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Trump calls on Biden to resign over what happened in Afghanistan

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  •  Today, 01:09
 

Follow-up - Inaugurated
Former US President Donald Trump called in a statement, current President of the United States Joe Biden to submit his resignation.
"It is time for Joe Biden to resign," Trump said in a brief statement. "It is a disgrace for what he has allowed to happen in Afghanistan, along with the massive spike in coronavirus infections, the border disaster, the destruction of energy independence, and the crippled economy."
The former president added that Joe Biden was not legitimately elected.
The Taliban entered the capital, Kabul, earlier today, after taking control of most of the Afghan provinces, which fell one after another into the hands of the movement's fighters.

Source: RT

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1 hour ago, yota691 said:

Trump calls on Biden to resign over what happened in Afghanistan

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  •  Today, 01:09
 

Follow-up - Inaugurated
Former US President Donald Trump called in a statement, current President of the United States Joe Biden to submit his resignation.
"It is time for Joe Biden to resign," Trump said in a brief statement. "It is a disgrace for what he has allowed to happen in Afghanistan, along with the massive spike in coronavirus infections, the border disaster, the destruction of energy independence, and the crippled economy."
The former president added that Joe Biden was not legitimately elected.
The Taliban entered the capital, Kabul, earlier today, after taking control of most of the Afghan provinces, which fell one after another into the hands of the movement's fighters.

Source: RT

I concur, along with Fauci!

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2 minutes ago, patrickgold said:

I concur, along with Fauci!

I hope you are not seriously thinking it is Bidens fault..we taught them how to fight off the Russians..10 years tgey beat them back..then we think we could just waltz in there and control them? Kharzi just walks up and hugs the head Tali dude yesterday. We have made him wealthy beyond even most US CEO'S . 20 years. How many billions were made by US corporations cooking..contracting..selling us vehicles and armament..and Biden is your Patsy? Fauci had a say in that mess? Fortunately but sadly, not 58,000 parents, wives, brothers, sisters, do not have to bury l9ved ones, for nothing, only 4 or 5,000 this trip...that we know..

not counting the maimed. Just likke Iraq..we should never have gone..but damn those torpedos..full speed ahead..let us not forget Trump had his chance..O'B wan had his..Little Bush jr had his..but politicians do not have a dog in any fight..they have us..and our children for their stupid conflicts tgat make them money.

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Biden is to blame. He is doing the withdrawal all wrong. He should have gotten the civilians out first. Biden is the President. It is on him. Yes, Trump wanted to end our occupation over there but nooooo said the dems.

 

Blame must be placed and it is on Biden.

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43 minutes ago, nstoolman1 said:

Every single piece of U.S weaponry should have been packed up and shipped home. 

Every base, building, computer, typewriter, printer and coffee machine should have been brought home or destroyed. 

Airport runways should have been mined and destroyed. 

All vehicles, ammunition and small arms brought home.

Biden screwed the pooch and allowed these pissants to acquire military secrets.

I say we drop the tungsten rods from space and destroy the Taliban once and for all. Or send in the Seals and tell them it is open season on any Talban they find.

Just can't add anymore to you and Markb57 statement.  Trump had a

 a peace agreement going.  Biden is a puppet and probably taking orders from China. It would be wise to keep an eye on the big picture. 

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2 hours ago, markb57 said:

Biden is to blame. He is doing the withdrawal all wrong. He should have gotten the civilians out first. Biden is the President. It is on him. Yes, Trump wanted to end our occupation over there but nooooo said the dems.

 

Blame must be placed and it is on Biden.

Yes blood will be on his hands.  

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Joe Biden ‘utterly unfit’ to be President of the United States
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The only people left that are praising/defending the big guy are trolls and the completely ignorant..

 

 

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Don’t worry about it! Democrats will blame Donald Trump he will be the fall guy Demo rats are blameless .

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Perhaps this will help to put things in perspective. Hard to argue with this guys logic and facts.

