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In reply to the discussion: On this day, I stand with Joe Biden and support his efforts in Afghanistan, COVID [View all]certainot
(9,090 posts)62. it's the fucking republicans, and don't forget it
are democrats once again going to let 1500 coordinated radio stations buzz the country with so much hypocrisy and 'concern' that it bleeds into the mainstream of city-dwelling 'analysts' who then go on TV and express so much concern for biden's actions that it scares the blue dog talk radio state dems into sabotaging action on global warming?
Matt Zeller, veteran and co-founder of the nonprofit organization No One Left Behind, also noted that the Trump administration took a sledgehammer to the Afghanistan visa program, which had allowed Afghan translators and others who aided the U.S. war effort to settle in our country. Zeller, who says an Afghan translator saved his life while he was deployed overseas, had plenty of tart words for the previous guys operation. Here he was during an Aug. 18 interview with CNN:
The reason why all these people are stuck in Afghanistan right now is because the visa program that was created to get them here was purposely shut down by the Trump Administration for the last four years Theyre as complicit as the Taliban are for these peoples deaths pic.twitter.com/ms5O9m4XDc
Acyn (@Acyn) August 18, 2021
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On this day, I stand with Joe Biden and support his efforts in Afghanistan, COVID [View all]
diehardblue
Aug 2021
OP
Not just ratings this time - their Corporate Owners also own 'Defense' Industries.
Tommymac
Aug 2021
#55
I support him to the max. When this crap is nailed down, he'll swivel a little more left.
marble falls
Aug 2021
#25
Yes. Would rather have a leader with good intentions who sometimes falls short than a
wiggs
Aug 2021
#29
Ultimately Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan will be see broadly as the right choice. n/t
MrModerate
Aug 2021
#30