Psaki is right! Gas price increases due to Russia...BUT this didn't contribute?

And there is NO substantiation by you in this thread! Zero to substantiate YOUR personal subjective and uninformed opinion! Zero!

Demonstrably false. Look at post 141 and your response in 142. Every one of the withdrawals under Trump was done while the Taliban met only one of the conditions they agree to in Donnie's Skedaddle Accords. He withdrew over 10,000 troops and left the Next CiC only 2500 to mop up with. He did it on purpose to embarrass the United States because he hates most of the Country.
 
I guess they haven't taught you how to google yet. Either that or you're not smart enough to figure it out.

I didn't make the claim you did.

Obama of course was talking out of both sides of his mouth talking up shale oil while attacking fracking, without which shale oil production would become economically untenable.


He of course also nixed Keystone which severely limited how much oil from the Bakken Shale deposits could be produced because there was no economically viable means for shipping.


Also being the two faced back stabber we all knew him to be while he was talking up shale oil he was closing 1.6 million acres of the richest and most easily recoverable deposits off from further exploration and development.


In another move in Dec of 2015 he cut off access to 2/3 of the 1.7 million acres opened up for shale and tar sands production in the middle of the country from Colorado to Wyoming and Montana.

 
Demonstrably false. Look at post 141 and your response in 142. Every one of the withdrawals under Trump was done while the Taliban met only one of the conditions they agree to in Donnie's Skedaddle Accords. He withdrew over 10,000 troops and left the Next CiC only 2500 to mop up with. He did it on purpose to embarrass the United States because he hates most of the Country.
Why are you derailing the thread with this BS?

The 2,500 remaining troops were supposed to be a stabilizing force that aided the Afghan Army and was to remain until conditions on the ground warranted their removal.

Biden was the one that turned that into a national embarrassment and international disaster.
 
Why are you derailing the thread with this BS?

The 2,500 remaining troops were supposed to be a stabilizing force that aided the Afghan Army and was to remain until conditions on the ground warranted their removal.

Biden was the one that turned that into a national embarrassment and international disaster.

Not according to the Doha agreement. we were suppose to hold at 8600 until the Taliban met their agree to conditions. They didn't, but Trump still continued the Doha agreement withdrawals as if they did. Until he finally order the complete withdrawal on Nov. 11th 2020, only to flip-flop when the General confronted him over our obligation to the Afghan Army, so he chose the bare minimum number they requested. The OPOS left no plans to get those final troops out either. He did it on purpose to make it as difficult as possible for the military and the incoming CiC.

Benedict Donald earned that title.
 
Not according to the Doha agreement. we were suppose to hold at 8600 until the Taliban met their agree to conditions. They didn't, but Trump still continued the Doha agreement withdrawals as if they did. Until he finally order the complete withdrawal on Nov. 11th 2020, only to flip-flop when the General confronted him over our obligation to the Afghan Army, so he chose the bare minimum number they requested. The OPOS left no plans to get those final troops out either. He did it on purpose to make it as difficult as possible for the military and the incoming CiC.

Benedict Donald earned that title.
To understand President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan against the advice of the US military establishment, you need to go back to a debate that played out more than a decade ago, during the early years of Barack Obama’s presidency.
Also remember Biden's promise?
"If there's American citizens left," the president said on ABC News, "we're going to stay to get them all out."
Right... So Biden ignored the military's point that it was wrong to remove the TROOPS before all the citizens were out!
 
To understand President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan against the advice of the US military establishment

All you have to understand is that the 2500 remaining forces were protected by the Truce and if the decision was made to not honor the Doha accord, the Taliban would have gone back to war with those 2500 troops. So to protect those troops more troops would have been deployed, and the cycle of the never ending war would continue, like the MIC would have liked. The weakling Trump proved he would not stand up to them. It took a strong and decisive leader to do that.
 
All you have to understand is that the 2500 remaining forces were protected by the Truce and if the decision was made to not honor the Doha accord, the Taliban would have gone back to war with those 2500 troops. So to protect those troops more troops would have been deployed, and the cycle of the never ending war would continue, like the MIC would have liked. The weakling Trump proved he would not stand up to them. It took a strong and decisive leader to do that.
We were at peace. And now the world is in turmoil. We see it in front of us and still there is disbelief.
 
All you have to understand is that the 2500 remaining forces were protected by the Truce and if the decision was made to not honor the Doha accord, the Taliban would have gone back to war with those 2500 troops. So to protect those troops more troops would have been deployed, and the cycle of the never ending war would continue, like the MIC would have liked. The weakling Trump proved he would not stand up to them. It took a strong and decisive leader to do that.
So the military advising Biden were totally uninformed, knowledgeable about the military and what would happen.
Biden evidently can walk on water!
But keep up the support as Biden per this chart needs people like you that are obviously grossly uninformed.

