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Page 10809 and onward in the Political Thread I have numerous posts regarding the situation
If you a summary:
-Taliban taking over again was destined to happen. Nearly everyone thought it would happen eventually, Trump included. The shock is it happened so quickly with such little resistance
-The president to blame for this situation is neither Biden nor Trump, it is Bush. We should have never gone over there, and even if 9/11 pushed us in that direction he still botched it worse than anyone
-Afghanistan is nearly impossible to hold. The British Empire failed, the Russians were more murderous than us and failed, we failed. If someone else tries, they will fail.
-The Afghan government is corrupt and had little interest in stopping the Taliban
-The Afghan military rolled over faster than most predicted, but I don't blame these dudes for not wanting to die for a hopeless fight
-A lot of Afghans wanted the US gone
-The biggest mistake the Biden Admin made was assuming the Afghan army would be able to hold off the Taliban for at least 6 months. After a little while, they just gave up, and let them take over. Which caused the panic to evacuate so quickly this weekend.
-I feel really sad for all the people whose lives will be affected by this
-I hope we can get all our collaborators out of the country in time
-The US should be willing to takin in million of refugees but this country will never do that. At best the people who aided the military will be let in
-Most dudes that will Monday morning quarterback this will be wrong. Because they will treat foreign policy/middle east policy/Afghan policy like it is a game instead of a complex situation that has been misrepresented in your news for decades.
-People will complain about the US's exit, but nearly will offer no good alternative strategy of what should have been done. Conservatives, progressives, and "both sides" dudes that are inclined to criticize Biden will ignore a lot to make their simplistic take work. Again, Bush is the President people should be upset at all things considered.
So in short, this was a 20-year ****show that ended in a 3-day **** show.
repped, quoted for strong emphasis on all points here.
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