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Demsrule86

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10. I am sorry for the People of Afghanistan...the Taliban are monsters. But I believe we have

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #8)

Mon Aug 23, 2021, 05:28 AM

Aug 2021

done all we can, and there is no point in staying there. Trump negotiated one of his worst in Afghanistan, and there is little Biden can do at this point. Biden has handled it well. It was always going to be a shit show IMHO. And Cable news, which I had stopped watching, is now out and out lying in order to improve their ratings. My hope is that we have planted a seed and perhaps in time the people of Afghanistan will rise up and throw out the Taliban. They have to be the ones to do it...we can't.

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Regardless of everything that has happened and how it has been covered... [View all] BGBD Aug 2021 OP

How about in 2021? It's the Midterms Cha Aug 2021 #1

It will have even less impact in the midterms. BGBD Aug 2021 #4

Oh you're right.. I was thinking Cha Aug 2021 #6

2021 statewide elections in VA, NJ, probably others too. lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #18

Not congressional though. BGBD Aug 2021 #19

Right - but state government is responsible for drawing districts. lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #20

If the British cons want to civilize Afghanistan, let them try... Justice matters. Aug 2021 #2

I agree. Especially since every day I read in The Brit Press about the "success" the Tories abqtommy Aug 2021 #9

2022 H2O Man Aug 2021 #3

Afghanistan won't be an issue in that either. BGBD Aug 2021 #5

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man Aug 2021 #11

nobody is voting on foreign policy in mid terms. CrackityJones75 Aug 2021 #12

Many people vote H2O Man Aug 2021 #14

To say watergate played a role CrackityJones75 Aug 2021 #16

I'm pretty old, H2O Man Aug 2021 #17

You would think videohead5 Aug 2021 #7

Afghanistan isn't a topic of discussion amongst the people I know. Kaleva Aug 2021 #8

I am sorry for the People of Afghanistan...the Taliban are monsters. But I believe we have Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #10

We should all recognize and be thankful that the person in the WH has good intentions, is wiggs Aug 2021 #13

I agree. The Blackhawk Down debacle didn't hurt Clinton. Treefrog Aug 2021 #15

It's hard to say if it did or didn't and how Mad_Machine76 Aug 2021 #22

Us leaving Afghanistan won't matter Mad_Machine76 Aug 2021 #21