Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan is Just a Matter of Weeks Now

[WestCanMan]

I wonder where this ranks on the list of military debacles in US history compared to:

Bay of Pigs

Obama pulling out of Iran and leaving billions of dollars worth of main battle tanks, mortars, RPGs, SAMs, Humvees, etc

General Custer

Fall of Saigon

Etc

[WestCanMan]

According to Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/26/us-officials-provided-taliban-with-names-of-americans-afghan-allies-to-evacuate-506957

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U.S. officials in Kabul gave the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies to grant entry into the militant-controlled outer perimeter of the city’s airport,

Those Afghan allies must be ecstatic that US officials have 'helped them get into the airport'. 

[WestCanMan]

One clarification Re: the $83B in weapons - that's not all on Biden.

Almost all of that is weapons that the Americans gave the Afghanis over the past 20 years. 

 

[oscargee]

The whole story is a disaster. Will America go to another one?

[WestCanMan]

On 9/9/2021 at 10:04 AM, oscargee said:

The whole story is a disaster. Will America go to another one?

The next 3 years is a disaster. America has belched out the weakest leader in world history. 

When America gets a stronger president they need to change their view of terrorism back to the way Trump treated Iran. 

Terrorist attacks don't come from "small, secret groups within countries". Terrorist attacks come from "countries". An attack by Al Qaeda should be treated as an act of war by Afghanistan now. 

[WestCanMan]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blinken-americans-stranded-afghanistan-withdrawal

At least they waited for the last SNC bribes to roll in before they buried that scandal. There are still 100 Americans in Afghanistan but it is out-of-mind now. Like a distant memory as far as the MSM is concerned.

If Trump was still POTUS and there were 100 Americans still stranded there - (Sorry for using the "s" word Mrs Psaki!) - I mean, left to fend for themselves while calmly awaiting a chance to evade torture and a prolonged death, I bet that the media would remember for about 23.8 hours per day.

 

[Cannucklehead]

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Another great one from "the dealmaker"

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[WestCanMan]

On 10/13/2021 at 9:05 AM, Cannucklehead said:

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Another great one from "the dealmaker"

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What kind of deal do you think Trump wanted to make Cannucklehead? 

Think really hard on this one, don't access your memory files of what CNN did because that would basically amount to diarrhea of the keyboard.

Think...... What did Trump want to accomplish in his dealings with the Taliban?

I'll give you a hint: check out how many American soldiers died (not just in Afghanistan but all over the world for that matter) while Trump was POTUS, and then compare that to the number of soldiers that have already died or been left stranded in Afghanistan since Biden has been prez. The difference is tragic, and there's no denying whose record is light years better.

Then, after you swallow that heaping crow entree, try to figure out whether or not Trump was actually putting an end to Americans dying there, period....

Do you get it, cannucklehead? 

If Trump was trying to strike a deal where the Taliban would just cease to exist then it was a waste of time, but if his deal was something like: "Don't kill any American GIs or I'll kill your leaders - we'll be out of this shithole next year" then he struck a pretty great deal imo, but hey, I just care about people's lives, not CNN talking points. That's your area of expertise.

I can promise you that if Trump finished off the evacuation of Afghanistan there wouldn't still be Americans trapped there, and in the unlikely event that there even was a terrorist attack, it would not have resulted in "a drone strike against a foreign aid worker and a family" lol. This is Biden's second Benghazi, but it makes the first one look like a dress rehearsal. Biden's Afghan withdrawal was the biggest American military debacle since Custer's last stand. 

 

Terrorists learned not to F with America when Trump was POTUS. When Biden came into power it was like an open invitation to dominate America.