that settles it! the cult can rest assured that Trump secured peace in Afghanistan
Taliban in Kabul as President Flees
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I feel for those Afghans that got a taste of freedom and are staying behind, I do. If the Afghani forces after 20 yrs weren't ready and lost a country in 30 days, I don't know if another 2 or 5 yrs would make a difference. It sucked that we gave them little warning, but Trump put the writing on the wall, Afghanistan should've expected support to be gone by Trump's May deadline, and double ready by the September one.
What we have is a worn torn people who just don't see the point of upholding the system of governance they were tasked to secure and a capitulation of returning to the old ways.
What Biden has done, said to Afghans; "Hey, we've been here 20 years, poured in gazzillion dollars, trained your troops, held your hand, now we are leaving equipment for you to fight your own war."
5 seconds later the Afghans capitulate.
Job well done, mission accomplished, gtfo of 'ere.
Pointless exercise being in Afghan and that's just been proved.
Not Bidens fault!
5 seconds later the Afghans capitulate.
Job well done, mission accomplished, gtfo of 'ere.
Pointless exercise being in Afghan and that's just been proved.
Not Bidens fault!
Nope this diversion talk is not working for you and your lefty buddies here who have all tried to have a shot at it today.
Joe was responsible for managing the withdrawal based on intelligence and positioning of troops as needed. He fucked that up on steroids.
You, Usual Tard, CorpseCuddler, and the usual suspects will try to divert over to what Trump did and divert over to the history of the AFG war. 100% FAIL!!!!!
This was on Biden's watch and under his command. He was free to draw down more troops or to deploy more based on his assessment of the situation. He chose to take them out, then to hustle some back because the Taliban will stand up or might take over in the next three months, oh, wait, they are in the capital. Clusterfuck. Total.
As I have cautioned you many, many times, do not try to do your own spin on weekends when you have no fresh talking points from the ones that pay you to post. When you try to go it alone it always comes out lame. Wait for tomorrow.
You are welcome.
Biden is an incompetent Commander in Chief. I doubt Kamala would have botched it this badly.
Just like Obama cleaning up after Bush's economic disaster, Biden's cleaning after his foreign policy disaster. It always falls on steelie dems like Obama and Joe to take the blame of GQP blunders.
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People, myself included, quote what Robert Gates said about Joe.
But I will double down by offering up the reminder that General McChrystal was fired for making some unfiltered comments about how both Obama and Biden were clueless about AFG and that they had no interest when he would try to brief them. So even if he got good intelligence he is not a digester or receiver of it.
The McChrystal thing is another area where the lefties will try to divert you over to how he still deserved to be fired. But I have not questioned that. The issue is not whether he should have said it, it is whether it was true.
I am going with "TRUE." Biden was lost in space with regard to AFG when he was VP and if you elect him, you get a president who is lost in space.
Biden came into office and cancelled, reversed, deleted, and rejected any and all things related to Trump. Now the lefties are making some lame arguments about how Joe was committed to some prior Trump plan for how to handle the logistics of the drawdown and poor Joe's hands were tied. Lame.
Also, I think it is critical to establish a commission to review this disaster.
If Joe got bad intelligence as the lefties assert then that is something that needs to be rooted out and examined since these are same intelligence clowns that we will continue to rely on unless they are replaced.
Yeh. A commission is essential.
If Joe got bad intelligence as the lefties assert then that is something that needs to be rooted out and examined since these are same intelligence clowns that we will continue to rely on unless they are replaced.
Yeh. A commission is essential.
Yeh, howz that cleaning up after "GOP blunders" coming along at the border?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-minerals-idUSTRE65D0OH20100614
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Afghan mineral wealth could top $1 trillion: Pentagon
By David Alexander
6 Min Read
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan may be worth more than $1 trillion, a finding that could reshape the country’s economy and help U.S. efforts to bolster the war-battered government, Pentagon officials said on Monday.
An aerial view of Kandahar is seen from a blackhawk helicopter over Afghanistan, May 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Afghanistan has significant deposits of copper, iron ore, niobium, cobalt, gold, molybdenum, silver and aluminum as well as sources of fluorspar, beryllium and lithium, among others, a task force studying the country’s resources found.
“It’s certainly potentially good news, especially for Afghanistan,” said Pentagon spokesman Colonel David Lapan. “If we can assist the Afghans in developing these resources, it certainly has the potential for adding a lot to their economy.”
Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Paul Brinkley, who headed the task force, said the findings showed Afghanistan a path “toward its own economically sovereign capability to finance its own human and security needs.”
Experts cautioned the challenge to exploiting Afghanistan’s mineral wealth was huge and could take decades to overcome. The country has little mining infrastructure, is in the midst of a wrenching war and has a reputation for government corruption.
Mineral wealth in Afghanistan is scattered throughout the country, including along the border with Pakistan, where the Taliban-led insurgency is the most intense.
“This is an uphill climb for Afghanistan,” State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said, adding the United States was helping Afghan officials develop a system to fairly distribute future revenues. “We’re not underestimating the challenges involved here.”
The extent of Afghanistan’s mineral wealth was identified by a task force that included members from the Pentagon, State Department and U.S. Geological Survey working in conjunction with officials from the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines.
A briefing paper released by the Pentagon said the main resources were iron ore with an estimated value of nearly $421 billion and copper deposits valued at $273 billion.