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2024-08-27 Afghanistan

House GOP lets military off the hook for Afghanistan debacle

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Posted by Besoeker 2024-08-27 02:24|| || Front Page|| [11147 views ] Top
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#1 I can assure you, the strategists and decision makers in Iraq and Afghanistan did not wear boots.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-08-27 02:30|| 2024-08-27 02:30|| Front Page Top

#2 First of all, Trump gave the leadership a 'warning order' about to pull out of Afghanistan. That meant you better be making plans for an orderly withdraw. The senior leadership disobeyed the C-in-C, running their own show. When Biden took office, that plan should have been sitting there ready to execute. Instead it was a 'chinese fire drill' execution.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-08-27 07:09|| 2024-08-27 07:09|| Front Page Top

Credit for the removal of US troops was likely intended for Biden, not Trump. Worked out splendidly didn't it ?

Gotta remember who Trump was attempting to work with.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-08-27 07:49|| 2024-08-27 07:49|| Front Page Top

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