He seems to see the pullout as bringing the American troops home primarly….
The President takes this personally…..
And he feels the pressure ….
He does Not see the American effort there as a ‘victory ‘….
A majority of Americans polled support his move…
No modern day country has either…..
The country has a long history of civil, conflicts and wars….
Biden will leave almost 1,000 US troops in the country after August, when he says everyone is out….
He HAS pledged to continue providing military support to the Afghan military ….from ‘afar’…..
One hopes the Taliban will NOT start a violent revenge takeover , which would also come back to haunt Biden and maybe the world….
“We did not go to Afghanistan to nation-build,” Biden said.
The president said that the U.S. miltary operation would end by Aug. 31 and dismissed comparisons to the United States’s experience in Vietnam….
image…Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
In news surprising no one Lindsey Graham says Biden’s withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan a “disaster in the making”.
Despite going all in on Trump ole Lindsey still won’t let go of his Bush era Hawkish love of endless war.
Which makes him even more detestable than most Trumpers.
Disaster under Trump. Disaster under Biden.
I am consistent in addition to being “detestable.”
We all know you weevil favor of endless war.
Are in favor of endless war
Wars end when a side gives up or loses.
I do not want that to be us, but you can believe what you want of course.
Fair enough. If you were alive in 1975 you probably wouldn’t have wanted us to leave Vietnam either.
63% of Republicans approve if removing troops from Afghanistan.
It’s a pretty bipartisan agreement that the country was long ago lost so why drag our involvement out any longer.
Biden is resolute
I just pray that there is no mass revenge violence that could be blamed on Biden….
And the West…..
The Taliban ‘claims’ to have control of 85% of the country….
This would be the easy part….
Running what they have will be the hard part….
The US still has about 1,000 troops and more civilians in the country in the 15% not under the Taliban ….
Biden and lot of people are waiting to see how this turns out….
Taliban Lay Siege to Afghan Cities
“Taliban fighters have encircled ten cities across Afghanistan as government forces buckle in the face of the insurgent offensive to recapture the country after the US withdrawal,” the Times of London reports.
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Taliban is already shooting those who fought against hem….