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2023-03-10 Home Front: WoT

Veterans Testify of ‘Catastrophic’ Impact of Afghan Collapse

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-03-10 03:04|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
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#1 "America is building a nasty reputation for multi-generational systemic abandonment of our allies where we leave a smoldering human refuse from the Montagnards of Vietnam to the Kurds in Syria," retired Lt. Col. Scott Mann testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

A totally accurate and compelling assessment.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-10 03:25|| 2023-03-10 03:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Anybody see a pattern? Anybody wonder why the Saudis are working closer with the Chinese? Settling transactions in yuan? &c., &c.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-03-10 07:41|| 2023-03-10 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Feb 2023: "Despite significant bipartisan support, a proposal to make evacuated Afghans eligible for permanent U.S. residency, known as the Afghan Adjustment Act, has failed to make its way through Congress, mainly due to concerns from some Republican lawmakers over how the evacuees were vetted.
The evacuees who lack permanent status were initially granted "parole," a special immigration classification that allows foreign citizens to enter the U.S. without a visa and to stay in the country temporarily on humanitarian or public interest grounds — two years, in the case of the Afghans."

Posted by Slavising Unineting5672 2023-03-10 07:49|| 2023-03-10 07:49|| Front Page Top

#4 "America is building a nasty reputation for multi-generational systemic abandonment of our allies.."

..."Is building?" Welcome to the party, pal.

America has been doing it since our first overseas expedition in 1805 against the Barbary Pirates. The Karamalani Bey, the South Vietnamese, the Kurds, and now the Afghans can testify to history as to the wisdom of letting the United States try and keep your country for you.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-03-10 09:19|| 2023-03-10 09:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Why can’t the Afghans be vetted now? Anyone who worked with us will be easy to vet.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-03-10 10:00|| 2023-03-10 10:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Curious that the pattern of "betrayal" has begun to emerge INSIDE the actual United States, and increasingly can be recognized by those who vote a certain way, have a pale complexion or possess a DD-214!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-03-10 12:01|| 2023-03-10 12:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Leaked Documents Show Qatar Bribed Prominent Leaders a Month before the Collapse of Afghanistan
Italian TG1 News Network has revealed an investigative report showing that Qatar had paid Ashraf Ghani, Marshal Dostum, and Atta Mohammad Noor $110, $ 51, and $61 Million, respectively, not to fight against Taliban fighters.

Posted by Slavising Unineting5672 2023-03-10 12:05|| 2023-03-10 12:05|| Front Page Top

#8 #1
I would suggest to you that the quality of our Allie’s (damn spell check) has a lot to do with the US abandonment. In all cases mentioned above they were too corrupt to deal with.

Posted by Ebbuger Whuque4103 2023-03-10 12:28|| 2023-03-10 12:28|| Front Page Top

#9 The Ally Ideal

Our allies must feel what we feel
And infallibly squeal when we squeal.
Always ready to deal,
Allies never will steal,
Just play face to Red heel
With a mercantile zeal
Till they roar when shit finally gets real!

Which reminds me... fell asleep halfway through Mouse last night. Dying to see how it turns out!

Posted by Tarzan Snaigum6947 2023-03-10 23:57|| 2023-03-10 23:57|| Front Page Top

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