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Old 08-15-2021, 07:55 PM
 
Location: Various
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Originally Posted by BeerGeek40 View Post
America first.... close the damn border...the Taliban can drag Afghanistan back to the year 800... not our problem.....
Why would you think history won't repeat? Of course it is a problem for free non-islamic countries.
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Old 08-15-2021, 08:00 PM
 
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Let them get the training camps up and running again? Let them start beheading people suspected of helping Americans? Have we forgotten the people who jumped out of the WTC on 9/11? Seriously, what's next?
That was the agreement that Trump made with them.
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Old 08-15-2021, 08:00 PM
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USA is the laughing stock of the world right now.
If you listen carefully you can hear the slap of millions of face palms across the globe.
Stick a fork in us. We’re done.
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Old 08-15-2021, 08:00 PM
 
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Fear not, at least we still have a gay pride flag waving over our Embassy in Kabul. (Really.)
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Old 08-15-2021, 08:01 PM
 
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Trump's own tweets:

“It is time to get out of Afghanistan. We are building roads and schools for people that hate us. It is not in our national interests,” Donald Trump tweeted in February 2012.
“I agree with Pres. Obama on Afghanistan. We should have a speedy withdrawal. Why should we keep wasting our money – rebuild the U.S.!” January 2013.
"Let’s get out of Afghanistan. Our troops are being killed by the Afghanis we train and we waste billions there. Nonsense! Rebuild the USA." January 2013.

If Trump felt so strongly about pulling out of Afghanistan, why didn't he do it? He had four years to get it done. He failed to deliver.

Trump was right and Biden is right! America needs to get out and stay out, the rest of the world (Germany, France, England, Canada) can take their turn with the impossible challenge of "maintaining" peace in Afghanistan. Don't get me wrong we can provide air support if the mission is to carpet bomb the entire country.
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Old 08-15-2021, 08:03 PM
 
Location: Central NJ and PA
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We needed to stay until there was no threat of the Taliban taking over. We should never have capitulated to wanked out leftists.
There was NEVER going to be a point where the Taliban weren’t going to take over. We spent 20 years and 83 billion dollars trying to train Afghanis. They didn’t even last two days. That shows exactly why we were right to leave.

My dad was deployed twice to Iraq. (Oldest SeaBee there.) That was a mess as well. And remember WMD’s? America needs to take a long, hard look at what we’ve been doing over there.
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Old 08-15-2021, 08:04 PM
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There are 2 ways to cross the same road, at the same exact spot.
Biden picked the wrong way.
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Old 08-15-2021, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan
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Joe owns 100% of finishing the job that Trump started.

70% of Americans want the U.S. out of Afghanistan. Good job Joe!

Wow, what a simplistic view. That's like saying, most Americans support abortion, then celebrating as everyone is forced to have an abortion whether they want one or not. While most Americans want our troops home and safe, most Americans DO NOT support the current situation in Afghanistan.
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Old 08-15-2021, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Suburb of Chicago
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Why didn't Trump withdraw from Afghanistan doing his administration?

How many times must this be repeated???

READ and learn:

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5...-assessment-on
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Old 08-15-2021, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Honolulu, HI
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The big mistake was not getting the embassy shut down and the interpreters and others out BEFORE the military withdrew.
Just blame Trump. Apparently Biden is incapable of making his own decisions.

There are foreigners still trying to get evacuated, this is literally worse than Saigon.

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The US and French Ambassadors have already been evacuated as the US rushes to rescue more than 10,000 of its citizens.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...al-Palace.html
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