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They don’t have to honor it, and they didn’t. There was no real force behind it. They knew eventually we WOULD leave, all they had to do was wait. The agreement simply bought them time to rearrange their forces and strike agreements with some of the principle Afghan tribal leaders. The ONLY part of the agreement they honored was not to attack US troops, but they continued attacking the Afghan government and civilians. It was an awful agreement.The Doha Agreement specified that US troops would be out totally, the deadline being May 1, 2021. In return, the Taliban would be be peaceful. Who really knows what they would do, but it would be to their advantage to honor the agreement, and be peaceful. From their perspective, anything to get US troops out of the country.
The agreement did not say that the Taliban would/could takeover the country. Just that they would be peaceful when the US troops leave. Afghanistan was not one of the countries included in Trump's travel ban, so no one there would be stopped from coming here. Even people in countries in the travel ban, could come here, if granted a waiver, at the discretion of the consular officers who review the applications.
You haven't been keeping up with world opinion since January have you?
The Taliban didn't exist until 1994. We've been in Afghanistan off and on since 1979.
Actually we've 'been there' a long time; we built their first paved road in 1934, during the FDR administration.
He had 4 years; he failed. Miserably.That was Trump's doing (the Doha Agreement - Feb. 2020)
He had 4 years; he failed. Miserably.
Rarely has there been a US president that has shown more incompetence in Foreign Affairs in just his first few months, than what we are witnessing with the pitiful Biden administration. It is in a word, UGLY.
This minute, hundreds if not thousands, of good Afghans are being slaughtered by terrorist Taliban, in what was fully avoidable. President Trump, in his (I think ill-advised) wish to remove all US troops from Afghanistan, at least set it up so this removal would be peaceful and orderly.
The February 2020 Doha Agreement that he engineered with the Taliban, required US troops to be removed by May 1, 2021. Everything was all set for the Taliban takeover to at least be peaceful. Enter Joe "Botch" Biden into the picture, and the whole thing turned into the mess that it is. Biden allowed the May 1st deadline to go by, with US troops still in place in Afghanistan. Goodbye agreement.
Biden also foolishly claims that that Washington had accomplished its mission in the region by killing Osama bin Laden and depriving al Qaeda of its sanctuary in Afghanistan, and had nothing to gain by perpetuating its military deployments in the country. FALSE! Who is naive enough to think that the reason why US troops have been fighting there for 20 years, is now suddenly solved ? Who, other than Joe Biden, that is.
Are we to think that for some reason, now in 2021, al Qaeda will not use the country as a base for their terrorist operations ? Training camps ? Bomb-making schools ? Bomb-making factories (possibly eve nuclear) ?
Who is naive enough to think that half of Afghanistan's population (females) won't be subjected to severe mistreatment (including executions) by the Taliban rulers ? I spent just 5 days in Afghanistan, and was horrified and disturbed by the almost constant sound of women screaming, resulting from wife beating, as advocated in the Koran (4:34), and that was while US troops were there. Who is naive enough to think that once again, as before, women will not be executed in the street, for reading a book, attending a class, or leaving her house unescorted by a man ?
Biden claims that >> "an endless American presence in the middle of another country’s civil conflict was not acceptable to me.” One of the prime requirements for a POTUS, is to accept reality, and one of those realities is the responsibility of the president to PROTECT the American people. In this case, that means an endless presence of US troops in Afghanistan, as long as that county is a threat to US national security, and it most certainly is.
Biden's miscalculations are adding up. “I think it is damning for him to have created this situation in his first significant action as commander in chief,” said Ryan Crocker, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan during the Obama administration and has worked under Democratic as well as Republican presidents. “It’s an unforced error, and as an American I am deeply concerned.”
Biden just recently, stated that with 300,000 Afghan troops, trained by US military, the Taliban were not a threat to overthrow the current Afghan government. What he grossly miscalculated is that despite the Afghan troops having the advantage in numbers (4 to 1), airplanes, equipment and training compared to the Taliban, there is the subject of willingness to fight. Richard Fontaine, a former foreign-policy adviser to the late Sen. John McCain and the chief executive officer of the Center for American Security, a think tank, said it well >> "“All of that is true, but it comes down to will. And it turns out the Afghan military’s will to fight for the government was bound up in our will to remain supportive of that government, and present on the ground.”