Biden underwater on all key issues, independent support halved: Gallup​

  • Overall job: 41% approve, 55% disapprove
  • Economy: 37% approve, 62% disapprove
  • Response to the coronavirus: 47% approve, 52% disapprove
  • Foreign affairs: 40% approve, 56% disapprove
  • The situation with Russia: 36% approve, 55% disapprove
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So the military advising Biden were totally uninformed, knowledgeable about the military and what would happen.
Biden made the decision to leave Afghanistan. The only other choice with the options he was left with was to go back to war with the Taliban. He then decided to order his generals to plan the evacuation. Everyone knew the Taliban was going on the offensive as soon as we started leaving any province. The generals explained all of their decisions and what went wrong during their testimony before Congress last year.
 
Biden made the decision to leave Afghanistan. The only other choice with the options he was left with was to go back to war with the Taliban. He then decided to order his generals to plan the evacuation. Everyone knew the Taliban was going on the offensive as soon as we started leaving any province. The generals explained all of their decisions and what went wrong during their testimony before Congress last year.
No he didn't have to leave and more importantly LEAVE before all American citizens and people that had been given the word of Biden they would be able to leave! Remember Biden promised...
Biden vowed that he would get 100% of Americans out before withdrawing forces.

Biden says U.S. will stay in Afghanistan until all Americans who want to leave can do so​

Did Biden leave troops until all Americans that wanted to leave did so?

80 Americans still want to leave Afghanistan but evacuation flights remain grounded​

as of Updated 6:18 PM ET, Tue January 11, 2022 NO!

Since sweeping back into power in August 2021 as the Biden administration withdrew all US troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban has detained at least eight Westerners, CNN reported in February, including the Rauf brothers.

Remember BIDEN Promised!!!
Biden vowed that he would get 100% of Americans out before withdrawing forces.
 
No he didn't have to leave and more importantly.....

I never said he had to you liar. He is the CiC of the worlds most powerful military, The Generals testify that with just 20 or 30 thousand fresh soldiers, things could have been turned around in Afghanistan. They could have taken Kabul with only a few hundred casualties. He could have redeployed troops and tried to force the Taliban to comply with the Doha Accords Trump all but ignored for his Skedaddle Plan, but at what cost. The Afghan people hated our occupation more than they feared the Taliban. Despite being set up like a bowling pin, Biden took the hit and withdrew our forces.
 
I never said he had to you liar. He is the CiC of the worlds most powerful military, The Generals testify that with just 20 or 30 thousand fresh soldiers, things could have been turned around in Afghanistan. They could have taken Kabul with only a few hundred casualties. He could have redeployed troops and tried to force the Taliban to comply with the Doha Accords Trump all but ignored for his Skedaddle Plan, but at what cost. The Afghan people hated our occupation more than they feared the Taliban. Despite being set up like a bowling pin, Biden took the hit and withdrew our forces.
You wrote: "Biden made the decision to leave Afghanistan. The only other choice with the options he was left with was to go back to war with the Taliban. He then decided to order his generals to plan the evacuation. Everyone knew the Taliban was going on the offensive as soon as we started leaving any province. The generals explained all of their decisions and what went wrong during their testimony before Congress last year."
You're forgetting the option of NOT withdrawing the 2,500 troops. How many troops were killed in 2020 in Afghanistan? 11! And in 4 years 59!!!! 2,461 in 20 years or an average of 123/year! And Biden was afraid?
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Not according to the Doha agreement. we were suppose to hold at 8600 until the Taliban met their agree to conditions. They didn't, but Trump still continued the Doha agreement withdrawals as if they did. Until he finally order the complete withdrawal on Nov. 11th 2020, only to flip-flop when the General confronted him over our obligation to the Afghan Army, so he chose the bare minimum number they requested. The OPOS left no plans to get those final troops out either. He did it on purpose to make it as difficult as possible for the military and the incoming CiC.

Benedict Donald earned that title.
You are simply fabricating bullshit here of course. Planning for a withdrawal would be done at the Pentagon and the different scenarios that survive the vetting process would then be presented to the President who can choose one of those as presented, ask for a better plan or do as Joe apparently chose which was to order the most embarrassing withdrawal of US troops in the history of the country.
 
You are simply fabricating bullshit here of course. Planning for a withdrawal would be done at the Pentagon and the different scenarios that survive the vetting process would then be presented to the President who can choose one of those as presented, ask for a better plan or do as Joe apparently chose which was to order the most embarrassing withdrawal of US troops in the history of the country.
As I said before the Top Generals already testified at length in pubic and classified setting. They did the planning and Biden approved their plan.

