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Speed of Afghanistan collapse puts burden on Biden
NBC News via MSN ^ | August 13, 2021 | Chuck Todd and Ben Kamisar and Benjy Sarlin

Posted on 08/13/2021 7:18:09 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA

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When F Chuck Todd write this drivel you know it is bad for Xiden.
1 posted on 08/13/2021 7:18:09 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA
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biden’s second surrender

first the southern border and now afghanistan


2 posted on 08/13/2021 7:19:43 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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Can’t wait to see how Iran turns out.


3 posted on 08/13/2021 7:22:54 AM PDT by AU72
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With the Afghanis its not the training its the mindset. You can’t change that.


4 posted on 08/13/2021 7:23:23 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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Afghanistan’s national government had almost 20 years to prepare.


5 posted on 08/13/2021 7:24:47 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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Afghanistan’s national government had almost 20 years to prepare.

And $88 billion in our weapons and training. Read that as all going to the Taliban. Never trust a Muslim. Just kill them.

6 posted on 08/13/2021 7:26:38 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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"...biden’s second surrender...to the Mexican Drug Cartels who have pretty well taken our Southern border out of the hands of our BP.

Biden, do your job of protecting the USA and close the border with Mexico...it isn't just Mexicans crossing illegally into the USA...illegals from other countries as well feel they can come in any old time....Thank you Biden and Harris and politicians for open borders.

7 posted on 08/13/2021 7:30:56 AM PDT by yoe (Follow the money on Covid or for Covid...)
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Trump told the Taliban....you break this agreement, and we'll knock the cr** out of you.

Biden said..."Not my problem".

8 posted on 08/13/2021 7:31:04 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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At least, it took 2 years for Saigon to fall after the truce with North Vietnam. Biden has found a way to lose a war within 2 weeks after his “truce”. Funny, how the enemy can sense the smell of weakness in men who have no core. Apparently, Biden’s Iran policy of bribing the enemy to not do harm has been officially extended to the Taliban.


9 posted on 08/13/2021 7:32:57 AM PDT by chuckee
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You cannot mentally burden a demented old man.


10 posted on 08/13/2021 7:33:57 AM PDT by chopperk
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11 posted on 08/13/2021 7:35:14 AM PDT by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)
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Trust no one is pretty good advice for diplomats.

But the mistake was nation-building with a bunch of savage tribesmen.
This should have been a punitive expedition from day one.
The goal should have been to kill bin Laden, his family, and anyone who supported or aided him or Al Qaeda.
Just kill lots of Afghanis and destroy (even more) their country and holdings.
Then piss on their graves and leave.

But noooooo, we had to nation build; with effing tribal savages, no less.

I knew we would lose within the first few weeks.
We had bin Laden’s wives and kids in a convoy and, instead of destroying the convoy and killing everyone in it, they called a Pentagon lawyer - who said no.
From that moment, our defeat was inevitable.


12 posted on 08/13/2021 7:38:13 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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The ONLY thing faster than the Taliban taking back Afghanistan.

Will be the speed that China takes over Taiwan (and the disputed islands).

And the speed that main stream news use the word “Unexpectedly!” in these headlines.


13 posted on 08/13/2021 7:40:39 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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Joe Biden doesn’t know where Afghanistan is located on a map. He wants to know if he’s getting ice cream for lunch today.


14 posted on 08/13/2021 7:41:50 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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He wants to know if he’s getting ice cream for lunch today.

Xiden left the White Hut to go on vacation today. He cares about our troops so much.

15 posted on 08/13/2021 7:42:54 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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A sane President with bold generals would know this is the time to attack.


16 posted on 08/13/2021 7:44:18 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (87.9>12.1 people need to wake up. Why do the vaccinated fear the unvaxed? Taxation is theft.)
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But the tribal savages were good at one thing. They knew how to shake the Money Tree.


17 posted on 08/13/2021 7:44:52 AM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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Apparently, Biden is fumbling the exit from Afghanistan in monumental style to underscore how we rescued defeat there from our initial victory.
It was when we changed the mission to “bringing democracy” to these backward warring tribes after accomplishing our primary objective within 3 months of driving out the Taliban in favor of equally undemocratic, but less hostile, tribes and groups like the Northern Alliance and Pashtuns, that we blew it. Simply put, you can’t dress a warthog in the tuxedo of democracy. There are limits. Bomb and leave is the only option when it comes to backward tribal nations like Afghanistan.


18 posted on 08/13/2021 7:44:54 AM PDT by chuckee
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Tribal savages are sharp. Don’t doubt that for one second.
And they never lose sight of their goal.
By comparison Western diplomats are suckers and our politicians are pikers.


19 posted on 08/13/2021 7:47:29 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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China will have issues taking Taiwan.

China will pull back a bloody stump. And if anyone else decides on military action on China, it will flood their grid and they’ll lose on both fronts.

Unfortunately, China can count on the US not getting involved.


20 posted on 08/13/2021 7:47:43 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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