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totodeinhere

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24. Your strategy will only work if we decide to stay in Afghanistan forever and if we decide

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:45 PM

Aug 2021

that continuing to put our troops in harm's way is worth it.

But if after 20 years of fighting and lost American lives we decide the time is now to get out then we should. There is no military solution there. Yes, people will suffer when we leave but if we decide to stay longer then we will just be putting off the inevitable.

I don't want to see the gains in human rights and women's rights squandered. But unless we want to say there forever losing more American lives then we need to get out. I support the President's plan to withdraw all of our troops with no strings attached.

If Afghanistan does become a haven for terrorists again then we can try to deal with that with air power, but our ground troop s need to leave. 20 years of lost American lives is enough.

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STATEMENT FROM CHAIRMAN MENENDEZ FOLLOWING CLASSIFIED COMMITTEE BRIEFING ON AFGHANISTAN [View all] Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 OP

100 Views in ! minute and 52 seconds Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #1

You should know by now that sort of thing happens all the time. A HERETIC I AM Aug 2021 #41

Oh FFS. cilla4progress Aug 2021 #2

Ok..what do YOU want to happen? Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #3

Really, like cilla4progress Aug 2021 #4

I think we agree. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #5

Why can't we do bombing runs cilla4progress Aug 2021 #6

I dont know Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #16

OK... what solution YOU propose? LanternWaste Aug 2021 #21

See post#18 in this thread. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #22

Post 18 is irrelevant to the question I asked. LanternWaste Aug 2021 #23

Well, in this situation , there are no guarantees. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #26

+1 CrispyQ Aug 2021 #7

Agree...abandoning them isn't right Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #14

Why did she self deport to Canada? left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #10

We were at the airport, sending her back home to cilla4progress Aug 2021 #12

My god they must have planned for this cilla4progress Aug 2021 #8

Suffering from this withdrawal is and will be immense andym Aug 2021 #9

Agreed. cilla4progress Aug 2021 #11

Agreed... we really should change direction. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #15

What do you want to do? Re-invade Afghanistan? Twenty more years? panader0 Aug 2021 #17

You're mistaken. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #18

OMT Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #19

If we haven't been able to "save" Afghanistan in 20 years then when will we? totodeinhere Aug 2021 #27

How much do you want a foreign army occupying the US? panader0 Aug 2021 #31

I guess I'm a bleeding heart. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #32

Hey man, I'm a bleeding heart too. panader0 Aug 2021 #33

Peace to you. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #34

Your strategy will only work if we decide to stay in Afghanistan forever and if we decide totodeinhere Aug 2021 #24

The alternative isn't only staying in Afghanistan forever andym Aug 2021 #35

The British failed in Afghanistan. The Russians failed on Afghanistan. totodeinhere Aug 2021 #36

Past history does not predict future results andym Aug 2021 #37

It's not such a weak argument. totodeinhere Aug 2021 #38

Cmon ...that's not necessary. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #40

A full committee hearing in the coming weeks sounds like it's too late, to me. secondwind Aug 2021 #13

Menendez was right Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #20

It is not within our ability to "save" that country unless we decide to stay there forever. totodeinhere Aug 2021 #25

I respectfully disagree. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #28

Well then maybe you should volunteer to go over there. totodeinhere Aug 2021 #29

Let them defend their own country Thrill Aug 2021 #30

It's over. BlueIdaho Aug 2021 #39