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2021-04-19 Afghanistan

Biden Rejected Military Views on Afghanistan: NYT

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Posted by trailing wife 2021-04-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 Mission Accomplished

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-04-19 00:09|| 2021-04-19 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Biden said that diplomacy will continue with regional nations, “especially Pakistan.”

All I need to know. No surprises of course.

Posted by Dron66046 2021-04-19 01:33|| 2021-04-19 01:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Pff, as if the elected government commands the military. They'll manufacture some false flag like they did with the Syria chemical attack and say troops can't be withdrawn.

Or they'll just declare the president a threat to national security and act accordingly.

Posted by Knuckles Slererong5344 2021-04-19 01:44|| 2021-04-19 01:44|| Front Page Top

#4 It's the old adage for the GOs - be careful what you wish for, you may get it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-04-19 07:16|| 2021-04-19 07:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Bidet listens to the Chairman of the Central Committee over at the Kalorama Kompound and especially the voice of foreign policy,ValJar. Everything else is MSM enabled theater for the rubes. Obama 3.0, Alinsky and Cloward-Piven strategies all in play.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-04-19 12:44|| 2021-04-19 12:44|| Front Page Top

#6 the 2011 withdrawal from Iraq was followed by the explosive growth of ISIS

after ISIS overran much of Iraq the US came back to Iraq

had the US not done this, ISIS might have taken Baghdad or at least part of Baghdad and slaughtered tens of thousands until Iran brought its own troops in and slaughtered both ISIS and lots of civilians until a shaky truce was reached

This would have been horrible for the innocent civilians but, from a realpolitik view, a result that would have spared American lives and resources and maybe even led to some de radicalization in the Islamic world

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-04-19 19:00|| 2021-04-19 19:00|| Front Page Top

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