Disaster

[Got Stripers]

If Trump were in office and he had his way, I suspect he would prefer to pull only US citizens out, maybe some of the Afghan helping us for years. Everyone else he views, as evidenced by rhetoric and policy moves, to be potential terrorists. I think it’s amazing how many people have been successfully evacuated, Trump would I believe make a big fat mess of it due to his belief he is smarter than ALL his advisers civilian or military.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

If Trump were in office and he had his way, I suspect he would prefer to pull only US citizens out, maybe some of the Afghan helping us for years. Everyone else he views, as evidenced by rhetoric and policy moves, to be potential terrorists. I think it’s amazing how many people have been successfully evacuated, Trump would I believe make a big fat mess of it due to his belief he is smarter than ALL his advisers civilian or military.

this is a shocking prediction......

[Got Stripers]

Originally Posted by scottw

this is a shocking prediction......

Easy when behavior is so predictable, sort of like expecting a snarky post from you on almost every thread.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

[scottw]

you'd think with the constant cheerleading from the media for this clown...his numbers would be a little better...

Sixty-eight percent of Americans and 55 percent of Democrats believe that the Biden administration’s evacuation of U.S. troops, civilians, and allies from Afghanistan has been handled “badly” according to a new YouGov poll.

Seventy-five percent of veterans, 76 percent of independents, and 84 percent of Republicans concur with the majority of Democrats and supermajority of Americans who disapprove of way the U.S. has withdrawn after nearly 20 years of military involvement there. A mere 16 percent of Americans would go so far as to say that it has been executed “very or somewhat well.”

I bet none of these people are even vaccinated....

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

I don’t remember Donald Trump flying one Kurd to safety. He let Turkey slaughter them. They were our allies that served side by side with our troops.

Where was the outrage from you and the Fox Russian Propaganda Machine???

Biden has safely evacuated over 79,000 Afghans.

Trump had the administrative authority to issue nearly 11,000 visas authorized by Congress for Afghans who helped America during the last 20 years—but only gave out 1,300 while most of the withdrawal took place.

Originally Posted by scottw

you'd think with the constant cheerleading from the media for this clown...his numbers would be a little better...

Sixty-eight percent of Americans and 55 percent of Democrats believe that the Biden administration’s evacuation of U.S. troops, civilians, and allies from Afghanistan has been handled “badly” according to a new YouGov poll.

Seventy-five percent of veterans, 76 percent of independents, and 84 percent of Republicans concur with the majority of Democrats and supermajority of Americans who disapprove of way the U.S. has withdrawn after nearly 20 years of military involvement there. A mere 16 percent of Americans would go so far as to say that it has been executed “very or somewhat well.”

I bet none of these people are even vaccinated....

Your guy makes a mess, draws down troops rapidly, releases taliban founder and prisoners, stops issuing visas, meets with the Taliban without the Afghan government, agrees to an aggressive withdrawal timeline. And when the next guy can’t clean his mess up quick enough you’re going to blame him, not the guy who made the mess.

Now ten Americans are dead.

[scottw]

that poll was taken before today's festivities

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Now ten Americans are dead.

it awful..God bless them...

definitely Trump's fault...maybe even Bush's fault

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Your guy makes a mess, draws down troops rapidly, releases taliban founder and prisoners, stops issuing visas, meets with the Taliban without the Afghan government, agrees to an aggressive withdrawal timeline. And when the next guy can’t clean his mess up quick enough you’re going to blame him, not the guy who made the mess.

Now ten Americans are dead.

Whoa . . . the guy who made the mess!!?? The mess started 20 years ago by several other "guys," and it was a lot messier along the way. Baradar wasn't the only Taliban leader who was released by negotiations with the Taliban. Remember Obama traded the release of 5 Taliban leaders (now instrumental in the Taliban takeover) for the release of American deserter Bowe Bergdahl? https://nypost.com/2021/08/16/taliba...swap-by-obama/

Hasn't Biden been negotiating with the Taliban as well? Not sure if all the reporting of Trump's deals with the Taliban are accurately portrayed, but, if so, Trump may have proposed the mess. But Biden has implemented it. So where do we go from here?