 

Subject: THE FUTURE IS NOW AND IT'S UGLY 
 

 

By Marvin L. Covault, Lt Gen US Army, retired

July 21, 2021

 

By about 4 p.m. on 20 January 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order that threw the oil and gas industry into turmoil.  In part, it was a 60-day suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters. This served two purposes for the new administration. First, it was an obvious gotcha to reverse Trump's policies on energy. Secondly, it was a gift to the environmentalists and climate-change advocates.

 

BACKGROUND: 

Throughout much of its history, the United States has imported more petroleum than it has exported. A report, February 2021 by The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) tells us that, “2020 marked the first year that the United States exported more petroleum than it imported on an annual basis."

 

Unfortunately, thanks to President Biden, EIA expects the United States to return to being a net petroleum importer on an annual basis in 2021.

 

Was this immediate knee-jerk policy well thought out? Had there been any debate in Congress? Did President Biden or his handlers know, on the afternoon of 20 January, what the US public reaction would be? No. 

 

What it ended up being is Bidens first new “tax” (a rose by any other name) and it has negatively impacted every single American. In six months, crude oil prices are up 54% and the price for gasoline at the pump has skyrocketed.

Additionally, transportation costs for every single product we buy have  

gone up because, at some point, every single product comes out of the back 

of a gas/diesel guzzling truck. The result, higher prices for everything for everyone. 

 

But beyond US gasoline prices, the unanticipated consequences are more far-reaching with huge national security implications.

 

THE US STANDING IN THE WORLD OF OIL:

It has taken the US about 50 years to overcome our dependency on foreign oil. For the leading nation in the free world, “dependency” is not a good place to be. It reduces or negates the leverage that we need in dealing with other countries and regions. Here is a prime example of what can happen when we are dependent on others to supply us with petroleum.  

 

OIL EMBARGO:

Many of you will not remember the 1973 oil embargo. There was a nationwide gasoline shortage, long lines at the pump, lots of inconveniences but beyond that, the geopolitical implications were huge.  

 

During the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military and to gain leverage in the post-Arab-Israeli war peace negotiations.

 

The price of oil per barrel first doubled, then quadrupled, imposing skyrocketing costs on consumers around the world.

 

U.S. allies in Europe and Japan had stockpiled oil supplies and thereby secured for themselves at least a short-term cushion. These circumstances precipitated a rift within the Atlantic Alliance. European nations and Japan found themselves in the uncomfortable position of needing U.S. assistance to secure energy sources, even as they sought to disassociate themselves from US Middle East policy. 

 

In response to these developments, on November 7, 1973, the Nixon administration announced Project Independence to promote domestic energy independence. It has taken us about 50 years to get there. Forecasters expect US net imports of crude oil to increase from its 2020 average of 2.7 million barrels per day (b/d) to 3.7 million b/d in 2021 and 4.4 million b/d in 2022.



OIL AND GEOPOLITICS: 

That short history lesson brings us back to today’s geopolitical situation. Iran is the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism. The Iranian Supreme Leader has for years declared openly that it is Iran’s duty to destroy America and Israel. Iran is our enemy. 

 

After the Obama/Biden 2015 Iran Peace Treaty was in place, Iran's GDP grew 12.3%. Much of that growth was attributed to the oil and gas industry. Iran’s support to global terrorist groups was at an all-time high, spending as much as $700 million per year to support global terrorism.

 

According to the International Monetary Fund, US sanctions on Iran, imposed by President Trump in 2018, caused Iran’s GDP to drop by 4.8% in 2018 and 9.5% in 2019. Additionally, the IMF estimated that inflation soared to 30.5% in 2018 and 35.7% in 2019. Iran was crippled economically as were their contributions to terrorists.

 

President Biden has returned to the bargaining table with Iran. Iran’s leaders have already taken advantage of a less hostile climate, reviving petroleum sales, increasing production by almost 20% in 2020 to 2.4 million b/d in April, up by 1.3 million b/d from March. Iran could increase production to almost 4 million barrels a day in three to six months.

 

When President Trump canceled the Obama/Biden deal with Iran, senior Iranian officials admitted that after signing the US/Iran deal they never ceased operations to produce a nuclear weapon. But Biden is so committed to reviving the deal as part of his anti-Trump agenda that in recent weeks, during six meetings with Iranian negotiators, the US has already indicated they will lift sanctions in return for “nuclear compliance”. What nuclear compliance? Iran has admitted to being capable of having a bomb within six months, which probably means they already have one. Decreased sanctions will only lead to a stronger and more aggressive Iran, increased global terrorism, and a more destabilized Middle East. There is an old saying, “if you want a deal bad enough, what you will get is a bad deal.”

