Taliban in Kabul as President Flees

[vanzandt]

Estimate of less than 200 Americans remain in Afghanistan, probably around 100 per State Department...

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Only 200?!
Maybe 100?!

What is your point?
Job well done?

Allow me to remind you that one of the things that history, and the electorate of the time, will always remember of the Carter presidency.... was his botched attempt to rescue 52 Americans in Iran. And to his credit, looking back from the catbird seat of August 2021... at least he f'n tried.

I realize we live in a world where bs companies are valued in the billions and the word "trillions" is bandied about like no big deal.... but if only ONE of those people were one of yours... you'd be singing a different f'ing tune.

Now stfu already. You make me wanna puke with your stupid bullshit.

 

[Wallet]

Estimate of less than 200 Americans remain in Afghanistan, probably around 100 per State Department...

There was a lot of pressure and danger around this mission. As Americans fought from the safety of their couches a massive evacuation operation happened and I don’t think enough people appreciate the size, scope and complexity of it.

Also, many people jumped calling the withdrawal an indication of losing a war. Nothing could be further from the truth and people were looking to take cheap shots for political reasons. There was a day when all of that stopped at the shores.

There’s lots of lessons to be learned from Afghanistan for the US and for the world. First is that we can take over a country easily but we cannot make it governable or agreeable with democracy or liberalism (think Jefferson not AOC). Second we really need to put a limit on the amount of lives and treasure we are willing to spend. Nobody watched the loses because we were all caught up in “the price of freedom” narrative.

And terrorism isn’t something our military can defeat. It certainly is a tool but we have to be smarter with intelligence, surveillance and homeland security. Diplomacy and economics are tools we should better leverage.

Lastly, when the war drums start on Iran, try to remember these lessons.

Googled, Liberal Spin to Truth translator your post translated Biden and Company screwed the pooch on the withdrawal costing American lives, handing billions in military hardware and weapons to the enemy while stranding/leaving Americans and Pro-American Afghans to the whims of the Taliban.

We got out, Yes. But this wasn’t a “job well done”.

Hats off to our Service Men and Women who bravely mopped up the mess the Biden Administration caused.

 

[UsualName]

Only 200?!
Maybe 100?!

What is your point?
Job well done?

Allow me to remind you that one of the things that history, and the electorate of the time, will always remember of the Carter presidency.... was his botched attempt to rescue 52 Americans in Iran. And to his credit, looking back from the catbird seat of August 2021... at least he f'n tried.

I realize we live in a world where bs companies are valued in the billions and the word "trillions" is bandied about like no big deal.... but if only ONE of those people were one of yours... you'd be singing a different f'ing tune.

Now stfu already. You make me wanna puke with your stupid bullshit.

You cannot separate yourself from politics. Nothing I wrote here was political. You say I’m stupid but you cannot even read.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

Biden promised in interview: 'If there's American citizens left, we're gonna stay to get them all out'







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[UsualName]

Googled, Liberal Spin to Truth translator your post translated Biden and Company screwed the pooch on the withdrawal costing American lives, handing billions in military hardware and weapons to the enemy while standing/leaving Americans and Pro-American Afghans to the whims of the Taliban.

We got out, Yes. But this wasn’t a “job well done”.

Hats off to our Service Men and Women who bravely mopped up the mess the Biden Administration caused.

Talk about spin you hide behind fake platitudes for the military. The evacuation was a job better than well done, as a matter of fact.

 

[Wallet]

Talk about spin you hide behind fake platitudes for the military. The evacuation was a job better than well done, as a matter of fact.

Because of the boots on the ground, not their woke, inept leaders.

 

[vanzandt]

You cannot separate yourself from politics. Nothing I wrote here was political. You say I’m stupid but you cannot even read.

And nothing I wrote was political either if you want to sit and play semantics bro.

You have been posting daily the numbers of people flown out of there.... not only can I read... I can read between the lines.

So like I said, STFU already with your (innocent) (subtle) observation that only 200 Americans remain in Afghanistan.

Anyone that CAN READ can see right thru your pussy-assed, "I've never had a hardship in my life", prose. You need to count your lucky fucking stars and read a little history.
Jesus Christ... can anyone here see this pussy at Normandy?!

 

[El OchoCinco]

Ocho....
Could one not say the same thing about Central America?
Just sayin'....

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President Trump blocked aid to Central American countries because of scenes such as this caravan making its way to the Southwest border. (Photo by John Moore/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the Senate sponsor of President Joe Biden's comprehensive immigration bill, on Thursday explained why Biden's bill is an improvement on President Trump's strict crackdown on people coming here illegally.

"Number one is, we deal with root causes, which has not been dealt with in the past," Menendez told MSNBC on Thursday. "When President Trump eliminated all of the assistance that we had built into Central America, he eliminated the ability to stop the root causes of why people flee."

Biden's bill would send $4 billion to Central American countries over four years, conditioned on the ability of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala "to reduce the endemic corruption, violence, and poverty that causes people to flee their home countries."

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Well i dont think the central americans really chose to have such crime and corruption rampant and live in such unsafe conditions..which is causing the large emigration out...

When taliban entered the soldiers surrendered immediately and the President fled and most of the country support the taliban... so.... again..... let them have cake..

 

[vanzandt]

Well i dont think the central americans really chose to have such crime and corruption rampant and live in such unsafe conditions....

And you think 100's of thousands of young women in Afghanistan that for a few short years enjoyed a modicum of purpose and freedom do?

I don't see a lot of difference Ocho.

 

[easymon1]

The evacuation was a job better than well done,

What standard are you comparing this effort to that makes it a job better than well done?
usualname, are you seeing this from the point of view of the Taliban, now the 20th best armed army in the World supporting a 7th century society platform. Yep, from that point of view it could not get any better. We even left stacks of pallets of shrink-wrapped $100 bills.

Yeserree. Good Job Brownie.
Long Popcorn, this is just wonderful execution if the destination is fulfilling the graveyard of empires warning on the package. Bet you wish you were there doncha usualname. Just a little slice of heaven there now, fer sure. Good thing we got even for that 911 event in 2001.