Damning Report on Afghanistan Pullout: WH 'Put Head in Sand'

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  1. doombug

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    https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/afghanistan-withdrawal-taliban/2022/08/14/id/1083040/

    More like Biden has head up rear end. The Democrats have botched everything they have touched. From the economy to world affairs the amount of screw ups is astounding.

    How many seats in congress will they lose?

    Will they continue to botch everything while using the government to go after political opponents?
     
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    Biden should have come up with his own plan for withdrawing the troops instead of following the plan Trump negotiated. It was a terrible mistake on Biden's part.

    We are responsible for the suffering going on in Afghanistan right now. We should return the money we are holding.
     
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    Someone actually made a report on the perfectly obvious????
     
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    Biden was warned by just about everyone in his cabinet but nope, the buck stops with me and then blamed Trump. Lol.
     
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    Americans left behind; so what
    $ Billions in USA military equipment left behind; so what
    People died from a terror bombing; so what
    Afghanistan is again mistreating women; so what

    Did you know that some knuckleheads on Jan 6th went into the Capitol and took selfies? We need to focus on that
     
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    What does Jan 6 have to do with this?

    Do you think we took resources away from Afghanistan to investigate J6?
     
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    The counter argument :)

    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/former-afghan-president-agrees-trump-210100773.html
    Ghani declined to say whether he felt betrayed by the U.S. but when Zakaria asked, “Do you think that Trump accord with the Taliban was a disaster?” Ghani replied, “It was,” adding that he believed the Afghan-led portion of the process was “hijacked.”
     
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    Biden was just continuing what started under Trump, and that was a mistake. It was completely stupid to ever think the Taliban would honor any agreement.

    But Biden was president for 8 months before the pull-out completed and had plenty of time to change the game. Both Biden AND Trump deserve the blame for that whole fiasco.
     
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    Trump claims responsibility for US withdrawal from Afghanistan in resurfaced footage
    https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trump-afghanistan-withdrawal-claim-biden-v91ad2982

    TRUMP HOPES NO ONE REMEMBERS HE PUSHED FOR A FULL AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL IN JUNE
    https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/donald-trump-joe-biden-afghanistan

    That is the thing with the Wannabe Dictator Donnie Trump, he doesn't remember or care what he did or said yesterday.
     
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    that is not even the issue.

    Why does anyone even bother about the Afghanistan withdrawal? Didn't you know that a guy with horns on his head was in the Capitol taking selfies?

    We need to put our resources into investigating the selfie-fest and never ever question the Afghanistan debacle
     
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    What part of Trump's plan did Biden follow?
     
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    You act like those are two issues which are competing for resources.

    You are really just bringing something up that is unrelated to the topic of the thread.
     
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    If you want the answer to that, you should do some research.
     
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    Yep, and it’s coming out right before the midterms.
     
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    Better still, what part of the report, or what we know about it, blamed Trump?
     
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    In addition, it is virtually impossible give the agreed upon timeline given by the Trump Admin and the blocking he did also with the Biden transition team to have made this withdrawal of 20+ years of basic occupation any better. IMO, he did a really good job of coming close to the agreed upon deadline and the absolutely minimum damage that could be taken.

    No way to pull out with any causalities or some non native Americans (those who remained either wait too late or stayed by choice) being left. The administration is still bringing ex-pats to America or friendly countries until full vetting can be done.
     
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    Nobody is going to say the AF WD was a shining moment in US History, but I'll give this GOP report the same respect they are giving a lawful search warrant against the Boss....

    Clearly will end up being the low point of this administration, even as it was the correct call... And plenty of blame to go around as well...
     
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    Is that a serious question?
     
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    Biden ended America’s longest war, while Trump failed to.
     
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    A Republican Congressman states his opinion that the Biden WH made mistakes during the Afghanistan withdrawal and Newsmax is reporting about it. I am shocked, I tell you, shocked. There have never been any more unbiased reports on the withdrawal -- ever -- in the history of all mankind.
     
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    Ad hom attack.....sad.
     
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    Wut? Are you sure you are quoting the right poster?
     
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    Not at all

    If you comprehend my reply to that poster, it was asking why he bothers himself with such unimportant items. The most important item of all is the guy who held Pelosi's podium and the guy with horns. They posted pics on social media. Those heinous acts need to be dealt with. As for Afghanistan; who cares, we have full Democrat control and that's good enough.
     
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    yes, i got the context.

    You were being sarcastic and inserting a totally unrelated topic.

    It was a 2 for 1 worthless comment.
     
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    again, you insert yourself into a reply to a different poster. I understand that you probably agree with the Jan 6 Kabuki theater, and that is your prerogative.
    Do you see how I am focusing my reply directly to you based upon a comment that you directed toward me?
     

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