President Biden's most monumental blunder to date: 8 / 8 - Afghanistan

[sear]

What was Biden's justification for withdrawing U.S. military troops from Afghanistan? No need for more Americans to die in the U.S.' longest War?

But we still have troops in Germany, Japan, and Korea. If Biden was right, why do we still have troops there?

It seems the Taliban will be as strong as ever in Afghanistan, perhaps as if the U.S. had never been there.

Biden may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer. Let us all just hope this is the worst blunder he makes during his presidential tenure.

 

[Canon Shooter]

What was Biden's justification for withdrawing U.S. military troops from Afghanistan? No need for more Americans to die in the U.S.' longest War?

But we still have troops in Germany, Japan, and Korea. If Biden was right, why do we still have troops there?

It seems the Taliban will be as strong as ever in Afghanistan, perhaps as if the U.S. had never been there.

Biden may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer. Let us all just hope this is the worst blunder he makes during his presidential tenure.

We have strategic agreements with those countries, and there's no combat arena in those countries, which serve both our interests and theirs.

You really can't compare any of the three to Afghanistan...

 

[Crepitus]

But we still have troops in Germany, Japan, and Korea. If Biden was right, why do we still have troops there?

Nobody's shooting at them there.

 

[harmonica]

..what hasn't he screwed up?!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

What was Biden's justification for withdrawing U.S. military troops from Afghanistan? No need for more Americans to die in the U.S.' longest War?

But we still have troops in Germany, Japan, and Korea. If Biden was right, why do we still have troops there?

It seems the Taliban will be as strong as ever in Afghanistan, perhaps as if the U.S. had never been there.

Biden may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer. Let us all just hope this is the worst blunder he makes during his presidential tenure.

Are you familiar with the term "trip wire"? We kept troops in Germany and Korea to the Russians and Chinese out! In Japan it was to keep the Japanese from resurging. That has all changed with the exception of Korea.

The number of Army personnel in Germany is very small relative to the past, as is number of Army troops remaining in Japan. The soldiers stationed there mainly provide support for other military units operating on deployments to those areas.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Not to worry, he'll just move all the Afghani's to California anyway...

 

[Moonglow]

Last year they were cheering Trump for wanting to withdraw from Afghanistan now they claim it was wrong, how much more stupid can you get?

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

US out of Europe, and Asia. Bring ALL troops home.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Not to worry, he'll just move all the Afghani's to California anyway...

The first group is at Fort Lee, VA.

 

[Anomalism]

Last year they were cheering Trump for wanting to withdraw from Afghanistan now they claim it was wrong, how much more stupid can you get?

The left is just as hypocritical. They were criticizing Trump for wanting to withdraw. haha

 

[Muhammed]

It seems the Taliban will be as strong as ever in Afghanistan, perhaps as if the U.S. had never been there.

So what?

We were not there to kill the Taliban, we were there to kill al Qaeda.

 

[sear]

We have strategic agreements with those countries, and there's no combat arena in those countries, which serve both our interests and theirs.

You really can't compare any of the three to Afghanistan...

I don't dispute your comments.
But your implication is, if it's not for those reasons, then no reason is acceptable.
At some level of minutiae every situation is different.

You really can't compare any of the three to Afghanistan...

The relevance is the U.S. remains in Germany, Japan, & Korea to both promote global stability, and to attend to ongoing U.S. commercial & strategic interests.

President Bush (younger) invaded Afghanistan because the Taliban refused to hand over UBL. I supported Bush for this. BUT !!

The Bush administration's U.S. military invasion of Afghanistan was botched hideously literally from day #1. I vehemently criticized Bush about that from the moment I learned of it, to this day.
If instead of ceding Tora Bora perimeter security to local mercenaries we'd kept it "in house", meaning NATO, what ended up being the U.S.' longest War could have been the shortest.

So what?
We were not there to kill the Taliban, we were there to kill al Qaeda.

The U.S. (President Obama) warned the world: you can run, but you can't hide.
Kudos to Obama, and S.T.#6.

 

[wamose]

I think what Biden has single handedly done to our southern border is much worse than Afghanistan. What he has done to facilitate inflation, our worker shortage, our piss poor reaction to COVID and our new subservience to China are also worse than Afghanistan. I guess you can say Biden is building quite a body of failed work.

 

[Smokin' OP]

Trumptards whine about Biden but ignore what their fat, orange, dear leader did, of course.

February 29 2020
Speaking at the White House, Mr Trump congratulated Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and "the people of the United States for having spent so much in terms of blood, in terms of treasure, and treasury."
He said the Taliban had been trying to reach an agreement with the US for a long time, and that he had faith in the deal because "everyone is tired of war."

The deal was signed by US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar with Mr Pompeo as a witness.

Some 5,000 Taliban prisoners and 1,000 Afghan security force prisoners would be exchanged by 10 March, when talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government are due to start.

The US will also lift sanctions against the Taliban and work with the UN to lift its separate sanctions against the group.
Afghanistan's government did not take part in the US-Taliban talks, but said it was ready to negotiate with the Taliban.

Trump blunder # 30767