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Old 08-16-2021, 02:46 PM
 
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Old 08-16-2021, 02:46 PM
 
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I’m sure that will be a great comfort to our allies.
It's not his fault that the Afghan military decided not to step up.
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Old 08-16-2021, 02:46 PM
 
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Seriously? He was in the Administration for 9 of the last 12 years and even voted to go to Afghanistan. What responsibility is he shouldering?? Letting it fall and cause WWIII.
Political hyperbole aside, your response is an example of alternative facts. Biden clearly knows there were miscalculations in his exit command. He clearly takes responsibility for it. But he is very clear: no more military presence in Afghanistan. There will be no more “just a few more years”.

Whatever his involvement or support for the war was in the past, he took the decisive action to trigger the withdrawal of troops and personnel.

Criticize his decision? Go right ahead. But he ended our involvement in Afghanistan’s civil conflict and that is a reality that no outrage, fabricated or not, can ever alter.
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Old 08-16-2021, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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Lol, really? ... no one with functioning brain cells believes that. Lol
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Old 08-16-2021, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Land of the Free
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Kamala is still being hidden due to her mismanagement of the illegal alien crisis on the southern border. She can't afford being tainted with this mess.
She can only handle small issues or "quick wins". She's being told to cackle, tweet platitudes, and otherwise keep a low profile.
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Old 08-16-2021, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Madison, Alabama
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Whether you love President Biden or you hate him because he beat the other guy, you have to respect that speech he gave.

He was powerful. He was decisive. He was a leader.

The war in Afghanistan has no resolution. We all know it. President Biden made the executive decision to exit the war as he promised in the campaign, a war that went on 20 years too long. He vowed to extricate our brave men and women from a 20-year civil conflict and he kept his promise.

He knows his decision will be criticized. He knows the decision was far from perfect. But he is the leader of the United States and he promised to deliver our troops from the Afghan’s civil conflict. He did.

It is so nice to actually hear a leader who will take responsibility for his actions. Love him or hate him, agree with his decision or not, he is our President and today he showed us the kind of leadership that was missing in the last administration.

What a breath of fresh air for America.

Excellent speech Mr. President.
Wow. You must be his speech writer.
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Old 08-16-2021, 02:49 PM
 
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Not when our troops are no longer there.

It will be over.
Do you REALLY think it is over just because our troops left?

Oh yes, the Taliban are just going to say. "Thank's for giving us Afganistan. We are just going to sit here and go back to herding sheep."

Yeah...okay
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Old 08-16-2021, 02:49 PM
 
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Well, nothing's stopping these so called allies from sending their own troops to stop this. So until they have any kind of money or skin in this, then they need to shut the hell up!
You don't seem to comprehend the effects this debacle is going to have on Europe. They have skin in this, big time.
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Old 08-16-2021, 02:49 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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"he bottom line is Trump had a better plan in place." LOL Trump plan: Peace Deal in feb 2020->release 5000 taliban prisoners-> Talbian attack kundaz in march 2020. Ya buddy good plan.



Lol aww that's cute, you learned how to copy and paste! How about you stop parroting that one line you cherry picked from whatever Liberal rag you found it from and add some value to the conversation?


Oh that's right, you can't. You have NOTHING! No new wars under Trump, and he brokered multiple peace deals in the Middle East. So "ya buddy," much better than the clown who's in office. But hey, no more mean Tweets to hurt that fragile ego of yours, right?
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Old 08-16-2021, 02:49 PM
 
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Political hyperbole aside, your response is an example of alternative facts. Biden clearly knows there were miscalculations in his exit command. He clearly takes responsibility for it. But he is very clear: no more military presence in Afghanistan. There will be no more “just a few more years”.

Whatever his involvement or support for the war was in the past, he took the decisive action to trigger the withdrawal of troops and personnel.

Criticize his decision? Go right ahead. But he ended our involvement in Afghanistan’s civil conflict and that is a reality that no outrage, fabricated or not, can ever alter.
That is a well balanced post. Thank you. Are you a centrist?
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