 

One additional note on Iran’s nuclear weapons: Iran will probably never admit that they have a nuclear weapon because Israel has repeatedly vowed to do everything possible to destroy it. Furthermore, if Israel did launch a first strike that would provide Iran an excuse to attack Israel. All of this is very destabilizing for the Middle East region.  

 

Note to President Biden: oil isn’t just about leases on US public land and pandering to your environmentalist base; it is a global issue, and our soon-to-be dependency puts the US at an enormous disadvantage and, by extension, at greater risk.  

 

IRAN/AFGHANISTAN CONNECTION: 

We can foresee a whole new set of problems emerging.

 

The Taliban have been sweeping through Afghanistan as the US and other forces pull out of the country and Afghan security forces surrender or flee. Additionally, within the past few days, the Taliban secured the main border crossing into Iran.

 

Just a few weeks ago, published estimates were that the Taliban might be in control of the capital, Kabul, within three years. The reality is, Kabul, a city of at least six million people, is already falling. The Taliban have blown up the power infrastructure, there are serious issues with the water supply and the city is being overrun with refugees from adjoining provinces, a humanitarian disaster in the making.  

 

Despite being the most benevolent nation on earth for the past century, there is no shortage of enemies that want to take us down. I believe there are four enemies at the top of the list. Iran, as pointed out above, North Korea, Russia, and China.

 

IRAN/AFGHANISTAN POTENTIAL: 

Given the gravity of the overall situation in that region, one could build a credible argument that Afghanistan, with Iran’s direction and support, could once again become a safe haven for terrorists and terrorist training thereby ratcheting up the global war on terror with a particular focus on taking down the United States. 

 

NORTH KOREA: 

Their foreign minister, speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, September 2017, warned that a strike against the US mainland is “inevitable”. This from a rogue nation that has, for many years, been starving its people to spend whatever it takes to develop a nuclear weapon, an intercontinental ballistic missile to carry it, and/or a submarine capable of launching a short-range missile on an unsuspecting enemy.



North Korea is estimated to have approximately 30-40 nuclear weapons plus a significant quantity of chemical and biological weapons. Are they capable of attacking the US? Yes, but why would they? What greater bragging rights could “The Great Leader” Kim Jong-Un garner than having taken down the great and powerful United States? Reason enough? Enough to worry about and do something about it as President Trump did in 2018.

 

Kim Jong-un threatened America in the UN speech and President Trump 

went on the offensive, setting up a one-on-one meeting with Kim in Singapore.    Imagine the private conversation they must have had 

concerning the “inevitable” NK strike against the US. It might have gone something like this as President Trump handed Kim a close-up, clear, 8x10 photo of Kim on his big white stallion riding at his seaside retreat: “Kim, we know where you are 24/7 and can reach out to you on a moment’s notice. Just thought you should know.”

 

Delivery of those weapons is North Korea’s main problem.  President Trump confronted Kim personally and conveyed a strong message that missile testing is a bad idea. Now, after only 4 ½ months into the Biden Administration, North Korea is at it again. On 4 May, they fired a new type of solid-fuel short-range ballistic missile and tested two separate multiple rocket launch systems. Biden’s reaction, "We will respond if North Korea escalates." Well, Mr. Biden, renewed missile testing is escalation!

 

RUSSIA: 

The US has been Russia’s nemesis for the past 75 years; we engaged them in a Cold War for about 50 of those years at tremendous expense to the US. Putin would like nothing better than to see the US fall. 

 

Putin and his crowd probably at least had knowledge of the pipeline cyberattack in May 2021. Whatever the case, it was an excellent trial balloon with no ramifications. Proof of concept.

 

At their meeting in June, President Biden handed Putin a list of 16 critical infrastructure targets that, “should be off-limits to attack, period, by cyber or any other means.” When the world is becoming more and more concerned about cyber warfare, should Biden be so naïve that he believes Putin is above using that highly prioritized list to take down our country?

