Posted on 11/18/2020 7:00:22 AM PST by MNDude
Republican leaders, many of whom are in the back pockets of defense contractors, are crying foul at President Trump’s proposal to bring most of the troops out of Afghanistan by the end of his first term in office.
A rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan now would hurt our allies and delight the people who wish us harm,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said.
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Published 18 hours ago on Nov 17, 2020By Shane Trejo
take our poll - story continues below VOTE NOW: Did Kyle Rittenhouse act in self defense when he shot three BLM rioters? ShareTweetFlipPrint Republican leaders, many of whom are in the back pockets of defense contractors, are crying foul at President Trump’s proposal to bring most of the troops out of Afghanistan by the end of his first term in office.
“A rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan now would hurt our allies and delight the people who wish us harm,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said.
Other RINO Republicans whined about Trump’s proposal as well.
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“The concern would be it would turn into a Saigon-type of situation where it would fall very quickly and then our ability to conduct operations against terrorist elements in the region could be compromised,” said Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee. “That’s my primary concern right now.”
Muh money!
But our bribery influence among foreign states!!!!!?
USA is on the brink of losing any possibility of free elections for ever and falling into a lockdown, BLM, socialist dystopia. Yet this is what concerns them.
These people couldn’t pass a budget, couldn’t get rid of Obamacare but will lock shields and fight like hell to keep blowing up your kids in some Middle Eastern shithole.
Just more evidence the GOP Elites were in on the coup.
PS where is the CIA going to get its heroin from now? .. seriously we were only there for the poppy's..
I’ve said for a couple of years that I think this will be our last presidential election. If Biden wins, you can take it to the bank.
The next election will be decided at the barrel of guns. Lots of guns.
Industrial Complex Owned Career Politicians.
It would be easy to napalm the poppy fields, we don't because we allow it, the government there takes a cut.
It’s been almost 20 years. There’s no “quickly” to anything we have done in Afghanistan. The public is with Trump on this one. They see no reason why we should have thousands of troops in that pile of rocks.
“I’ve said for a couple of years that I think this will be our last presidential election. If Biden wins, you can take it to the bank.”
Maybe they’ll cheat less next time.
“seriously we were only there for the poppy’s..”
Not totally true. There are rare Earth minerals in vast quantities. More troops=more equipment and supplies=larger military contracts.
We can get South/Central American smack too.
Looks like the politicians will have to rearrange the holiday junket schedule.... (fact finding schedule)
McConnell just won re-election. I sure don’t recall him campaigning on extending the Afghanistan was another decade or two.
Simple truth is, if we there the Muslims kill our young soldiers. If we aren’t there, Muslims kill each other. Not a difficult choice IMO.
Even this was an “election” . Fix was in, strong MAGA turnout made the fix obvious. I now refuse to call America a democracy or republic at the federal level. More like an oligarchy.
I believe the Taliban burned the fields 20+ years ago.
Our government is complacent in the revitalization of the fields.
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+1,000
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