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Showing Original Post only (View all)Former soldier Elliott Ackerman on CNN was complaining bitterly about the withdrawal [View all]
He said the Biden people should have kept other airports open to get people out and we should have started months ago.
It seems to me we put out notices for people to leave months ago.
I'm not sure how many airports we could have kept open with the 2,500 soldiers we had left there.
But this guy was really upset and complained about all the chaos.
He did and we should all praise our troops for the job they are doing.
But I'm not sure how we were supposed to make Americans leave early if they didn't want to go.
And for several reasons we couldn't really get Afghans out until the end.
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Former soldier Elliott Ackerman on CNN was complaining bitterly about the withdrawal [View all]
LymphocyteLover
Aug 2021
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Moulton gave a nice speech about the tough job the troops are doing and how he was proud of them
LymphocyteLover
Aug 2021
#15
This is the sort of behavior some Democrats engaged in during the ACA meltdown...just before
Demsrule86
Aug 2021
#20
No, he shouldn't have...he added a enough to get people out ...but it would have been all out
Demsrule86
Aug 2021
#29
I agree. He exceeded expectations and spoiled those that want him to fail.
LiberalFighter
Aug 2021
#42
Yes & sending more troops back to secure roads & airports would likely have violated the peace deal
LymphocyteLover
Aug 2021
#16
NO, Trump negotiated a deal. Had we sent more troops, it would have been all out war.
Demsrule86
Aug 2021
#22
Well, it's all out war now with 13 of our guys dead. I agree the evacuations picked up. But
Hoyt
Aug 2021
#25
So they are walking around with rifles. That does not make it a war. It is their country.
marie999
Aug 2021
#55
When my niece was in Afghanistan, there was a suicide bombing...it has been going on for years.
Demsrule86
Aug 2021
#30
Just one more point. Our state department has been saying for months 'get out'.
Demsrule86
Aug 2021
#31
Except our government contracts with those mercenaries to keep active duty military counts low.
Hoyt
Aug 2021
#32
And this is why I no longer watch the news...it is an all out attack on president Biden where as
Demsrule86
Aug 2021
#24
And this solider has the latest intelligence? Seriously..why make a bad situation worse
PortTack
Aug 2021
#7
Yes, it's really maddening how they completely ignored Afghanistan and what TFG was doing
LymphocyteLover
Aug 2021
#19
Now this asshole writes an incredibly harsh op-ed against Biden for the NYTimes
LymphocyteLover
Aug 2021
#54