Meaning that you stand for nothing. Moderates are moderate only because they are so disengaged from world affairs they simply do not care.
Right. The Afghan pullout disaster, killing energy production, war with Russia, massive inflation, southern invasion, crime out the roof, government spying, attacks on parents, women and children, pay for play bribery with foreign governments--- nope, nothing there that would shake a moderate pinhead to vote otherwise.
And yet you say moderates prefer Trump running against Biden. Need I say more?
Stand for nothing? Quite the opposite. I stand for what I believe in.
What I don't do is follow a certain party when I may only agree with 40% of what the party's platforms are. I consider people who blindly follow a certain party victims of "mob mentality/group think" and anyone who knows and/or understands history would know how dangerous that can become.
I am "Non Partisan" first and foremost - not part of any political party. I sometimes use the term independent or moderate so folks that do not understand politics very well may get a better understanding but the reality is that I am 100% non-partisan.
- Afghan pullout disaster: Most people not blindly aligned with Trump understand that the Afghan situation began months (and years, tbh) before Biden was even president. Trump is the one who ordered troops to be pulled out and made the agreement with the Taliban - NOT Biden.
Biden had two choices: Either send more troops in; because slowly pulling them out was creating vacuums of control and feuding between the Taliban and other regional warlords - which escalated tensions, creating a much more dangerous situation for the troops that remained. OR - continue with what Trump had ordered, which was the pullout of all troops.
What happened at the airport was a tragedy. But the fact is that is exactly what would have happened (eventually) had we not sent in more troops to stabilize the region. The terrorists that attacked at the airport were fighting for control of the region - against us AND the Taliban - who had already brokered a "deal" with Trump. We were down to a "skeleton crew" of troops by that point and everyone knew it - they saw our "weakness" and launched at the opportunity to take control once they knew that we were leaving and would no longer be a "threat" to them.
Personally, I didn't agree with any of it. The Afghan war was only a "war" in theory by this point.
96.5% of the casualties of the war in Afghanistan occurred between 2001 and 2015. Between 2016 and 2021 the casualty rate dropped significantly.
The total amount of casualties for the final 6 years of the war were less than 3.5% of the total casualties.
No one wants to see
one single US troop perish in a foreign war. That said, there's a reason we were still there after 20 years - and it was to maintain stability in the region - which we did successfully between 2016 and 2021. Everyone saw the disaster Iraq became after we pulled our troops. It drained the region of stability and dozens of terrorist groups formed. These groups ended up creating hundreds and even thousands of casualties in the region - many US contractors, citizens, etc. We learned that you cannot simply, "pull out all troops" from a region like that because in the end, it will end up hurting, killing, destroying even more than if we were to stay - and many times we need to go back, send more troops back, etc etc.
I was against the Iraq War and only favored the Afghan war because Bin Laden had not yet been caught and intelligence said that Afghanistan was either his hiding place or a region where he could continue to harvest his terroristic intentions. Once Bin Laden was taken care of, there was little reason to continue the war in Afghanistan - other than to provide stability for the region. Yes, I was against the wars for the most part but my view became, "We made our bed, now we need to lie in it." To simply "force" a massive pullout could lead to disastrous results - the same way it led to disastrous results in Iraq.
Unfortunately, Trump used the war to gain political support - it's easy to run a platform saying, "I will get all our troops home in the longest war in American History" etc. What's not easy is to create a plan that will get those troops home without the risk of taking casualties. Trump decided to broker a deal with the Taliban (who were previously our enemies) because he felt they must have been "the lesser of evils". Apparently they promised better human rights, better treatment of women, etc etc. I'm guessing the thinking was along the lines of, "It's better to have the Taliban take over, even though they are against most American beliefs, especially against the beliefs of Trump supporters, then it would be to not fulfill a campaign promise and lose the election because of it".
So at the end of the day, it was a poorly planned decision, initiated by the Trump Administration, which fell into the laps of the Biden Administration.
Inflation - inflation is an issue and yes, I agree, causes concern among most people. What happens over the course of the next 12 - 18 months will decided whether or not Biden will lose support. If it slows down to a reasonable rate (less than 3%) then I think any support Biden may have lost initially because of inflation could get regained - since he was "able to fix" the issue that was created under his admin.
Crime? Crime spiked in 2020 during Trump's administration. Was that because of Trump? No, it was because of the pandemic. It's been gradually decreasing since then but is still higher than pre-pandemic numbers. So do you blame Trump for the increase in crime since it happened under his watch? If not, why would you blame Biden?
Government Spying? The single most "invasive" law that was ever passed in the history of the United States was the Patriot Act. Guess who passed it? George W Bush with Bi Partisan support in 2001. Blaming one side or the other for "government spying" is laughable. Everyone seemed to agree to it just fine 22 years ago. Most law abiding citizens back then said, "If you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about." So what's changed since then?
As far as the rest of your concerns, you'll need to be more specific but I don't see how most moderates would blame Biden for it.
Moderates prefer Trump running against Biden? Uhm probably not. Most leftist/democrats likely prefer Trump running against Biden.
Most moderates prefer the best candidates on either side to run against each other - moderates want to see clean, level headed debates - and many may not even choose who they are voting for until weeks, sometimes days, before the election.
