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Videos: 3 Fall Off Plane, Some Huddled On Aircraft Wing In Kabul Mayhem
Afghan Crisis: Increasingly distressing videos showed the mayhem in Afghanistan after the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban on the weekend, and the desperation of thousands trying to flee the city. (www.ndtv.com) More...
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After 20 years, a computerized system was finally installed to track Afghan military personal. Over 58,000 "soldiers" immediately disappeared. A huge portion of the money spent in Afghanistan went to corrupt officers and politicians. I think the soldiers would have fought, if the food and equipment they needed had actually reached them. The administrations of Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden all threw money at the problem, but there were almost no audits of where the money actually went. Only a few NGO's could tell where their donations went. This is the hidden failure of our efforts. When you give away money with no accountability, Afghanistan is what you get.
The Taliban more than likely had made two calculations. First, if Trump was re-elected there would have to be a gradual long term takeover. To them Trump is a wild card. They couldn't be sure how this unconventional, flamboyant infidel might react. If they provoked him with their current "Blitzkrieg", the US reaction might certainly be a major set back to their strategy. Their second calculation, if Biden is elected all they have to deal with is a typical career Washington politician with a long track record of foreign policy fence sitting and appeasement.If you voted for team Biden, you indirectly gave the Taliban the green light on this fiasco.
Kabul was handed over to the Taliban. The Taliban didn't take it
The real story here is not the fall of Afghanistan but rather the fall of the United States of America. Meanwhile we all still just walk around faces glues to mobile phones as if nothing is happening.
Joey’s Siagon
More like Jimmy Carters 1979 Tehran weakness that gave rise to the Iran theocracy. Followed by the military genius Obama's Iraq pullout that gave rise to ISIS caliphate.
An incompetent and arrogant commander-in-chief Joseph Biden cant find his way to the bathroom, but found an inept way to abandon Afghanistan, now under control by Taliban mullahs.
An incompetent and arrogant commander-in-chief Joseph Biden cant find his way to the bathroom, but found an inept way to abandon Afghanistan, now under control by Taliban mullahs.
Just a friendly reminder that Trump was the one who initiated the withdrawl. Biden simply upheld America's end of the bargain.
Good try...WRONG. He took the advice of his advisor and left military THERE! Try as you can, it was YOUR BOY (Weekend at Bernies) Biden who removed them. Not Trump. Nothing you can say can change that. NOTHING.
“I started the process. All the troops are coming back home. They couldn’t stop the process. Twenty-one years is enough, don’t we think? Twenty-one years. They [the Biden administration] couldn’t stop the process. They wanted to, but it was very tough to stop the process.”
-Trump, June 26, 2021
“The job of the American military is to secure and defend our country. Two days ago, the United States signed a deal with the Taliban so that after 19 years of conflict and very close to 20, we can finally begin to bring our amazing troops back home.” — Trump, March 2, 2020
If withdrawl was Biden's choice alone, Trump seems to be taking alot of credit for it, wouldn't you say?
-Trump, June 26, 2021
“The job of the American military is to secure and defend our country. Two days ago, the United States signed a deal with the Taliban so that after 19 years of conflict and very close to 20, we can finally begin to bring our amazing troops back home.” — Trump, March 2, 2020
If withdrawl was Biden's choice alone, Trump seems to be taking alot of credit for it, wouldn't you say?
You're reading us (from the teleprompter) a spinmeister Apologist for the military blunder by the commander-in-sleep responsible for the final military decisions.
The buck stops right there. Maybe time to invoke 25th amendment, promote the VP with such extensive military acumen, eh ?
The buck stops right there. Maybe time to invoke 25th amendment, promote the VP with such extensive military acumen, eh ?
