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After 20 years there were tens of thousands who had worked with the US. I’ve heard estimates as high as 70k when family members are added in. Logistically that would be nearly impossible. We certainly should have at least tried to evacuate those in and around the capital though. There are reports now though that the govt was collapsing before Biden announced the withdrawal. We may have just waited too long.I get your point - but it appears to be poor planning to evacuate our Afghan allies and their families. This will all be debated and spun over the coming months - maybe years.
Republicans should thank Biden for taking the hit and getting this done so they don’t have to.This is Biden's withdrawal, you're an idiot. Even cnn can't pull this lie off.
They were not involved in Trump's discussions with the Taliban The idea was to bring in the AfghanAre you saying that the Afghan government was not involved in the plan?
Ah.. good old right wing revisionist history once again. Trump drew down our forces to just 2,500 sitting ducks as per his deal with the Taliban..he just didn't have the guts to pull the trigger and shut down the embassy and leave...Biden did.
Exactly. What could we possibly offer fundamentalists who are uneducated, live in the middle of nowhere in mud houses and who’s only mission is to create their ideal world in service to their god? What worldly possessions would they take in exchange for turning their backs on Allah? Nothing. Ever.A little history behind these dreaded Taliban and why it was impossible to completely eradicate them..Who are the Taliban?
Why did Biden fulfill THAT Trump promise, when he obviously had no problem shutting down as many of Trumps other deals as he could? Also, why was Biden's withdrawal plan so terrible?Biden Delivers on Trump’s Afghan Exit as the Taliban Surges
Donald Trump made the politically popular pledge to bring U.S. troops home from the nation’s longest war. Now Joe Biden is delivering on the promise -- and reaping growing criticism over the grim results that are unfolding in Afghanistan.
The U.S.-trained Afghan military is shrinking back as Taliban insurgents seize provincial capitals and reimpose their fundamentalist views. As they take towns and commandeer security checkpoints, waves of desperate people are fleeing their takeover. The situation is an especially difficult challenge for President Biden, who has committed to champion human rights and democratic values.
Bloomberg
Lol, Biden picked the worse plan he could've.Republicans should thank Biden for taking the hit and getting this done so they don’t have to.
Doesn’t change anything I said.Lol, Biden picked the worse plan he could've.
Madness.
A comment that sounds like it was made in 2017How can anybody vote for a demented person?
The whole world realizes he is not a sane man! To vote for that Cretin as President, of the what used to be the number 1 country on earth is beyond a pathetic joke!
If Afghans don't want to be ruled by the Taliban why the hell didn't they fight them??Madness.
Better to die fighting the Taliban IMO.
If Afghans don't want to be ruled by the Taliban why the hell didn't they fight them??
Not if Syria was anything to go by.I cannot say how trump would've handled it, but I'm positive it would be better.
After 20 years there were tens of thousands who had worked with the US. I’ve heard estimates as high as 70k when family members are added in. Logistically that would be nearly impossible. We certainly should have at least tried to evacuate those in and around the capital though. There are reports now though that the govt was collapsing before Biden announced the withdrawal. We may have just waited too long.
Well Biden screwed the pooch anyway. He stated a couple weeks ago. It would go over great. So he owns it.Not if Syria was anything to go by.
