Milley, McKenzie say they recommended 2,500 troops stay in Afghanistan, after Biden claims he was ne

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  1. Robert

    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I spent the bulk of my life selling homes, appraising homes and last doing mortgages on homes.

    Biden craves a lot of room.
    This is typical of a more of a reclusive person.
    They can read in one end of the home and not be bothered by others at the opposite end of the home.
    They can spend weeks if not months never going to other rooms in a huge home.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    To be super blunt, but ask Army officer posters for their belief, but a Lt. Col simply is too low of a rank to be calling out war policy on his own. They however are very educated in making war.
     
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  4. flyboy56

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    And what advice was Biden given that was wrong? And who gave it to him?
     
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    So long as there are organizations who want to destroy the US we will continue to fight. Leaving Afghanistan didn't end the war.
     
  6. Jack Hays

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    By leaving Afghanistan we made ourselves weaker and our enemies stronger.

    “You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.”

    ― Winston Churchill
     
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    The mistake was leaving behind a mess and a vacuum for the CIA trained mujadeen? and Bin Laden to have a place to train pre 9/11.
     
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    We already have war. Leaving Afghanistan didn't change that.
     
  9. Jack Hays

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    Your timeline is off. Training of the mujahideen ended in 1989, and most of "ours" were opposed to the Taliban.
     
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    Leaving Afghanistan made it worse.
     
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    And you have proof of that?
     
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    It ended when the CIA left Afghanistan. The mujahideen, and thank you for the spelling, used that training when they formed Al Qaeda.
     
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    I have flown DC-6's into Tempelhof..................................OK OK on Microsoft Flight Simulator :banana:.

    One of the biggest needs was coal, and that proved difficult to fly in in bulk so they had to modify many of the planes in order to able to load, fly it safely and quickly off load it. This idea that the evacuation in Kabul was the greatest airlift in US history is preposterous compared to Berlin and the ramifications of a failure EXPONENTIALLY higher.
     
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    We have conceded a safe haven and training base to the enemy, and have betrayed those who put their faith in our ideals.
     
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    The program ended when the Soviets exited Afghanistan. The mujahideen did not create AQ.
     
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    Let's not forget there is audio of Biden telling the former President of Afghanistan to lie about the situation there.
     
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    That's not proof that's just speculation.
     
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    It ended when the CIA ended it unless you believe they were being trained by the Soviets?
     
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    The CIA ended their program when the Soviets exited. Driving them out was the program objective. When that was achieved the program was terminated.
     
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    It's the same view held by General Milley.
     
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    No **** sherlock. You just like to argue for the sake of arguing.
     
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    Isn't he the same general who thought Afghanistan would not fall for some time after we left?
     
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    The CIA program ended in 1989. Taliban did not come to power until 1996. The CIA program's focus was actually on mujahideen who later formed the Northern Alliance in opposition to the Taliban.
     
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    Nope.
     
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    And he didn't just testify "they" got it all wrong strategically in Afghanistan?
     

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