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Rep. Matt Gaetz: Biden is right to get the hell out of Afghanistan
twitter ^ | Aug 12` | Rep. Matt Gaetz

Posted on 08/12/2021 7:56:26 AM PDT by RandFan

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The American people were lied to for decades about Afghanistan by warmongers in both political parties.

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WOW ... Strong anti-war comments here from a GOP Congressman.

He says there is a war cartel and names names!

Amazing.

1 posted on 08/12/2021 7:56:26 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

President Trump had already ordered the phased withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
A Dementia Joe did was first of cancel the withdrawal then get right back to carrying out President Trump’s withdrawal after a meaningless delay.


2 posted on 08/12/2021 7:59:10 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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Unfortunately, we’ve wasted too much time, money, and lives in that cesspool. If their men are unwilling or unable to defend against the Taliban, that’s their problem.


3 posted on 08/12/2021 8:00:34 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: SmokingJoe

100% correct.

Was part of his America First agenda.

Including bringing troops back from Germany. Biden or whoever is in charge cancelled that one :/


4 posted on 08/12/2021 8:02:20 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: woweeitsme

I think the Taliban is backed by Iran.
So unless you take Iran out, then you’re going to have issues defending against the Taliban.


5 posted on 08/12/2021 8:03:26 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: RandFan

My friends who were there said, to a man, that there was nothing in the whole country worth fighting for, especially not the people.


6 posted on 08/12/2021 8:04:12 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: RandFan

Occasionally some wisdom does manage to accompany age. I’m not claiming to be wise, but I have learned a couple things in spite of myself.

I believe there is a war cartel. And I believe most wars are meant to feed that cartel. They don’t care about the innocents who die to fill their pockets.

Reagan had it right, peace through strength. Be so strong no country wants to challenge you, and stay out of other countries’ business.


7 posted on 08/12/2021 8:04:51 AM PDT by brownsfan (For conservatives, we have taxation without representation.)
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Genghis Kahn said the same thing in the 13th century....................


8 posted on 08/12/2021 8:07:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: brownsfan
I believe there is a war cartel. And I believe most wars are meant to feed that cartel. They don’t care about the innocents who die to fill their pockets.

generals and Pentagon people like wars too, good field practice to test weapons and troops.

9 posted on 08/12/2021 8:07:39 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: RandFan

Yup. Bush should have bugged out. Then the Kenyan. Then Trump ( who would have)


10 posted on 08/12/2021 8:09:03 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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Genghis Kahn said the same thing in the 13th century...

So did the Soviets in 1989. Only they had the sense to pull out after 9 years, it's taken us 20...

11 posted on 08/12/2021 8:09:40 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Now on Rumble for those of you that don’t want to go to twitter

Matt Gaetz: The American people were lied to for decades about Afghanistan
https://rumble.com/vl1ua9-matt-gaetz-the-american-people-were-lied-to-for-decades-about-afghanistan.html


12 posted on 08/12/2021 8:13:43 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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I'll say that going into Afghanistan post-9/11 was a requirement for Bush. Not to have done so would have been a real blow to US credibility. Maybe the error was trying to set up a government via loya jirga and putting just another mercenary in charge of the whole place. Perhaps would have been better just to ream out Omar and Osama with some alacrity, and gtfo. Assure the individuals in the Taliban that if they attack us again that they personally will die, and then let them have their rotten country.
13 posted on 08/12/2021 8:14:32 AM PDT by babble-on
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there was nothing in the whole country worth fighting for, especially not the people.

Exactly, let them take the cities, then what, they have no idea what to do with them. The people will live on in poverty, just like they do in Iran and Iraq and Pakistan etc. There's nothing our presence there can do for America. I would suggest we flame the poppy fields, at least the big ones that are easy targets.

14 posted on 08/12/2021 8:15:20 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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Yea Matt, that may be true but we have lost so so much over there.
Our Military men and women deserve to leave with their heads up.
So many have lost everything and families were destroyed because of bad political decisions. We should lay waste to those bastards once and for all time! Make it so no one can live there again.


15 posted on 08/12/2021 8:19:57 AM PDT by spincaster (i)
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Remember when Democrats and their propaganda arm the Corporate Media had a giant meltdown when Trump wanted to bring the boys home? Yet now Biden is doing the same thing and all we hear are crickets.


16 posted on 08/12/2021 8:26:00 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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I was against Pres Bush going on the ground there too. Hey if the Russians with all their brutality couldn’t subdue them what chance do we?


17 posted on 08/12/2021 8:26:53 AM PDT by exPBRrat (.)
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The Pentagon Generals actually disobeyed Trump and failed to implement his lawful order to withdraw with delay and obfuscation.


18 posted on 08/12/2021 8:27:41 AM PDT by allendale
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The Afghan people don’t care about Afghanistan as a country. All they care about is the village or valley where they live. The afghan army and police are worthless and wouldn’t do crap when we went on joint missions, until we gave them fuel, food and water and the first sign of insurgents they were heading back to their barracks.

When I first got in country, my mindset was we need to help these people. 1-2 months in it was kill every male over 10 years old and the country may have a chance. 3-4 months in it was kill every male and 5-6 months in it was kill them all.

That country doesn’t provide one positive to the world as a whole and if it was wiped off the map, nobody would ever notice they were gone.

They are the most ungrateful people I have every had the unfortunate experience of meeting and unless you were giving them something they hated us. Actually they hated us even when giving them things, but they would act like they liked us. I wish I had a dollar for every time we would be driving down the road and a group of young kids would run to the road waving and giving us a thumbs up. When they realized nothing was going to be thrown to them, the thumbs up changed to them shaking their fist at us or flipping us the finger.


19 posted on 08/12/2021 8:28:34 AM PDT by Sgt. Stryker ("Saddle Up, Saddle Up")
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Churchill had it correct—nothing but tribes with flags loyal to the highest bidder . . . or words to that end when referencing Mideast. . Similar mindset. No concept of nation-state.

Do not forget Gen Powell non-sense of : you broke it you fix it. Just justification to remain involved indefinitely. Probably pleased the swamp for decades.


20 posted on 08/12/2021 8:46:24 AM PDT by whistleduck
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