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To: Conservative4Life

Biden clearly mismanaged the final operation, but people forget Trump is the one who put the abrupt plan in place to withdraw everything so quickly without regard to what was being left behind.

Military blindsided by Trump’s new Afghan troop withdrawal

https://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-islamic-state-group-taliban-politics-afghanistan-01ac38c793ca71a2ec099c226e50e7c8


15 posted on 10/08/2023 6:05:30 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Jesus 2024)
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To: Golden Eagle

You are off base again. Trump didn’t plan top do what Biden did. Biden shut down the base and left only the airport as a way out and had planned to leave nothing behind including citizens and those that helped us.

Your hate clouds your thinking and you would rather support Joe Biden and what he did than tell the truth.


16 posted on 10/08/2023 6:13:04 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Golden Eagle
EXCERPT:
Trump’s comments, laid out in a confusing progression of comments and a tweet, alarmed Pentagon and State officials who fear that putting a definitive date on troop withdrawal could undercut negotiations to finalize a peace deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government. They also fear a hasty withdrawal could force the U.S. to leave behind sensitive military equipment. And they continue to stress that the Taliban has still not met requirements to reduce violence against the Afghans, a key element of the U.S. withdrawal plan.

17 posted on 10/08/2023 6:13:11 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Golden Eagle; Conservative4Life

Campaigning with Lankford, Pompeo criticizes Afghanistan withdrawal
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/local/oklahoma-city/2021/08/19/mike-pompeo-donald-trump-afghanistan-withdrawal-news/8185144002/

Trump’s Deal With the Taliban Draws Fire From His Former Allies
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/us/politics/trump-biden-afghan-taliban.html


18 posted on 10/08/2023 6:20:41 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Golden Eagle

This from a April 2022 article:
“The $7.12 billion figure cited in the Department’s recent report to Congress corresponds to ANDSF equipment and not U.S. military equipment used by our forces,” Army Major Rob Lodewick, a Defense Department spokesperson, said in a statement. “Nearly all equipment used by U.S. military forces in Afghanistan was either retrograded or destroyed prior to our withdrawal and is not part of the ‘$7.12 billion’ figure cited in the report.”
Your guess is as good as mine.


28 posted on 10/09/2023 1:13:36 AM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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