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Taliban taking over Afghanistan again

Discussion in 'Current Events' started by kazenatsu, Aug 14, 2021.

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  1. Canell

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    Well, not exactly. Those trillions of American tax payers dollars have brought "high" experiences for many Americans. Priceless! :lol:
    Whoever doesn't use drugs, well they can suck it. ;)
     
    Canell, Aug 15, 2021
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    It'll be interesting to see how China reacts to this. If they're going to help Afghanistan rebuild they're going to have to deal with the drug trade there.
     
    Kranes56, Aug 15, 2021
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    Recall that there were no Afghanis included in the "official list" (edited several times in 2001) of "hijackers".

    Cutting to the point, the attacks of 911 were an inside job, and the facts and evidence are loaded with Israeli fingerprints.

    The events of 911 were every bit as well planned and executed as the events of our current Plandemic.
     
    Eleuthera, Aug 15, 2021
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    Their hypocrisy on this is overly blatant. Such considerations as of keeping a peace force there was rejected by Trump and continued by Biden. Now Trump supporters are complaining about leaving Afghanistan.
     
    mdrobster, Aug 15, 2021
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    That was never going to happen. Afghanistan has never been peaceful, have they?
    Who ever thought the Taliban would ever live up to an Agreement? They are religious nut jobs.

    So what was the purpose of invading Afghanistan and it's end goal?
    Certainly not to make it into a stable democracy.
     
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    LOL, I never was a fan of going into Iraq or Afghanistan. Except, perhaps to get Bid Laden. And we did that.
     
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    This just in - Afghani President flees the country as Taliban seeks surrender of Cabul.

    A great international success, President Biden :roflol:
     
    Dutch, Aug 15, 2021
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    That is one of the functions of the military, sadly.
     
    dairyair, Aug 15, 2021
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    They hosted the Taliban this year I think? They apparently have given their support to the Taliban. Afghanistan is resource rich in specifics:
    "Afghanistan has vast reserves of gold, platinum, silver, copper, iron, chromite, lithium, uranium, and aluminium."
     
    Hey Now, Aug 15, 2021
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    I am not interested in covering up faults, I am interested in Democrats losing. Simple as that.
     
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    Ecuador. Largest Lithium deposits in the world.
     
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    Trump supporters wanted out of Afghanistan, that is what you got.
     
    mdrobster, Aug 15, 2021
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    After all these years of training and equipment, it seems that all we've accomplished is to train and equip the Taliban, or that the Afghan military we trained and outfitted was always Taliban at heart. Otherwise how could they so easily take over. And if so, how could we be so gullible?
     
    Injeun, Aug 15, 2021
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    No my friend. We all got it, and your chosen sleepy sniffing hagging biting senile grandpa who ran against himself for his old Senate seat and won the White House is in charge when it all happen
     
    Dutch, Aug 15, 2021
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    Biden does have foreign policy experience.

    Joe Biden was a Senator during Saigon, Vice President during Benghazi, and President during Kabul.
     
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    Biden crushed Trump however in 2020. That really speaks volumes as they both campaigned on pulling out of the Graveyard of Empires.
     
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    True. I got exactly what I wanted- America completely out of Afghanistan.

    As an added bonus, Team Joe took over the operation, botched it spectacularly, and took a massive and embarrassing PR beating that's going to leave a permanent scar.

    Winner winner chicken dinner.
     
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    When Biden was sworn in, there were only 2,500 US troops left.

    The total withdrawal was an election promise of Trump that you have repeatedly applauded.

    What would Trump have done to prevent what is happening today?
     
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    Arkanis, Aug 15, 2021
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    Can you read? You got what you wanted and you said no, yes.

    Think before you post and try to make statements that make sense for a change. Don't just randomly string words together.
     
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    Probably nothing.

    They should have let Trump take the hit instead of blocking him, and letting the disaster play out on Joe's watch.
     
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    What should Biden have done?
     
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    What is the position of Trump supporters other than blaming others :)
     
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    So you recognize that people who blame Biden today are hypocrites.
     
    Arkanis, Aug 15, 2021
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    He should not have been a dummy who believed the moronic intel that the collapse would take 90 days.

    That and he shouldn't have gone on vacation while it was all collapsing. That was seriously bad optics.
     
    Creasy Tvedt, Aug 15, 2021
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    But apart from a reengagement of our troops, nothing could have prevented what is happening today.

    Couldn't it?
     
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