Yep. Biden was correct about Iraq. Partition it into three independent states. That's the way it's going anyway. it we had listened to Biden in the first place, a lot a spilled blood would have been avoided.
And Biden was right about Afghanistan after 9/11. No boots on the ground. Just bomb them back into the stone age.
What a bizarre thing. The court jester was right after all.
“Yep. Biden was correct about Iraq. Partition it into three independent states. That’s the way it’s going anyway. it we had listened to Biden in the first place, a lot a spilled blood would have been avoided.”
True.
“And Biden was right about Afghanistan after 9/11. No boots on the ground. Just bomb them back into the stone age.”
Not true. We couldn’t have gotten them from the air. When we first went in, and our guys told the Afghans about 9/11 they were sympathetic. They understand and respect the need for revenge, and had no beef with us. Our mistake was trying to create a central government. Most Afghans are rural tribesmen. Their “government” is the tribal leaders. They don’t recognize any authority over the tribe, and will fight any attempt to impose one. By doing so we pushed them into the arms of the Taliban.”
I think ISIS made a similar mistake in declaring a caliphate too soon. They may have attracted a lot of jihadis, but they declared war on every nominally Muslim government on earth. That’s why Obama was able to get those 5 Arab governments on board to fight them.
Turkey wouldn't stand for the creation of a Kurdish state on their border. They despise the Kurds, and they were good friends with GWB back when those decisions were being made.