Posted on 08/21/2021 5:17:03 AM PDT by Rummyfan
...And much of the blame lies squarely with Joe Biden
If the propagandists of the Taliban had scripted the collapse of America’s 20-year mission to reshape Afghanistan, they could not have come up with more harrowing images. As insurgents swept into Kabul, desperate Afghans, terrified about what the victorious zealots might do, chased departing American cargo planes down the runway, trying to clamber into the landing gear and inevitably falling to their deaths. The American-backed government had surrendered without a fight—something that American officials were insisting would not happen only days before. Afghans were left in such a horrifying bind that clinging to the wheels of a hurtling aircraft seemed their best option.
America has spent $2trn in Afghanistan; more than 2,000 American lives have been lost, not to mention countless Afghan ones. And yet, even if Afghans are more prosperous now than when America invaded, Afghanistan is back to square one. The Taliban control more of the country than they did when they lost power, they are better armed, having seized the weapons America showered on the Afghan army, and they have now won the ultimate affirmation: defeating a superpower.
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Did the Ecommunist blame Trump?
Its almost like its being done deliberately to remove the US as the last superpower.....now who wanted that again?
Just one piece of the puzzle in the destroying of America.
I'd be happy but as this is MY COUNTRY, you will pardon me if I say 'F U' to the Economist Magazine!
No wonder we are in a pickle. All of that hardware makes every general lean to the hard left.
One would not be surprised if China orchestrated this whole debacle. Who benefits from this catastrophe? None other than the Chi Coms.
Yeah. All these anti Trumpers can ESAD.
I watched the interview of journalist Laura Logan on Fox Nation with Tucker Carlson. She explains how the government wants this Afghanistan abandonment to happen just as being done.
August 19, 2021
Shock video: Lara Logan confirms what we feared about Afghanistan
By Andrea Widburg
Biden’s pullout from Afghanistan has been the worst managed event in American history. With Saigon as an example, the administration knew exactly how bad it would be. There’s a lot of finger-pointing going on now, but, at bottom, people are wondering if the unconditional Taliban takeover, including the trapped Americans, is a deliberate policy. On Tucker Carlson’s Wednesday show, Lara Logan said, “Yes, it is. This was what the government wanted.”
A little background: We’ve been in Afghanistan for 20 years now, ostensibly to “nation-build,” à la Germany and Japan. Back then, though, we completely defeated them and installed ourselves in power, only slowly releasing power if they’d fully embraced Western democratic values. And we still stayed for over 70 years, keeping an eye on things.
We never flattened Afghanistan. Instead, we imposed ourselves on top of a medieval Islamic country, including the whole LGBT madness. It worked for those already geared to Western values and those looking to take American money. The Afghan military, many members of which were brave fighters, clearly would never be ready to lose their training wheels — with our military being the training wheels. Some of you may remember this video, which embodies problems of both culture and competency..
My guess is the Taliban,and Biden,are waiting for the 9-11 to really let the carnage rip.
Today’s generals are not even young enough to have been raised in the… Everybody gets a trophy era. What will happen when they become the generals?
We are promoting fake generals like Uganda promotes fake admirals. We’ve become a joke.
America was already destroyed. The Destruction of the GloboHomo cabal is a good thing.
“We’ve been in Afghanistan for 20 years now”
Does anyone remember who was there for years before us and had to give up and pull out” Yep, Russia. And what happened to them after they withdrew? Communist Russia fell, and has struggled to regain their power ever since. They had a lot of horrific internal problems with their Muslim population and still haven’t got that problem settled. Interesting times ahead for the U.S.
What standing?
Here’s what Mark Steyn had to say about Miley’s medals
“Look at that buffoon at top right, the guy who heads the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Thoroughly Modern Milley: that’s an awful lot of chest ribbonry for a nation that hasn’t won a war in three-quarters of a century.”
Yes, but that is of no significance compared to the fundamental problem behind it: it is a symptom of America's decadence and lack of integrity.
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