Leon Panetta compares fall of Afghanistan to Bay of Pigs

The Hill ^ | 08/16/2021 | DOMINICK MASTRANGELO

[ChicagoConservative27]

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta compared the fall of the democratic government in Afghanistan over the weekend to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961.

"I think of John Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs," Panetta said during an appearance Monday on CNN. "It unfolded quickly and the president thought that everything would be fine and that was not the case."

The Taliban overtook the capital city of Kabul on Sunday after a quick resurgence in Afghanistan following President Biden's decision to remove U.S. troops from the country and end the nation's longest war.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Very Funny Leon. Biden will blame everybody else.

[Red Badger]

Seems like the long knives are out for Bidumb.....................

[Little Ray]

Is my generation really that historically illiterate>
This more like the Fall of Saigon, or, further back, the Fall of Singapore.
The Bay of Pigs was a failed invasion, and at least there weren’t any US troops on the ground.

[Vendome]

Leon Panetta compares fall of Afghanistan to Bay of Pigs

Wow.

I can’t think of how this situation doesn’t get worse...

[dfwgator]

Well, they all wanted Biden, they got him.

Embrace the Suck!

[blueunicorn6]

Leon played his part in this mess.

[al baby]

I like how he tossed in pork to really stir the pot

[SE Mom]

It may be we’re saying President Harris soon..

[Nextrush]

Another no win war ala Vietnam our love of our country massaged to send Americans to their deaths and to be wounded physically and mentally in vain.

Pakistan made the Taliban they are a creation of Pakistani military intelligence used to fill the vacuum when the Soviets pulled out 30 years ago.

Unless the US was willing in 2001 to wage all out war on Pakistan, a nuclear power backed by China, any US military effort in Afghanistan was a joke.

And it was in the end.

The Taliban was always there with Pakistan in its corner and China behind Pakistan.

Russia now connected to China and both China and Russia recognizing Taliban rule today.

[dfwgator]

Anyone who supported Biden needs to STFU and own this!

[plain talk]

deflection

everyone thinks of the fall of Saigon.

[windsorknot]

everyone thinks of the fall of Saigon.

It’s the first thing that I thought of.

[rlmorel]

The Gall. The Gall.

[butlerweave]

A Democrat didn’t care about the Bay of Pigs either

[neverevergiveup]

It may be we’re saying President Harris soon..

Gee, thanks.. This just keeps getting better and better..

[rlmorel]

Yep.

What is the common theme?

Betrayal on Nationalist Chinese...betrayal of the Chetniks in Yugoslavia, betrayal of Eastern Europe at the end of WWII, cause of the war in Korea, Betrayal of Cubans in Bay of Pigs, Betrayal of South Vietnam...on and on...

What is the common theme?

The Democrat Party. In all of them.

[CivilWarBrewing]

iT'S A WIN WIN WIN FOR THE DEMON STATE;

Terrorism in the U.S., 30,000 or more NEW Afghan asylum seekers brought into the U.S., Biden FAIL gets Kum-Allah the Oval Office..

[gathersnomoss]

The Perfect Marxist Storm sweeping the former US of A.

Those who support this Coup will fully regret the day.

[hanamizu]

“Leon Panetta compares fall of Afghanistan to Bay of Pigs”

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I believe at the time was to try and deflect blame from JFK and say that the operation was planned under Eisenhower and that Kennedy had been in office only a few months. You can see where I’m going with this...

[ClearCase_guy]

Leon, I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Joe Biden is no Jack Kennedy.