[Oldeconomybuyer]

Biden lied, people died.

[Red Badger]

Afghanistan was never a country or a nation. It was just a place on a map.........................

[Lurkinanloomin]

After our stolen election, it’s not just other countries that have to worry.

This regime does not have the best interests of Americans anywhere in their decision making.

[bigbob]

Not for long. Watch what China does there.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Taiwan, which is almost daily subject to threats of invasion from China, is particularly worried. South Korea, Japan, Western Europe, and Britain are all wondering if the American commitment to them could evaporate as fast as the commitment to Afghanistan has.

There is zero question that we needed to end the Afghanistan adventure that George W started, but the way Biden did it - fleeing in humiliation, stranding our own people and our allies, and leaving billions in military equipment for the same folks who helped make 9/11 happen...even the Soviets handled their Afghanistan exit more gracefully, and they were about to disintegrate as a nation.

There's no question at all that most of the world now sees the US as a fading power, and Biden is directly responsible for that.

[qaz123]

Abandoned by who?

This is what the Afghani people want. 99% of them believe in and want sharia law. It ranks #1 in how closely a country follows sharia law. Afghan refugees in Pakistan want to go home now that the Taliban is back in control.

The supiese army they had only fought that Taliban when they had the US military there and the air assets. When that stopped they walked away.

It’s estimated that 30% of the Taliban fighters are ex ANA.

The Afghans getting in those planes just want a free ride in the West. They don’t care about raising their families i anywhere else, they just want the money.

The country wasn’t abandoned. It was thrown away as it should have been after it was bombed to bits.

[Yo-Yo]

It was the announcement of the deadline for pulling out the Western troops that led to the sudden Taliban surge and the capture of Kabul.

No, it was the unwillingness of the 180,000 Afghan soldiers that we trained and armed to fight the Taliban that led to the 'sudden' Taliban surge and the capture of Kabul.

We gave them the tools. We gave them the training. But we cannot give them the will to fight for their own freedom.

[RetiredArmy]

And the Soviets and Red Chinese all laughed their collective red @$$e$ off at our stellar leadership. And our allies vanished in a moment’s time. They know now there are no more free passes from the USA for us guarding them. They have to defend their selves now. They don’t, and can’t trust us to protect them from the Soviets or Red Chinese any longer. If I were the people of Taiwan, I’d be really worried.