected. The United States + a shitload of other nations, found a way to convince the Taliban to play nice in the sandbox.
Will it continue? Money is the driver. The US military industrial complex funded Afghanistan for 20 years. God knows where our taxpayer dollars went?
Now the Taliban have to figure out how to fund Afghanistan. Being Stone Age “savages” won’t feed the nation. They are fucked if cut off from the world.
Afghanistan will have to figure out their own future. Probably a good thing. My bet is that the Afghan women are going to surprise us with their pushback.
We’re you really ever a soldier?
I can't imagine how they must feel. How many Americans were left behind? And did you hear the gunshots in the video? That's playing nice? Sounded like door to door executions to me.
I do agree that Afghanistan needs to figure out its own future and the Taliban has a choice. Join the 21st century or continue to live in the 3rd century. Also, will the Taliban keep al qaeda and ISIS at bay? I have my doubts.
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You're a fucking idiot. Imagine if it was your kid that got left behind. I piss in your general direction.
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on their own. WTF is that? I'm a former soldier and I'd be damned if I ever left any of my men behind.