Taliban in Kabul as President Flees

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Mercor, Aug 15, 2021.

  1. exGOPer

    exGOPer

    Look at the US casualty numbers for the last three years, its very very low, there was zero need to make Afghanistan a worse warzone again. Taliban and ISIS will strike a deal and then what US is gonna do? There are zero options now.
     
    #1021     Aug 26, 2021
  2. exGOPer

    exGOPer

    Let's be clear, Trump wasn't competent, his withdrawal date was 3 months earlier - there should not have been a withdrawal at all for another 3-4 years.

    This is why no US President tried to play the isolationist game since Carter, didn't work well for Carter and now Biden.
     
    #1022     Aug 26, 2021
  3. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    I have agreed with you twice in a week.

    Something is very wrong in the universe.
     
    #1023     Aug 26, 2021
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  4. elderado

    elderado

    Nope. Hunter's Daddy is a fuckup. Always has been. You're just making excuses for him.

    Everything is happening exactly as they planned it to happen.

    If the top brass were in disagreement with The Fuck Up, they would've already resigned.

    THEY AGREE WITH ALL OF THIS.
     
    #1024     Aug 26, 2021
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  5. Snarkhund

    Snarkhund

    Its a bit late for backseat driving but I will just say that at this point there should be NO distinction between ISIS and the Taliban for purposes of military planning. The next tier of distinction to drop will be between Afghan civilians, ISIS and the Taliban.

    Several bombings now another. Plenty of justification to put 4x AC-130s in orbit and establish a new perimeter about 1 mile radius around the airport regardless of what is there currently.

    Time to show some metal, literally.

    Park all geosynchronous and super-synchronous assets directly over Afghanistan and get to work or there is going to be some kind of revolt in this country.
     
    #1025     Aug 26, 2021
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  6. userque

    userque

    Nah. In this case, you're just personifying the broke clock proverb.
     
    #1026     Aug 26, 2021
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  7. elderado

    elderado

    Has Milley come out and apologized to the nation for working hand-in-hand with Hunter's Daddy yet, like he did with Trump?
     
    #1027     Aug 26, 2021
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  8. exGOPer

    exGOPer

    You are completely ignoring that Trump struck the deal with Taliban, if Biden backed out, he would have been called a war monger who wants 'forever wars'. Biden thought he can continue Trump's policy and score some political points, he got it terribly wrong.
     
    #1028     Aug 26, 2021
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  9. ph1l

    ph1l

    Guess who had the final say in this. It wasn't lack of cleverness but excess stubbornness.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/us/politics/biden-afghanistan-withdrawal.html
     
    #1029     Aug 26, 2021
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  10. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    #1030     Aug 26, 2021
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