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In reply to the discussion: STATEMENT FROM CHAIRMAN MENENDEZ FOLLOWING CLASSIFIED COMMITTEE BRIEFING ON AFGHANISTAN [View all]Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)20. Menendez was right
I share the Presidents desire to get our troops out of Afghanistan, but I continue to have concerns about our ability to protect the hard fought gains made for the rights of Afghan women and minorities, as well as our confidence level that Afghanistan will not again become a haven for terrorists. How we withdraw and what political arrangement is left in our wake is critically important."
I know Biden has dug in his shoes.
I think if he said we miscalculated the Afghan army and we need to save this country , no one would hold it against him.
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STATEMENT FROM CHAIRMAN MENENDEZ FOLLOWING CLASSIFIED COMMITTEE BRIEFING ON AFGHANISTAN [View all]
Rustyeye77
Aug 2021
OP
If we haven't been able to "save" Afghanistan in 20 years then when will we?
totodeinhere
Aug 2021
#27
Your strategy will only work if we decide to stay in Afghanistan forever and if we decide
totodeinhere
Aug 2021
#24
A full committee hearing in the coming weeks sounds like it's too late, to me.
secondwind
Aug 2021
#13
It is not within our ability to "save" that country unless we decide to stay there forever.
totodeinhere
Aug 2021
#25