Take away US troops and the Afghan military ceases to exist. This has been known for quite some time, without going to Afghanistan for 5 days, and seeing it up close.
Biden's Afghanistan Exit Raises Questions About His Foreign-Policy Record (msn.com)
J'Biden knows who won the 2020 election.Joe Biden doesn't even know what fucking year it is.
TRUMP ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1. RECORD positive numbers on the economy, record highs in stock market, despite Covid shutdowns
2. stopped the absurd practice of giving China unrestricted access to our valuable market, and reduced the amount of imports coming from China.
3. holding China accountable for cyber theft,
4. taking Mexico and Central American countries to task for illegal immigration,
5. created 10 million jobs in 4 months, created over 400,000 manufacturing jobs,
6. unemployment claims hit 50 year low,
7. lowest unemployment for blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and disabled in US history, 8.lowest unemployment for women in over 70 years,
9. lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for Americans without a high school diploma,
10. 4 million Americans off food stamps,
11. vocational training topped 4 million - highest ever,
12. highest median wage in US history .
13. Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE,
14. FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history. > drug companies are freezing or reversing planned price increases,
15. reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors hundreds of millions of dollars,
16. Signed Right-To-Try legislation,
17. $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic (the most ever),
18. Signed VA Accountability Act,
19. expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care (I got surgeries and benefits from this myself),
20. United States was a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957,
21. withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord,
22. pressured NATO allies, and they're spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016,
23. made the Space Force the 6th branch of the Armed Forces,
24. withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal, 25. moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem,
25. protected Americans from terrorists with the Travel Ban, upheld by Supreme Court, 26. issued Executive Order to keep open Guantanamo Bay,
27. MCA deal,
28. reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports
29. greast number of heavily attended rallies in US history
30. net exports increased $59 Billion in 2018,
31. improved vetting and screening for refugees, and switched focus to overseas resettlement,
32. we are BUILDING THE WALL.
33. provided quality detention centers for migrant children in Southwest Key Programs
34. created 8,700 Opportunity Zones with investment incentives for companies to invest in distressed communities
35. Got Israel/UAE/Bahrain aggreement (the Abraham Accord), establishing Middle East peace
36. Defeated ISIS and killed their leaders incl. # 1 al Baghdadi.
37. Killed Iranian terrorist leader Sulemani.
38. Stopped domestic terrorist mobs by sending federal troops & National Guard
39. record of number of regulations cut, further boosting the economy
40. opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines thereby making America # 1 energy producer in the world (no other president ever did that),
41. rebuilt the US military to a $721 Billion/yr budget
42. increased wages for military personnel
43. Through the COVID pandemic, our Covid mortality rate was REDUCED from over 17,000/week in April. to about 2000/week in June. and remained very low throughout the year, as a result of the many smart things that the president has done. 90% REDUCTION. > HUGE SUCCESS.
44. Massive production of Ventilators - These were left in short supply after the Obama/Biden admin (we now have so many we're exporting them),
45. the Navy hospital ships sent to New York,
46. the stimulus checks,
47. The Task Force advice (ex. social distancing),
48. opposition/criticism of New York's dumb nursing home policies,
49. federal aid to hospitals, rapidly expanding production & distribution of medical supplies
50. travel bans (which Democrats called Trump a "racist' for),
51. Trump's advocacy of Hydroxychloriquin (now proven to be effective, despite criticism from Democrats), and Regeneron.
52. fast, continual development of a vaccine, and rapid success of Operation Warp Speed.
53. Created & signed the MISSION ACT, replacing the failed Obama Choice Act
54. Presided over the largest GDP growth (33.1%) in US history.
55. Got $ 250 Million/year to black colleges.
When will you be going to Afghanistan to help that Afghan Army stiffen up?Rarely has there been a US president that has shown more incompetence in Foreign Affairs in just his first few months, than what we are witnessing with the pitiful Biden administration. It is in a word, UGLY.
