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Budi

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16. Not stupid, but insane enough to posture for whomever's financing them.

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #14)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 01:04 PM

Aug 2021

This is totally due to Trump run-amok in the ME once he was given power.

They wanted the territory. Not the people.
So allowing someone else to remove them was a better look than killing them, I guess.

If Trump were pResident now, he wouldn't have bothered seeking a safe harbor nor moving the people to safety.
Same as he never bothered with the Kurds.

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Regardless of any signed agreement, the Taliban was never going to allow a peaceful withdrawal. [View all] RockRaven Aug 2021 OP

Unless the moderate proposals made by the spokesman were in any way legit, there ColinC Aug 2021 #1

Maybe Joe should tell Trump and his minions, "I'm President and you're not" Walleye Aug 2021 #2

The problem is there are videos of Biden saying it would not be like Vietnam. Hoyt Aug 2021 #3

Again, this is dismissive coping. "It was always gonna be THIS way" Devil Child Aug 2021 #4

Says who? You? Because you know this how? LizBeth Aug 2021 #6

Says who? You? Because you know this how? Devil Child Aug 2021 #8

Lol, ya. LizBeth Aug 2021 #9

Failed? No. Failure would be sending in troops to fight the Taliban's rush to claim the property . Budi Aug 2021 #10

And 20 yrs in the waiting for the show. LizBeth Aug 2021 #5

I recall presidents (both R and D) saying OLDMDDEM Aug 2021 #7

Trump negotiated this shitshow same as every shitshow he's produced Budi Aug 2021 #12

I agree with you OLDMDDEM Aug 2021 #15

This is a peaceful withdrawal Johnny2X2X Aug 2021 #11

As peaceful as it could possibly be. K&R Budi Aug 2021 #13

Maybe so, but their goal was not to kill Americans, but just watch us leave FakeNoose Aug 2021 #14

Not stupid, but insane enough to posture for whomever's financing them. Budi Aug 2021 #16