A shout out and thank you to Biden for ending the farce that was the US occupation of Afghanistan

[ProfessorPlum]

As is obvious, we built exactly nothing there, especially in the decade since our actual purpose for invading, "to get Bin Laden", was completed. Biden had the courage to end this money-sucking fraud, that would have had the same outcome (or possibly worse) no matter when it ended.

Afghanistan is ungovernable, and we are now the 4th or 5th occupying force to find that out, and this was predictable. All I hear about is crying on the BBC and on the news about this "disaster" but this was a con being run on our tax coffers by the military industrial complex, it was always a disaster, and it is better to have it finally ended.

I wish Trump, Obama, or Bush would have had the guts to end it years earlier.

[pwb]

1. Yes, I have been very happy we are out of there

finally. After 20 years they ended up giving us the finger and laughing with all the weapons we left them.

[zipplewrath]

2. Obama shoulda listened to Biden

2009, Biden was warning of these, Obama didn't listen.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. I am also happy we are out of there.

Americans are hell bent on "winning" these wars that cannot be won. That war (occupation) could not be won in a 100 years of fighting.

[sarisataka]

6. One strategic mistake often made,

Which Biden seems to have picked up on, is a war cannot be "won" until you define what "winning" means.

"Winning" must also be achievable so a war on "drugs" or "terror" is simply ridiculous.

[FalloutShelter]

4. Yep!

[multigraincracker]

5. Another 20 years, another trillion dollar and more US deaths

and we would have the same results, period.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Joe must have figured out it was a Cluster F.

He pulled the plug. Good on him.

[Mr.Bill]

13. He knew it when he was VP.

He also knew it wasn't the VPs jop to under cut what the President was doing.

[Irish_Dem]

31. Yep, my read of the situation exactly.

Many things are becoming more clear.

[crickets]

35. +1

[Mopar151]

14. Which became a Trump F*** Cluster

Pompeos visit, post election, was the kids of death for our allies "in-country" .

They sold us out, and sold us CHEAP.

[Irish_Dem]

32. And no one can do a Cluster F like Trump.

It is one of his specialities.
He took an existing cluster and gave it the Trump treatment.

God help us.

[lindysalsagal]

8. He's a good, honest man with the best of intentions. I trust him,

We don't deserve him.

[SergeStorms]

17. Like we didn't deserve....

Jimmy Carter, either. Even my republican mother said that, and I almost passed out when she did.

[BComplex]

9. It was never going to be a cake walk getting out of Afghanistan. Never.

Not as long as one Talibani asshole walks the earth.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Raise your hand if your support for Biden is still as strong as it ever was!

Link to tweet

[paleotn]

11. As a general rule

Don’t get involved in a land war in Asia. That would be inconceivable!

[Jon King]

12. 800 Americans die per day from Covid, but, but Afghanistan.

Remind us how many Americans died in Afghanistan today? Yesterday? In the past year?

[AZLD4Candidate]

18. Unwarranted death is still death, if by a government action in a needless war, or governmental

action failing to take a pandemic seriously.

One is not mutually exclusive from the other.

This reply makes me sad.

[rockfordfile]

26. President Biden and us are dealing with all of that. Climate change is another.

These are all things the right-wing have caused or made worst.

[yaesu]

15. The more I see president Biden govern the more he reminds me of FDR, its too bad he has to put

up with the anti-American putin loving republicans.

[AZLD4Candidate]

20. FDR had to put up with Father Coughlin, Charles Lindbergh, a hostile Supreme Court

and the German American Bund.

[True Blue American]

21. So true

And I remember FDR!

[SergeStorms]

16. Yes, and if we could see a corresponding....

cut in defense spending that would be wonderful too. I doubt we'll ever see the Pentagon receive a budget cut though. They're pretty much untouchable in our war oriented country.

[AlexSFCA]

19. World class leadership. The president who ended the longest war in the US history.

I predict Times person of the year award and noble peace prize.

[NH Ethylene]

23. That would be awesome - either one.

It took a lot of courage and resolve to take this step. I was afraid he would falter - he is a bit soft-hearted - but he did not.

[tavernier]

22. Joe has been my choice for years.

Good to know I’m such a clever person.

[Demsrule86]

24. I am thrilled to out of Afghanistan finally.

[Maru Kitteh]

25. AGREED! nt

[MrModerate]

27. I wonder if the Taliban will find Afghanistan governable. No one else has. n/t

[Mr.Bill]

33. It will revert to tribal rule.

No central government can work there.

[monkeyman1]

28. jeeze ! another clown in republican shit show !

just seen the 5:00 news & moscow mitch decide to get his 2 cent's in & run joe down ! like he & republican's could have done better ? not ! wish they would put him out to pasture ! even trump can't stand the ol'buzzard !

[ancianita]

29. Grateful to Joe, who has led the saving of more lives than any U.S. president in history.

[pwb]

30. Yes, he did real good.

Real good.

[jalan48]

34. Yes