This minute, hundreds if not thousands, of good Afghans are being slaughtered by terrorist Taliban, in what was fully avoidable. President Trump, in his (I think ill-advised) wish to remove all US troops from Afghanistan, at least set it up so this removal would be peaceful and orderly.
The February 2020 Doha Agreement that he engineered with the Taliban, required US troops to be removed by May 1, 2021. Everything was all set for the Taliban takeover to at least be peaceful. Enter Joe "Botch" Biden into the picture, and the whole thing turned into the mess that it is. Biden allowed the May 1st deadline to go by, with US troops still in place in Afghanistan. Goodbye agreement.
Biden also foolishly claims that that Washington had accomplished its mission in the region by killing Osama bin Laden and depriving al Qaeda of its sanctuary in Afghanistan, and had nothing to gain by perpetuating its military deployments in the country. FALSE! Who is naive enough to think that the reason why US troops have been fighting there for 20 years, is now suddenly solved ? Who, other than Joe Biden, that is.
Are we to think that for some reason, now in 2021, al Qaeda will not use the country as a base for their terrorist operations ? Training camps ? Bomb-making schools ? Bomb-making factories (possibly eve nuclear) ?
Who is naive enough to think that half of Afghanistan's population (females) won't be subjected to severe mistreatment (including executions) by the Taliban rulers ? I spent just 5 days in Afghanistan, and was horrified and disturbed by the almost constant sound of women screaming, resulting from wife beating, as advocated in the Koran (4:34), and that was while US troops were there. Who is naive enough to think that once again, as before, women will not be executed in the street, for reading a book, attending a class, or leaving her house unescorted by a man ?
Biden claims that >> "an endless American presence in the middle of another country’s civil conflict was not acceptable to me.” One of the prime requirements for a POTUS, is to accept reality, and one of those realities is the responsibility of the president to PROTECT the American people. In this case, that means an endless presence of US troops in Afghanistan, as long as that county is a threat to US national security, and it most certainly is.
Biden's miscalculations are adding up. “I think it is damning for him to have created this situation in his first significant action as commander in chief,” said Ryan Crocker, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan during the Obama administration and has worked under Democratic as well as Republican presidents. “It’s an unforced error, and as an American I am deeply concerned.”
Biden just recently, stated that with 300,000 Afghan troops, trained by US military, the Taliban were not a threat to overthrow the current Afghan government. What he grossly miscalculated is that despite the Afghan troops having the advantage in numbers (4 to 1), airplanes, equipment and training compared to the Taliban, there is the subject of willingness to fight. Richard Fontaine, a former foreign-policy adviser to the late Sen. John McCain and the chief executive officer of the Center for American Security, a think tank, said it well >> "“All of that is true, but it comes down to will. And it turns out the Afghan military’s will to fight for the government was bound up in our will to remain supportive of that government, and present on the ground.”
Take away US troops and the Afghan military ceases to exist. This has been known for quite some time, without going to Afghanistan for 5 days, and seeing it up close.
Biden's Afghanistan Exit Raises Questions About His Foreign-Policy Record (msn.com)
TRUMP ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1. RECORD positive numbers on the economy, record highs in stock market, despite Covid shutdowns
2. stopped the absurd practice of giving China unrestricted access to our valuable market, and reduced the amount of imports coming from China.
3. holding China accountable for cyber theft,
4. taking Mexico and Central American countries to task for illegal immigration,
5. created 10 million jobs in 4 months, created over 400,000 manufacturing jobs,
6. unemployment claims hit 50 year low,
7. lowest unemployment for blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and disabled in US history, 8.lowest unemployment for women in over 70 years,
9. lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for Americans without a high school diploma,
10. 4 million Americans off food stamps,
11. vocational training topped 4 million - highest ever,
12. highest median wage in US history .
13. Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE,
14. FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history. > drug companies are freezing or reversing planned price increases,
15. reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors hundreds of millions of dollars,
16. Signed Right-To-Try legislation,
17. $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic (the most ever),
18. Signed VA Accountability Act,
19. expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care (I got surgeries and benefits from this myself),
20. United States was a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957,
21. withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord,
22. pressured NATO allies, and they're spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016,
23. made the Space Force the 6th branch of the Armed Forces,
24. withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal, 25. moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem,
25. protected Americans from terrorists with the Travel Ban, upheld by Supreme Court, 26. issued Executive Order to keep open Guantanamo Bay,
27. MCA deal,
28. reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports
29. greast number of heavily attended rallies in US history
30. net exports increased $59 Billion in 2018,
31. improved vetting and screening for refugees, and switched focus to overseas resettlement,
32. we are BUILDING THE WALL.
33. provided quality detention centers for migrant children in Southwest Key Programs
34. created 8,700 Opportunity Zones with investment incentives for companies to invest in distressed communities
35. Got Israel/UAE/Bahrain aggreement (the Abraham Accord), establishing Middle East peace
36. Defeated ISIS and killed their leaders incl. # 1 al Baghdadi.
37. Killed Iranian terrorist leader Sulemani.
38. Stopped domestic terrorist mobs by sending federal troops & National Guard
39. record of number of regulations cut, further boosting the economy
40. opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines thereby making America # 1 energy producer in the world (no other president ever did that),
41. rebuilt the US military to a $721 Billion/yr budget
42. increased wages for military personnel
43. Through the COVID pandemic, our Covid mortality rate was REDUCED from over 17,000/week in April. to about 2000/week in June. and remained very low throughout the year, as a result of the many smart things that the president has done. 90% REDUCTION. > HUGE SUCCESS.
44. Massive production of Ventilators - These were left in short supply after the Obama/Biden admin (we now have so many we're exporting them),
45. the Navy hospital ships sent to New York,
46. the stimulus checks,
47. The Task Force advice (ex. social distancing),
48. opposition/criticism of New York's dumb nursing home policies,
49. federal aid to hospitals, rapidly expanding production & distribution of medical supplies
50. travel bans (which Democrats called Trump a "racist' for),
51. Trump's advocacy of Hydroxychloriquin (now proven to be effective, despite criticism from Democrats), and Regeneron.
52. fast, continual development of a vaccine, and rapid success of Operation Warp Speed.
53. Created & signed the MISSION ACT, replacing the failed Obama Choice Act
54. Presided over the largest GDP growth (33.1%) in US history.
55. Got $ 250 Million/year to black colleges.
When will you be going to Afghanistan to help that Afghan Army stiffen up?
#54 pretty funny too given the prior quarter had the worst quarter ever with -31.2%Your cut and pastes are hilarious... "We're building the wall"... wow; 45 miles of it!
#51 is especially hilarious.
Your blob was a failure on a scale here to fore unseen.
By, "fate," you mean Trump. There was no other candidate on the planet Biden could have beaten.To be fair, the gentleman is incompetent at everything.
He is the classic example of so-called White privilege.
He was a Senator for nearly a half century,
He is now telling us how much he adores a certain ethnicity. So why didn't he groom one of them to take his place after, say, four terms in the Senate?
He always wanted to be President and everyone laughed at such an absurd idea.
Then FATE stepped it, and look: He is!
Is this a great country or what!
#35 was funny too... negotiating a peace deal between nations not fighting!#54 pretty funny too given the prior quarter had the worst quarter ever with -31.2%
He had 4 years; he failed. Miserably.
Do you really think you're going somewhere with this >Show us the agreement. Post it.They don’t have to honor it, and they didn’t. There was no real force behind it. They knew eventually we WOULD leave, all they had to do was wait. The agreement simply bought them time to rearrange their forces and strike agreements with some of the principle Afghan tribal leaders. The ONLY part of the agreement they honored was not to attack US troops, but they continued attacking the Afghan government and civilians. It was an awful agreement.
I've answered this dumb post 100 times. The "prior quarter" was the pandemic. Democrats' fault. Ho hum.#54 pretty funny too given the prior quarter had the worst quarter ever with -31.2%
CORRECTION - there is no candidate Biden could have beaten, Not ever.By, "fate," you mean Trump. There was no other candidate on the planet Biden could have beaten.
