There is an air of strong Deja Vu.
There is an air of strong Deja Vu.
Our only hope is that in 2024 we elect another Ronald Reagan. It’s gonna be rough till then with slow joe.
The good thing though is that states have abeen working on improving election integrity. One citizen One vote!
DeSantis 2024!
Nobody cares. Biden promised to get our troops out of Afghanistan and that's exactly what he's doing. The American public overwhelmingly supports this.
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Nobody cares. Biden promised to get our troops out of Afghanistan and that's exactly what he's doing. The American public overwhelmingly supports this.
He took out 2,500.
Still paying thousands of mercenaries.
Added 3,000 then another 5,000.
How is this getting troops out of Afghanistan?
The Unkle wrote:
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Nobody cares. Biden promised to get our troops out of Afghanistan and that's exactly what he's doing. The American public overwhelmingly supports this.
He took out 2,500.
Still paying thousands of mercenaries.
Added 3,000 then another 5,000.
How is this getting troops out of Afghanistan?
What's the purpose of those troops? I'll give you a minute.
The embassy is closing. Just like the last time the Taliban took over. Once all of our people are out of there expect all of the troops to follow.
I don't think anyone expected the Taliban to run through quite so fast. There are Afghans who helped us (translators, etc) who need out of there as well.
Alan
Runningart2004 wrote:
The Unkle wrote:
He took out 2,500.
Still paying thousands of mercenaries.
Added 3,000 then another 5,000.
How is this getting troops out of Afghanistan?
What's the purpose of those troops? I'll give you a minute.
The embassy is closing. Just like the last time the Taliban took over. Once all of our people are out of there expect all of the troops to follow.
I don't think anyone expected the Taliban to run through quite so fast. There are Afghans who helped us (translators, etc) who need out of there as well.
Alan
What was the purpose of this 20 plus year war? I will give you a minute.
How does 8,000 in and 2,500 out add to a net withdrawal? Take your time,
[quote]The Unkle wrote:
What was the purpose of this 20 plus year war? I will give you a minute.
/quote]
The purpose was to make the US military industrial complex a little richer. That's all.
989bn well spent
Birkoboy wrote:
989bn well spent
If we stayed just a couple more decades the taliban take over may have taken 10 days instead of 7 days.
Let the Taliban have it. We should just stay out of other country's problems. If the people don't want to get rid of their garbage government, like the USA did when they wanted change, why should we care?
Dwight D wrote:
[quote]The Unkle wrote:
What was the purpose of this 20 plus year war? I will give you a minute.
/quote]
The purpose was to make the US military industrial complex a little richer. That's all.
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/eisenhower001.asp
That's always part of it
Elect a careerist liar and military shill with dementia and be surprised when his first international challenge is a sh#tshow. IN 6 months he has made Jimmy Carter look like a diplomatic genius. nThe worst president in my 65 years as a U.S. citizen.
This is literally all Trump’s fault.
The Unkle wrote:
Runningart2004 wrote:
What's the purpose of those troops? I'll give you a minute.
The embassy is closing. Just like the last time the Taliban took over. Once all of our people are out of there expect all of the troops to follow.
I don't think anyone expected the Taliban to run through quite so fast. There are Afghans who helped us (translators, etc) who need out of there as well.
Alan
What was the purpose of this 20 plus year war? I will give you a minute.
How does 8,000 in and 2,500 out add to a net withdrawal? Take your time,
And if this was 2007 you would be praising these decisions. All depends on whether an R or D is pushing the buttons right?
Are you dense?
The troops are going to aide in the evacuation of US personnel. Some are simply being redirected from Kuwait but are added in deployments numbers.
This was needed because Biden is an idiot and pulled out too fast, or underestimated the quickness of Taliban takeover. Bagram should have stayed under US control. At least until US civilian personnel were out or more ideally indefinitely.
Alan
Runningart2004 wrote:
The Unkle wrote:
What was the purpose of this 20 plus year war? I will give you a minute.
How does 8,000 in and 2,500 out add to a net withdrawal? Take your time,
And if this was 2007 you would be praising these decisions. All depends on whether an R or D is pushing the buttons right?
Are you dense?
The troops are going to aide in the evacuation of US personnel. Some are simply being redirected from Kuwait but are added in deployments numbers.
This was needed because Biden is an idiot and pulled out too fast, or underestimated the quickness of Taliban takeover. Bagram should have stayed under US control. At least until US civilian personnel were out or more ideally indefinitely.
Alan
Alan. Please. Don't feed the troll.
Thank you.
Runningart2004 wrote:
The Unkle wrote:
What was the purpose of this 20 plus year war? I will give you a minute.
How does 8,000 in and 2,500 out add to a net withdrawal? Take your time,
And if this was 2007 you would be praising these decisions. All depends on whether an R or D is pushing the buttons right?
Are you dense?
The troops are going to aide in the evacuation of US personnel. Some are simply being redirected from Kuwait but are added in deployments numbers.
This was needed because Biden is an idiot and pulled out too fast, or underestimated the quickness of Taliban takeover. Bagram should have stayed under US control. At least until US civilian personnel were out or more ideally indefinitely.
Alan
20 years later is "too fast"? Just stop with this nonsense. He already extended it 3 months past the pullout date that Trump had negotiated and that was a mistake imo. This was always going to be a sh*tshow and no matter when we left, best to just rip the bandaid and get it over with.
this is it wrote:
Runningart2004 wrote:
And if this was 2007 you would be praising these decisions. All depends on whether an R or D is pushing the buttons right?
Are you dense?
The troops are going to aide in the evacuation of US personnel. Some are simply being redirected from Kuwait but are added in deployments numbers.
This was needed because Biden is an idiot and pulled out too fast, or underestimated the quickness of Taliban takeover. Bagram should have stayed under US control. At least until US civilian personnel were out or more ideally indefinitely.
Alan
20 years later is "too fast"? Just stop with this nonsense. He already extended it 3 months past the pullout date that Trump had negotiated and that was a mistake imo. This was always going to be a sh*tshow and no matter when we left, best to just rip the bandaid and get it over with.
Yeah..... like everything else Trump implemented that Biden didn't immediately work to overturn on day 1. Funny how this is the one thing where Biden decides to honor Trump's agreement. ISIS 3.0 because Obama/Biden can't do anything right.
Alexander the Great
Genghis Khan
The Romans
The British
The Soviets
The United States
All failed to control Afghanistan and faded into irrelevance shortly thereafter. It truly is the graveyard of empires.
Alan,
I want to say that you are one of the few registered posters whose posts I look forward too.
I don't always agree with you but you come across as level-headed. Thanks!
Blotto Joe wrote:
Elect a careerist liar and military shill with dementia and be surprised when his first international challenge is a sh#tshow. IN 6 months he has made Jimmy Carter look like a diplomatic genius. nThe worst president in my 65 years as a U.S. citizen.
https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2009/5/20/1242811631282/Fall-of-Saigon-by-Hugh-Va-001.jpg
Don't know how anyone can defend Biden at this point. It's like he actively working against the US at every point. Pump money into the system when inflation is hot. Throw open the Southern border. The mess that allowed Hammas to shoot missiles at Israel for a week. Done nothing on the pandemic which was his signature issue accept attack DeSantis who everyone on the left is crapping bricks about running in 2024. Been openly divisive. Not this debacle. What a disaster.