The Neo-GOP just have to ignore the duplicitous actions of Benedict Donald prior to leaving office that led to the rapid collapse of the Afghan Army and Government in the face of the US withdrawal. That's for cheap political gain. The warhawks want Americans to forget the 20 year disaster the Afghan Occupation was and blame the entire 20 years on the withdrawal of the final 2500 troops.
 
As I said before the Top Generals already testified at length in pubic and classified setting. They did the planning and Biden approved their plan.

The Neo-GOP just have to ignore the duplicitous actions of Benedict Donald prior to leaving office that led to the rapid collapse of the Afghan Army and Government in the face of the US withdrawal. That's for cheap political gain. The warhawks want Americans to forget the 20 year disaster the Afghan Occupation was and blame the entire 20 years on the withdrawal of the final 2500 troops.
But BIDEN knew better then ALL the Top Generals! But Biden overruled their expertise and frankly common sense!
FACTS: last 4 years 59 total troops death. So why did Biden overrule the experts? Common sense. At least remove the American citizens FIRST before you remove the 2,500 troops!
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Top generals contradict Biden, say they urged him not to withdraw from Afghanistan​

Gen. Frank McKenzie said that he recommended maintaining a small force of 2,500 troops in Afghanistan earlier this year.

Generals contradict Biden, say they advised leaving troops in Afghanistan​

Contradicting Biden, top generals say they recommended a small force stay in Afghanistan​

Biden has received fierce criticism over his administration’s handling of the withdrawal and failure to predict the Taliban’s quick return to power.
 
At least remove the American citizens FIRST before you remove the 2,500 troops!
With what? Those remaining troops were the minimal number needed to support the Afghan Army. There were no troops left in the country to go rounding up Americans citizens who had 18 months advanced notice that our troops were leaving. Is it the governments job to locate and evacuate every American who ventured into the War Zone? As it were, because the force was so depleted at the end of Trumps term, they had to redeploy about 5000 troops to complete the evac.
 
With what? Those remaining troops were the minimal number needed to support the Afghan Army. There were no troops left in the country to go rounding up Americans citizens who had 18 months advanced notice that our troops were leaving. Is it the governments job to locate and evacuate every American who ventured into the War Zone? As it were, because the force was so depleted at the end of Trumps term, they had to redeploy about 5000 troops to complete the evac.
FACTS again...you provide NONE!
Biden delayed the May 1 withdrawal date that he inherited.
So why couldn't he delay the next withdrawal date? He delayed May 1?
July 6---The U.S. military confirms it has pulled out of Bagram Airfield, its largest airfield in the Afghanistan, as the final withdrawal nears.
July 8 — Saying “speed is safety,” Biden moves up the timeline for full troop withdrawal to Aug. 31. Biden acknowledges the move comes as the Taliban “is at its strongest militarily since 2001.” Biden says if he went back on the agreement that Trump made, the Taliban “would have again begun to target our forces”

QUESTION??? Why was it OK for Biden to delay the May 1, but Biden says..."f he went back on the agreement that Trump made, the Taliban “would have again begun to target our forces”
What is the difference?

But Biden agreed with Trump!!!
Aug. 16 — In a speech to the nation, Biden says, “I do not regret my decision to end America’s warfighting in Afghanistan,” and deflected blame for the government’s swift collapse.
The truth is: This did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. So what’s happened? Afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country. The Afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight,” the president said. “If anything, the developments of the past week reinforced that ending U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan now was the right decision.

So Biden agreed with TRUMP!!!
 
The Neo-GOP just have to ignore the duplicitous actions of Benedict Donald prior to leaving office that led to the rapid collapse of the Afghan Army and Government in the face of the US withdrawal. That's for cheap political gain. The warhawks want Americans to forget the 20 year disaster the Afghan Occupation was and blame the entire 20 years on the withdrawal of the final 2500 troops.
You continue fabricating bullshit.

A stabilizing force was to remain as long as necessary under Trump's plan. That's part of the "conditions on the ground" we kept hearing about.
 
With what? Those remaining troops were the minimal number needed to support the Afghan Army. There were no troops left in the country to go rounding up Americans citizens who had 18 months advanced notice that our troops were leaving. Is it the governments job to locate and evacuate every American who ventured into the War Zone? As it were, because the force was so depleted at the end of Trumps term, they had to redeploy about 5000 troops to complete the evac.
The evacuation of US citizens, green card holders and SVA's, was nowhere near completed prior to the final pullout. That's why tens of thousands were left behind to fend for themselves.
 
So why couldn't he delay the next withdrawal date? He delayed May 1?

The Taliban agreed to extend the truce with allied force only through Aug. Sure, Joe could have redeployed thousands of new bodies to try and enforce trumps conditions on them but that meant going back to the forever war in a country that didn't want us there.
 

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