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Firestorm49

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6. It matters not who was the president at the closing of a war.

Fri Oct 1, 2021, 10:29 AM

Oct 2021

It’s an ugly situation no matter how hard anybody tries. One can only imagine how TFG would have handled it. But that’s not the point.

Despite the tragic loss of personnel during the evacuation, I find it more destructive to our country that the media didn’t praise Biden for the accomplishment. His decision was guided by an earlier agreement, which he honored. Nobody can be a winner in such a situation, but Biden, in my opinion, brought us out of an endless war the best way he could, and I, for one, applaud his decisions.

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Was there ever any GOOD way for us to get out of Afghanistan? [View all] CTyankee Oct 2021 OP

Never to have gone in in the first place. Aristus Oct 2021 #1

Short answer is "No"... Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #2

Yes, we should have turned the north over to the Northern Alliance in 2001 Klaralven Oct 2021 #3

Yes WA-03 Democrat Oct 2021 #4

We spent 20 years building up some non-Taliban structure/society Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #5

That is pretty much what I would say (and I would remind him that it was Obama that finished CTyankee Oct 2021 #9

It took nine years to figure out where OBL was nitpicker Oct 2021 #15

True Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #16

It matters not who was the president at the closing of a war. Firestorm49 Oct 2021 #6

You said what I strongly agree with. CTyankee Oct 2021 #10

There was never a good way. There's a reason Afghanistan has been called Ocelot II Oct 2021 #7

No zipplewrath Oct 2021 #8

I put all blame squarely on W's slumped shoulders. rickyhall Oct 2021 #11

No, of course not. MineralMan Oct 2021 #12

Technically, this is semi-correct nitpicker Oct 2021 #18

That we have to have troops in the five figures in South Korea MineralMan Oct 2021 #19

If we'd have only kept Bush from stealing the 2000 election. marble falls Oct 2021 #13

The Brits from Dunkirk, the Germans from Russia, the French at... brush Oct 2021 #14

Not good but maybe better. moondust Oct 2021 #17

This is an important point. maxsolomon Oct 2021 #20

This sakabatou Oct 2021 #22

No, there was no good way to get out. sakabatou Oct 2021 #21