British defense secretary suggests US is no longer a superpower after Afghanistan withdrawal

[Doc7505]

British defense secretary suggests US is no longer a superpower after Afghanistan withdrawal​

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2 Sep 2021 ~~ By John Haltwanger
The UK's defense secretary in a new interview suggested the US is no longer a superpower because it wasn't willing to stick it out in Afghanistan.
"It is obvious that Britain is not a superpower," Ben Wallace told the Spectator magazine.
And in comments alluding to the US and its withdrawal from Afghanistan, he added: "But a superpower that is also not prepared to stick at something isn't probably a superpower either. It is certainly not a global force, it's just a big power."
Wallace has been critical of the US withdrawal, blaming the mayhem enveloping it on former President Donald Trump. In February 2020, the Trump administration signed a deal with the Taliban to remove US troops by May 2021. The Biden administration largely upheld the deal, though it extended the timeline for the pullout.
"The die was cast when the deal was done by Donald Trump, if you want my observation," Wallace told "BBC Breakfast" last month.
"President Biden inherited a momentum, a momentum that had been given to the Taliban because they felt they had now won," Wallace added. "He'd also inherited a momentum of troop withdrawal from the international community, the US."
Wallace said the "seeds" of what the world witnessed in Afghanistan in recent weeks were planted "before President Biden took office."
And back in April, Wallace called Trump's deal with the Taliban "rotten."
~Snip~
The last US troops in Afghanistan were pulled out of the country on Monday after weeks of chaos surrounding evacuations from the airport in the capital city of Kabul. The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, which came after the militants captured major cities at a blistering pace, caught the Biden administration off-guard. It led to harrowing scenes Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, with the thousands desperate to flee the country.
There was also an ISIS-K terror attack at the airport last Thursday that killed 13 US service members and 169 Afghans.
The US departed the country with a few hundred Americans left behind as well as thousands of Afghan allies. A US official on Wednesday said "the majority" of Afghan allies who applied for Special Immigrant Visas were not successfully evacuated.
President Joe Biden in a Tuesday speech from the White House touted the operation as an "extraordinary success."


Comment:
Easy to run your mouth from a cozy office in England.
Oh wait, he was an officer in the British Army so he knows everything, right?
Wallace attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, before he was commissioned in 1991 into the Scots Guards.[4] From 1991 to 1998, he served in Germany, Cyprus, Belize, and Northern Ireland, rising to the rank of captain and never a shot fired in anger.
Hmmmmm……7 years of service. Most of which spent serving under the blanket of security provided by US Army Infantry and Armored Divisions and numerous squadrons from the US Air Force. But, I’m betting his time in Cyprus and Belize must have been some rough living. Wow. Some warrior.
America lost its position as a super power when a an addle-brained septuagenarian living in his basement was chosen to lead it.

 

[Moonglow]

UK is pissed the US cut their inside track in pinching Afghans . Not to worry, they still have the great position of laundering money from their Caribbean territories and the drug business is booming.

 

[Synthaholic]

Who gives a shit?

 

[LuckyDuck]

Throughout history, superpowers have come and gone. It's nothing new. In this case, the U.S. is succumbing to a similar situation that happened to Ancient Rome......rotting from within, thanks to the Marxists.

 

[Independentthinker]

British defense secretary suggests US is no longer a superpower after Afghanistan withdrawal​

https://www.businessinsider.com/u

k-defense-secretary-suggests-us-no-longer-superpower-after-afghanistan-2021-9
2 Sep 2021 ~~ By John Haltwanger
The UK's defense secretary in a new interview suggested the US is no longer a superpower because it wasn't willing to stick it out in Afghanistan.
"It is obvious that Britain is not a superpower," Ben Wallace told the Spectator magazine.
And in comments alluding to the US and its withdrawal from Afghanistan, he added: "But a superpower that is also not prepared to stick at something isn't probably a superpower either. It is certainly not a global force, it's just a big power."
Wallace has been critical of the US withdrawal, blaming the mayhem enveloping it on former President Donald Trump. In February 2020, the Trump administration signed a deal with the Taliban to remove US troops by May 2021. The Biden administration largely upheld the deal, though it extended the timeline for the pullout.
"The die was cast when the deal was done by Donald Trump, if you want my observation," Wallace told "BBC Breakfast" last month.
"President Biden inherited a momentum, a momentum that had been given to the Taliban because they felt they had now won," Wallace added. "He'd also inherited a momentum of troop withdrawal from the international community, the US."
Wallace said the "seeds" of what the world witnessed in Afghanistan in recent weeks were planted "before President Biden took office."
And back in April, Wallace called Trump's deal with the Taliban "rotten."
~Snip~
The last US troops in Afghanistan were pulled out of the country on Monday after weeks of chaos surrounding evacuations from the airport in the capital city of Kabul. The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, which came after the militants captured major cities at a blistering pace, caught the Biden administration off-guard. It led to harrowing scenes Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, with the thousands desperate to flee the country.
There was also an ISIS-K terror attack at the airport last Thursday that killed 13 US service members and 169 Afghans.
The US departed the country with a few hundred Americans left behind as well as thousands of Afghan allies. A US official on Wednesday said "the majority" of Afghan allies who applied for Special Immigrant Visas were not successfully evacuated.
President Joe Biden in a Tuesday speech from the White House touted the operation as an "extraordinary success."


