South Korea's ruling party calls for faster transfer of military control from U.S.

Discussion in 'Current Events' started by Steve N, Aug 20, 2021.

  1. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2012
    Messages:
    151,192
    Likes Received:
    63,396
    Trophy Points:
    113
    attacking other posters is all you have it seems
     
  2. HB Surfer

    HB Surfer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2009
    Messages:
    34,707
    Likes Received:
    21,899
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Trump has been gone for 9 months and Trump's deal was violated, thereby voiding the deal. I know it's real hard for you to accept this, but the Democrats 100% own this insane and stupid screw up. There is no one to blame this time. You own it for voting for a senile and stupid man. You own it. YOU.

    Now can you actually get back on topic and leave the Trump 24/7 behind? The Bad Orange Man is gone now. He can't harm you anymore.
     
  3. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2012
    Messages:
    151,192
    Likes Received:
    63,396
    Trophy Points:
    113
    doesn't change a thing, it's still Trump's deal

    that would be like blaming Trump for the ACA 8 Months into his presidency, nope, Obama still gets credit for that

    this was a deal with terrorist with a timeframe we could not meet cause Trump did not start working on it right after he signed the deal like he should have

    Trump did get the Taliban released from prison though, 5000 of them, many top Taliban leaders
     
    Last edited: Aug 20, 2021
  4. Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2016
    Messages:
    48,793
    Likes Received:
    32,504
    Trophy Points:
    113
    :roflol:

    Who cares? SK is free to do whatever they want.

    And, about 2024?

    ANYTHING is Possible.

    Everybody should know that.
    If an Unprepared Unqualified POS (like Trump) got elected in 2016 - Anything is Possible.

    And, please give the Cutesy, Intelligence-Insulting, Ridiculously Sophomoric BS a Rest...:bored:

    RULES:

    1. ENGLISH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THIS WEBSITE

    We warmly welcome members from all over the world, and value their insights and perspectives. And, we understand that communicating in English can be difficult for people who did not grow up speaking the language. Nevertheless, we ask that people post their public messages in English so that everyone can understand them, and that material linked on Youtube or other websites also be in English


    A member since 2015, and still doesn't adhere to PF Rule #1?
    Not a good look.
    A horrible look (actually).:smh:
     
    Last edited: Aug 20, 2021
  5. HB Surfer

    HB Surfer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2009
    Messages:
    34,707
    Likes Received:
    21,899
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Derail threads all you want. The staff doesn't seem to mind it at all.

    The Democrats running the Biden Administration own this disaster, just like the border, just like our Energy implosion, just like the runaway crime in our cities.

    Voting for Democrats means voting for the failure of America, which I think is the goal of the party.
     
    Steve N likes this.
  6. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2012
    Messages:
    151,192
    Likes Received:
    63,396
    Trophy Points:
    113
    yes, you are trying to derail this thread, why?

    Trump never should have made this deal in the middle of a pandemic, he should have left the deal making to the next admin
     
  7. Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2016
    Messages:
    48,793
    Likes Received:
    32,504
    Trophy Points:
    113
    :roflol:

    Trump has been gone for 7 MONTHS!

    NOT 9 Months...:bored:


    Since January 20th. Today is August 20th.

    [​IMG]

    That is 7 Months.

    Did you lose your Calendar or are you just Mathematically-Challlenged?
     
  8. HB Surfer

    HB Surfer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2009
    Messages:
    34,707
    Likes Received:
    21,899
    Trophy Points:
    113
    ROFL! You were just crying and whining about "Trump kicking the can". Please try to pick which TDS propaganda you want to go with, so as to not contradict yourself so often.

    The South Koreans appreciated Trump's work with the North Koreans. It was historic and positive. Now they are running like their hair is on fire as fast as they can away from China Joe and the Democrats.

    South Korea hates Joe Biden. South Korea hates Democrats. Most of the world, except China, Russia, and the Taliban hate Democrats too. Democrats have become a scourge on the planet. They are not honorable people.
     
