Administration ‘Proud’ of Afghanistan Withdrawal

[rightwinger]

Agreed, 100%.

As did the United Nations after literally hundreds of Resolutions against Iraq going back to the 1960s.

The UN voted against the Iraq invasion

 

[basquebromance]

/thread

 

[airplanemechanic]

Actually Clinton kept Hussein contained and had no intention of invading

It was Bush who made up the story of WMDs to justify his invasion

Really? Here is just a small sample of quotes of democrats about WMD in Iraq. The last one being particularly appropriate. Looks to me like invading Iraq came from Bush listening to democrats:

Democrat Quotes on WMD

Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade and much of his nation's wealth not on providing for the Iraqi people but on developing nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them."
-- President Bill Clinton (State of the Union Address), Jan. 27, 1998

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

"No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and quantitatively different from other dictators.""Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
--Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
--Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by:
-- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others, Oct. 9, 1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
-- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999

"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by:
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001

"I mean, we have three different countries that, while they all present serious problems for the United States -- they're dictatorships, they're involved in the development and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction -- you know, the most imminent, clear and present threat to our country is not the same from those three countries. I think Iraq is the most serious and imminent threat to our country."
-- Sen. John Edwards (D, NC) Feb. 24, 2002

"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and th! e means of delivering them."
-- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power. We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." "
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

And the good thing is, most came before 9/11 while under Clinton, so you can't use the excuse "They were just repeating what Bush was saying."

So care to 'splain these away? Good luck. You're going to need it.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

The FACT remains that our President safely evacuated 125,000 people

And left millions of dollars worth of military hardware behind

 

[airplanemechanic]

And left millions of dollars worth of military hardware behind

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS?

Try again, young man.

Try BILLIONS of dollars worth of equipment.

 

[rightwinger]

And left millions of dollars worth of military hardware behind

Yea….we generally do that when we leave a war zone. Much of that equipment had been deployed for over a decade and was not worth evacuating

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Yea….we generally do that when we leave a war zone. Much of that equipment had been deployed for over a decade and was not worth evacuating

Night vision isn't worth saving? America was known for the ability to fight at night. Now thanks to simp Jo terrorist have the equal ability.

 

[rightwinger]

Night vision isn't worth saving? America was known for the ability to fight at night. Now thanks to simp Jo terrorist have the equal ability.

Who was it deployed to?
US troops or Afghans?

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Who was it deployed to?
US troops or Afghans?

It was America's stock pile

 

[Markle]

The UN voted against the Iraq invasion

 

[airplanemechanic]

But notice he didn't mention democrats. They voted FOR the Iraq invasion. He had to go all the way to the UN, which has no bearing on our right to attack a country that has attacked us or our allies.

The UN wasn't attacked on 9/11, we were.

 

[Markle]

Yea….we generally do that when we leave a war zone. Much of that equipment had been deployed for over a decade and was not worth evacuating

 

[airplanemechanic]

The sad part is the fucking idiot believes his own drivel.

He still hasn't commented on the dozen or so quotes I posted from democrats saying that Saddam had WMD's. I don't expect him to. He's the kind of libtard that ignores proof he doesn't like and tries to move the goalposts. Watch, this fucking thread will end with a discussion on gun control.

 

[Independentthinker]

Not sure just how the Biden administration could be proud of the Afghanistan withdrawal, but they are.
A lot went wrong that was on Biden, but......

John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, said Thursday that the Biden administration is “proud” of its botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Kirby appeared at a White House press briefing to discuss the administration’s newly released review of the chaotic withdrawal, which was marked by a suicide bombing at Kabul’s airport that killed 13 American service members and more than 100 Afghans.
That 12-page summary places much of the blame on the Trump administration, saying President Biden was “severely constrained” by former president Trump’s decisions. When Biden entered office, it says, “the Taliban were in the strongest military position that they had been in since 2001, controlling or contesting nearly half of the country.”

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‘All This Talk of Chaos, I Just Didn’t See It’: White House Spokesman Says Administration ‘Proud’ of Afghanistan Withdrawal | National Review

John Kirby appeared at a White House press briefing to discuss the administration’s newly released review of the chaotic withdrawal.

www.nationalreview.com

Biden canceled everything Trump put in place on his first day in office, but had to keep in place the date of withdrawal?????

LOL. Funny how the Biden administration blamed the whole entire mess on Trump while simultaneously claiming they are proud of it. Do they even listen to themselves?

 

[BackAgain]

Brandon is proud of the spectacular fail.

 

[Calypso Jones]

 

[Blisterfinger]

Very glad we are no longer in Afghanistan...