Comment:
Easy to run your mouth from a cozy office in England.
Oh wait, he was an officer in the British Army so he knows everything, right?
Wallace attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, before he was commissioned in 1991 into the Scots Guards.[4] From 1991 to 1998, he served in Germany, Cyprus, Belize, and Northern Ireland, rising to the rank of captain and never a shot fired in anger.
Hmmmmm……7 years of service. Most of which spent serving under the blanket of security provided by US Army Infantry and Armored Divisions and numerous squadrons from the US Air Force. But, I’m betting his time in Cyprus and Belize must have been some rough living. Wow. Some warrior.
America lost its position as a super power when a an addle-brained septuagenarian living in his basement was chosen to lead it.

Well, that's not surprising. If we can't win a war and actually lose it against a bunch of rag tag cave dwellers, we certainly can't be a superpower. They whooped our asses.

 

[Resnic]

We stopped being one once we stopped being a strong nation with convictions, a backbone and a desire to be United.

What does America care about right now? Renaming things some asshole on Twitter found offensive. Making sure trannies are treated as real women. Fabricated racism. Feelings. Allowing illegals to come into the country. Arguing and fighting. Etc.

America is steadily becoming a nation of pussies. All we do is just react to everything. We don't plan ahead, we don't do what's best for America as a whole or anything. All we do is sit around waiting for someone to bitch about something and then we just ban or censor what they don't like. Were just a bunch of emotional wrecks stumbling in the dark.

Unless someone with some balls takes the country by the reigns, or average America loving citizens stand up then this country is done.

 

[struth]

He makes some excellent points....Xiden and the Dems have really damaged the reputation and image of the United States in just seven short months. None of our allies really trust us anymore, and for good reason.

With that said, it's not impossible for us to recover from the left's actions....we are damaged, but not broken....we can overcome this dark chapter in American history, by the dembot cultist, just like we overcame their war to keep slaves....keep moving forward America, never forget what the Dems have done, and vote them out of power

 

[BlueGin]

British defense secretary suggests US is no longer a superpower after Afghanistan withdrawal​

https://www.businessinsider.com/u

k-defense-secretary-suggests-us-no-longer-superpower-after-afghanistan-2021-9
2 Sep 2021 ~~ By John Haltwanger
The UK's defense secretary in a new interview suggested the US is no longer a superpower because it wasn't willing to stick it out in Afghanistan.
"It is obvious that Britain is not a superpower," Ben Wallace told the Spectator magazine.
And in comments alluding to the US and its withdrawal from Afghanistan, he added: "But a superpower that is also not prepared to stick at something isn't probably a superpower either. It is certainly not a global force, it's just a big power."
Wallace has been critical of the US withdrawal, blaming the mayhem enveloping it on former President Donald Trump. In February 2020, the Trump administration signed a deal with the Taliban to remove US troops by May 2021. The Biden administration largely upheld the deal, though it extended the timeline for the pullout.
"The die was cast when the deal was done by Donald Trump, if you want my observation," Wallace told "BBC Breakfast" last month.
"President Biden inherited a momentum, a momentum that had been given to the Taliban because they felt they had now won," Wallace added. "He'd also inherited a momentum of troop withdrawal from the international community, the US."
Wallace said the "seeds" of what the world witnessed in Afghanistan in recent weeks were planted "before President Biden took office."
And back in April, Wallace called Trump's deal with the Taliban "rotten."
~Snip~
The last US troops in Afghanistan were pulled out of the country on Monday after weeks of chaos surrounding evacuations from the airport in the capital city of Kabul. The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, which came after the militants captured major cities at a blistering pace, caught the Biden administration off-guard. It led to harrowing scenes Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, with the thousands desperate to flee the country.
There was also an ISIS-K terror attack at the airport last Thursday that killed 13 US service members and 169 Afghans.
The US departed the country with a few hundred Americans left behind as well as thousands of Afghan allies. A US official on Wednesday said "the majority" of Afghan allies who applied for Special Immigrant Visas were not successfully evacuated.
President Joe Biden in a Tuesday speech from the White House touted the operation as an "extraordinary success."


Comment:
Easy to run your mouth from a cozy office in England.
Oh wait, he was an officer in the British Army so he knows everything, right?
Wallace attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, before he was commissioned in 1991 into the Scots Guards.[4] From 1991 to 1998, he served in Germany, Cyprus, Belize, and Northern Ireland, rising to the rank of captain and never a shot fired in anger.
Hmmmmm……7 years of service. Most of which spent serving under the blanket of security provided by US Army Infantry and Armored Divisions and numerous squadrons from the US Air Force. But, I’m betting his time in Cyprus and Belize must have been some rough living. Wow. Some warrior.
America lost its position as a super power when a an addle-brained septuagenarian living in his basement was chosen to lead it.

Well that was the democrats goal…so…mission accomplished.

 

[MadChemist]

Who gives a shit?

Half the nation.

Where have you been.

BTW: This will cost you the senate.

Thanks Joe.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Absurd claim. Makes zero sense. We had a disastrous pullout from a 20 year war so we are no longer a superpower?

 

[Doc7505]

We stopped being one once we stopped being a strong nation with convictions, a backbone and a desire to be United.

What does America care about right now? Renaming things some asshole on Twitter found offensive. Making sure trannies are treated as real women. Fabricated racism. Feelings. Allowing illegals to come into the country. Arguing and fighting. Etc.

America is steadily becoming a nation of pussies. All we do is just react to everything. We don't plan ahead, we don't do what's best for America as a whole or anything. All we do is sit around waiting for someone to bitch about something and then we just ban or censor what they don't like. Were just a bunch of emotional wrecks stumbling in the dark.

Unless someone with some balls takes the country by the reigns, or average America loving citizens stand up then this country is done.

All thanks to Progressive Marxist/DSA Democrat Leftists. They're all for it until they're against it.