Politics Afghanistan Withdrawal

[Hoopguru]

Yep. I get going in with a tactical strike once we were sure we would get Bin Laden. Other than that it was all war mongering and will be remembered like we were Russia.

Pakistan is a huge part of the problem and we continue to provide for them and give tons of money.

 

[Hoopguru]

Afghanistan is land locked....you don't need an airport to leave...you can drive out of the country or even walk out...the airports didn't close down when the Taliban showed up...Afghani people that stay should work on reform from within...they need a civil rights movement of Afghanis...not European and American soldiers

As long as Pakistan and Iran from the Taliban support the Afgani's are screwed as far as being a country. The poppy trade is one of the problems.
I sure would have gotten my family out of the country along time ago. I feel bad for those that cant leave for what ever reason.
Radicle Islamist will kill their own people and the view us a the great satan. They want us dead. This is a religious take over the world effort by people like the Taliban. Jihad

 

[Road Ratt]

Former Marine Officer Exposes Afghan War Lies.



This is a great watch.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Pakistan is a huge part of the problem and we continue to provide for them and give tons of money.

Yep. And Saudi Arabia. They fund all of the Wahibi schools that breed extreme fundamentalists.

If we were going into the middle east it should have been long term, and ending those schools and replacing them with open, science based schools should have been priority #1. Then eliminate all funding for extremist ideals, and commit to keeping it up and protecting those schools and hospitals (and tracking down and destroying terrorist cells) for 50 years.

Anything else completely destroys our credibility.

 

[crandc]

Trump and ghoul Stephen Miller effectively stopped the program granting visas to Afghanis who worked with US forces. They didn't want scary brown people.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Many people neither understand nor want democracy. Hell, look at the GOP/Trump voting base. Our democracy is hanging on by a thread and we dare to promote and lecture it to other countries?

Yep. I know it. Glass houses and all that...

 

[Road Ratt]

UN Warns “Humanitarian Catastrophe” in Afghanistan Amid Political Turmoil, Economic Crisis, Drought.

 

[crandc]

Over 50,000 evacuated so far with no US casualties but it's a debacle. Say the people who cheered getting into Afghanistan.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

 

[Voodoo]

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[stampedehero]

He was clueless. People actually voted for him; twice! He let Chaney run affairs which is sad indeed..

 

[Lanny]

He was clueless. People actually voted for him; twice! He let Chaney run affairs which is sad indeed..

Cheney got rich running Bush's affairs.

 

[Chris Craig]

He was clueless. People actually voted for him; twice! He let Chaney run affairs which is sad indeed..

That was Cheney's condition to run with Bush. He would get Bush to the Whitehouse, but he would be the president behind the scenes.

 

[Road Ratt]

Ret. General Dan Bolger: Why We Lost in Afghanistan and Iraq.

 

[crandc]

Erik Prince of Blackwater infamy is running charter flights out of Afghanistan and charging $6500 a seat.

 

[Lanny]

Erik Prince of Blackwater infamy is running charter flights out of Afghanistan and charging $6500 a seat.

I want in on some of that action. How do I buy my way in?

 

[crandc]

I want in on some of that action. How do I buy my way in?

Need to be a well connected billionaire.

 

[Shaboid]

Why on earth would two congressmen think it's a good idea to go to the Kabul airport on a "fact finding mission"? Sounds like a pretty dumb idea to me.

 

[barfo]

Why on earth would two congressmen think it's a good idea to go to the Kabul airport on a "fact finding mission"? Sounds like a pretty dumb idea to me.

They thought they'd get some attention/ TV time. Assholes, both of them.

barfo

 

[ehizzy3]

Why on earth would two congressmen think it's a good idea to go to the Kabul airport on a "fact finding mission"? Sounds like a pretty dumb idea to me.

who did that?

 

[Shaboid]

who did that?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-fly-into-kabul-in-midst-of-evacuation-effort

 

[Shaboid]

They thought they'd get some attention/ TV time. Assholes, both of them.

barfo

But as long as it get's them re-elected, all that really matters. To say it was for any other reason is a blatant lie.

 

[Lanny]

Need to be a well connected billionaire.

Working on it.

 

[stampedehero]

That was Cheney's condition to run with Bush. He would get Bush to the Whitehouse, but he would be the president behind the scenes.

I've got to "Vice" again.

 

[crandc]

Those two Congressmembers had to be protected by US soldiers and took two seats on flight home. They literally hampered rescue effort.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Working on it.

Aren't we all? It's the American condition...

 

[Chris Craig]

Those two Congressmembers had to be protected by US soldiers and took two seats on flight home. They literally hampered rescue effort.

But, it will look good in their re-election campaigns

 

[Road Ratt]

Lee Camp: We Bombed a Lot of Democracy into Afghanistan.

 

[Road Ratt]

Breaking News: Explosions Reported Outside Kabul Airport, Pentagon Confirms Casualties.



For those who would rather read the story:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...crowds-amid-evacuations/ar-AANLzDs?li=BBnb7Kz

 

[Shaboid]

Breaking News: Explosions Reported Outside Kabul Airport, Pentagon Confirms Casualties.



For those who would rather read the story:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...crowds-amid-evacuations/ar-AANLzDs?li=BBnb7Kz

Yeah just saw that. Damn, that isn't what we needed. I wonder how accurate the reports are that it was ISIS. The Taliban said they were not going to harbor ISIS, but I highly doubt that.
U.S. troops injured in ISIS attacks on Kabul airport