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2023-04-09 Government Corruption

Veterans blast Biden admin for protecting 'corrupt politicians' by denying 'chaos' of Afghanistan withdrawal

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Posted by Fred 2023-04-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Taliban/IEA

#1 These vets are the last people in the whole wide world the DC swamp people should be pissing off right in their back yard.

Posted by Slats Snore5077 2023-04-09 03:48|| 2023-04-09 03:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Trump's deal with the Taliban was a real item but

-it was not ratified by Congress and thus had no legal standing

- the Taliban violated their side of the deal and thus, even it had been ratified, the US was not required to abide by it

- in any event, Biden didn't abide by the Trump deal which called for US forces to be out in May 2021 - Biden's withdrawal was Aug 2021

Posted by lord garth 2023-04-09 04:29|| 2023-04-09 04:29|| Front Page Top

#3 The liberal neo-cons have exhibited deliberate indifference regarding Afghanistan since the early part of the Obama administration. It progressed to criminal negligence and finally criminally negligent homicide when we lost the 13 troops and who knows how many Afghan partners (there were many good ones) when the country collapsed.

The SecDef demands accountability from his subordinates, but none for himself or his POTUS.
The lack of accountability will lead to another disaster.

Further, there seems to be no interest in uncovering who provided the Taliban the funds to pay an entire country's military and political leadership to surrender. It is possible that China provided the funds to the Taliban and that these funds were derived from the sale of fentanyl to the US...if so, then this was a total complete defeat that makes 9-11 pale in comparison.

Posted by Tennessee 2023-04-09 09:32|| 2023-04-09 09:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Would that Biden felt similarly bound by a lot of other Trump policies.

Posted by Tom 2023-04-09 13:32|| 2023-04-09 13:32|| Front Page Top

#5 I am sure the Pentagon reviewed the withdrawal at a lower level and awarded a bunch of O-5 types medals for various heroic actions like luggage coordination and superior latrine logistics.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-04-09 15:51|| 2023-04-09 15:51|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Super Hose, also terrific PowerPoint™ presentations!

Posted by magpie 2023-04-09 22:00|| 2023-04-09 22:00|| Front Page Top

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