    Matthewthf, Steve N and JET3534 like this.
  9. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2012
    Messages:
    151,192
    Likes Received:
    63,396
    Trophy Points:
    113
    trump set a date and then kicked the can, if he was gonna kick the can, he should not of set a date and not released the Taliban prisoners before our people were home
     
  10. JET3534

    JET3534 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2014
    Messages:
    13,381
    Likes Received:
    11,551
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Japan better get a few nukes built ASAP before Biden sells them out.
     
    joesnagg, Lil Mike and HB Surfer like this.
  11. HB Surfer

    HB Surfer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2009
    Messages:
    34,707
    Likes Received:
    21,899
    Trophy Points:
    113
    That is the smart move. Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan now know that they cannot rely on the U.S.A. anymore with Democrats in power. Even Australia is likely to now approve the new Chinese trade deals put forth.

    China Joe and the Democratic Party has screwed over those that value freedom in the world.
     
    JET3534 likes this.
  12. JET3534

    JET3534 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2014
    Messages:
    13,381
    Likes Received:
    11,551
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Face it. A cowardly and dishonorable retreat took place while Biden was in charge. You liberals are like little kids blaming some other kid for what they got caught doing. What ever deal Trump made Biden was free to ignore as he has ignored many of Trump's policy initiatives.
     
    Matthewthf, joesnagg and HB Surfer like this.
  13. HB Surfer

    HB Surfer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2009
    Messages:
    34,707
    Likes Received:
    21,899
    Trophy Points:
    113
    You make zero sense. Go back and read MotherJones / DailyKos for a few hours and try to gather your propaganda back into understandable sound bites. Right now you're just coming off like a Liberal Arts student with multi-color dyed hair, nose ring, and with no idea what gender you should be this week.

    We get it. With you everything is about the Bad Orange Man. But, you are making arguments now that even the Biden Administration is not making or forwarding.
     
    Matthewthf and joesnagg like this.
  14. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2012
    Messages:
    151,192
    Likes Received:
    63,396
    Trophy Points:
    113
    you got nothing.... just more attack the messenger I see
     
  15. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2012
    Messages:
    151,192
    Likes Received:
    63,396
    Trophy Points:
    113
    this 20+ year war never should have happened, Biden is going to end it, I support that

    too bad Trump did not have the balls to do the same

    Trump gave the terrorists 5000 Taliban Prisoners, Biden no longer had that as a negotiation tool, Trump should have waited to release them until after our people were back home safe
     
    Last edited: Aug 20, 2021
  16. JET3534

    JET3534 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2014
    Messages:
    13,381
    Likes Received:
    11,551
    Trophy Points:
    113
    What you support is a dishonorable and cowardly retreat. It does not matter what Trump was going to do. Trump is not in charge. He is a private citizen. Your boy Biden is in charge.

    Running like a Rabbit does not demonstrate balls. Don't talk to us about Biden's balls. He is a draft dodger. Just as many student deferments as Dick Cheney and then a deferment for claiming to have Asthma. He could run, swim, and play football. But then when it came time to serve, Biden claimed to have Asthma. Your explanation for this draft dodging is what exactly?
     
    Matthewthf, joesnagg and HB Surfer like this.
  17. Lil Mike

    Lil Mike Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 4, 2011
    Messages:
    51,772
    Likes Received:
    23,045
    Trophy Points:
    113

    Trump wasn't elected to restore global alliances as they were before January 2016. Biden was, and it looks like he's unraveling the defense pact with South Korea. Next up, we'll probably see Japan start to develop nuclear weapons and offer guarantees to Taiwan.

    So Biden might have Mister Magoo'd himself into pushing Trump's agenda.
     
    Matthewthf, joesnagg and HB Surfer like this.
  18. Bluesguy

    Bluesguy Well-Known Member Donor

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2010
    Messages:
    154,586
    Likes Received:
    39,324
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    It is?

    Disbelief and betrayal: Europe reacts to Biden’s Afghanistan ‘miscalculation’
    ‘This does fundamental damage to the political and moral credibility of the West,’ says senior German lawmaker.

    BERLIN — Until Sunday, Europe thought Joe Biden was an expert on foreign policy.

    Now, the American president’s decision to allow Afghanistan to collapse into the arms of the Taliban has European officials worried he has unwittingly accelerated what his predecessor Donald Trump started: the degradation of the Western alliance and everything it is supposed to stand for in the world.

    Across Europe, officials have reacted with a mix of disbelief and a sense of betrayal. Even those who cheered Biden’s election and believed he could ease the recent tensions in the transatlantic relationship said they regarded the withdrawal from Afghanistan as nothing short of a mistake of historic magnitude.

    “I say this with a heavy heart and with horror over what is happening, but the early withdrawal was a serious and far-reaching miscalculation by the current administration,” said Norbert Röttgen, chairman of the German parliament’s foreign relations committee. “This does fundamental damage to the political and moral credibility of the West.”

    Röttgen, a senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, is no flamethrower. He has known Biden for decades and was optimistic about his prospects.

    While Merkel has avoided direct criticism of Biden, behind the scenes she has made it clear that she considered the hasty withdrawal a mistake.

    “For those who believed in democracy and freedom, especially for women, these are bitter events,” she told a meeting with officials from her party late Monday, according to German media reports.

    In the U.K., which like Germany supported the U.S. engagement in Afghanistan from the beginning, the sentiment was similar. “Afghanistan is the biggest foreign policy disaster since Suez. We need to think again about how we handle friends, who matters and how we defend our interests,” tweeted Tom Tugendhat, the Conservative chair of the U.K. parliament’s foreign affairs committee.

    At a time when some European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, have been pushing for the bloc to pursue a security policy less dependent on America, Afghanistan is bound to be used as evidence for why “strategic autonomy” is necessary.

    “Naturally this has damaged American credibility, along with that of the intelligence services and of the military,” said Rüdiger Lentz, the former head of the Aspen Institute in Berlin.

    “One can only hope that the damage to America’s foreign policy leadership can be quickly contained.”
    https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-reacts-bidens-afghanistan-withdrawal/
     
    Matthewthf and HB Surfer like this.
  19. Bluesguy

    Bluesguy Well-Known Member Donor

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2010
    Messages:
    154,586
    Likes Received:
    39,324
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Don't forget Biden won the election and claimed he could better handle it he was the expert. Wrong. Trump's withdrawal was condition, Biden's was an announced unconditional. Stop trying to blame Trump for Biden's unapparelled foreign policy disaster.
     
    Last edited: Aug 20, 2021
    Matthewthf and joesnagg like this.
  20. cd8ed

    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 19, 2011
    Messages:
    42,210
    Likes Received:
    33,142
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I support the US pulling out of Afghanistan and bringing home our troops. I also support NATO allies finally not wanting to rely so heavily on the US military.

    Two of the very few points I agreed with trump on and now his supporters seems against it. Other nations have been saying for years they could no longer depend on the US with our rollercoaster shifts in political ideology between each administration.
     
    Quantum Nerd likes this.
  21. US Conservative

    US Conservative Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    May 19, 2015
    Messages:
    66,099
    Likes Received:
    68,212
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Word is Biden is sending Veep Throat to smooth things over with our Asian allies.

    I bet she comes back with a new nickname, cackling devil or hyena demon or something.
     
    HB Surfer likes this.
  22. Josh77

    Josh77 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 3, 2014
    Messages:
    10,507
    Likes Received:
    7,119
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    The Taliban is a warrior culture. They always have been. The American military is a warrior culture (though our politicians obviously are not part of that culture). They always have been. The average Afghani, especially after the last 20 years, is not a warrior. They may carry guns, and patrol occasionally, but when things get difficult, they flee. Even if they wanted to fight it, they couldn't. I believe that is something that takes a generation at least to instill in a population, and with us doing the heavy lifting over the last 20 years, it has not allowed the warrior mentality to take root in the afghan people. I think it would take at least another 10 to 20 years of us advising and training them (not doing all the hard fighting for them) for that to start to grow.

    We took too long to allow the Afghanis to do the fighting I think. They became soft. But just abandoning them at this point to fight their own wars is a death sentence.
     
  23. Josh77

    Josh77 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 3, 2014
    Messages:
    10,507
    Likes Received:
    7,119
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Yeah, I sure as hell wouldn't trust the US for long term commitments if I was another country. Nope.
     
    Matthewthf likes this.
  24. Shinebox

    Shinebox Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2015
    Messages:
    3,492
    Likes Received:
    1,518
    Trophy Points:
    113
    good for South Korea ... let them deal with their own problems ...
     
    Matthewthf likes this.
  25. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2012
    Messages:
    151,192
    Likes Received:
    63,396
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Boden could have made a better deal, but sadly Trump already made the deal and released the 5000 Taliban prisoners, many of which were part of the wave of Taliban that took over Afghanistan
     
    Last edited: Aug 20, 2021

Share This Page