 

Oil and gas are responsible for more than 60% of Russia's exports and provide more than 30% of the country's GDP. Following a lean 2020, Russia is having a resurgence of oil and gas prices. With that comes power and influence, especially over European nations, our allies, who are currently suffering from a shortage of natural gas supplies. 

 

CHINA: 

They are on track with a long-range strategic plan to rule the world and in the process, significantly reduce US global influence. 

 

During what was to have been a simple meet-and-greet meeting, 18 March 2021, between our new Secretary of State Blinken and National Security Advisor Sullivan with top-ranking Chinese diplomats, a former Chinese ambassador to the US, in a 15-minute speech, publicly dressed down the US charging hypocrisy on human rights and its treatment of minorities, criticized U.S. foreign interventions, and accused U.S. officials of possessing a “cold war mentality." This was a dramatic shift in demeanor by the Chinese towards America. Why did it happen? Here is one theory. 

 

Vengeful and dangerous. During a visit to China in 2016 to attend a G20 meeting, the Chinese had literally rolled out the red carpet for G20 heads of state who had already arrived. When President Obama arrived on Air Force One, the Chinese refused to provide a staircase to deplane. Obama lacked the fortitude to crank his aircraft and depart immediately, so, he disembarked through an emergency exit in the plane’s belly. When Obama finally met the Chinese delegation on the tarmac there was a harsh verbal exchange during which one official was caught on video shouting, “This is our country! This is our airport!”.  

 

Why the snub? This was Obama’s eighth, and last, meeting with the Chinese president. During those meetings, Obama was prone to “lecture” Xi Jinping about China’s human rights or the lack thereof. The Chinese leaders are vengeful and dangerous with long memories. They will give you a big smile and a small bow while simultaneously stabbing you in the back. So, in my opinion, in March of this year during the first formal interaction with the Biden Administration, the Chinese took the initiative and turned the tables on our Secretary of State on the subject of human rights. Live and learn. 

 

China has a grand plan for Taiwan in particular and the South China Sea in general. Thirty-three years ago, when I was the deputy policy guy for the Pacific Region, China was building shacks on stilts in the shallow waters along Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea, planting the Chinese flag on them and claiming it was China’s territory. Today that built-up “reef” is one square mile in size and home to a military base with a 10,000-foot airstrip and a missile defense system. There are also five other military bases in the South China Sea built on similar built-up reefs.

 

Why is China interested in the South China Sea? It has an estimated 11 billion barrels of oil, 190 trillion feet of natural gas, and 50 percent of all the fishing vessels globally. Thirty percent of the world’s shipping trade, about $4 trillion worth, flows through, as China claims, Chinese territorial waters. Availability of “local” oil and gas could become the solution to China’s Achilles heel.   

 

For decades China has wanted to reclaim Taiwan and rid itself of the embarrassment of the flourishing democratic independent Chinese nation next door. They now have a navy capable of challenging the US and acquiring Taiwan (as they have Hong Kong) and solidifying their efforts over the past 30 years to develop the South China Sea. Now could be the time when China will force a confrontation with US Naval forces in the Western Pacific, and bring to the forefront the question that has been hanging out there for the last 30 years, is the US willing to go to war to protect Taiwan?

 

THE THREAT/ VULNERABILITIES: 

None of these four enemies have the capability to launch conventional forces, land or air, to defeat us. Having said that, I believe this nation is more vulnerable today than perhaps at any time since the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. 

 

CYBERATTACK:

Cyberattack by individuals, foreign organizations, or enemy nations is becoming too commonplace. The recent cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline, one of the US’ largest pipelines, and shutting it down for five days in May 2021 demonstrated how quickly our economy can be negatively impacted. US intel sources believe the strike emanated from inside Russia.

 

POWER GRID:

Frequently we hear talk about the vulnerability of our power grid. There are thirty substations in the U.S. that play a critical role in the nation's electric grid operations. A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report says, "Destroy nine interconnection substations and the entire United States grid could be down for at least 18 months, probably longer," Experts say such an attack would be "irrecoverable." For example, how do we pump water to 330 million people every day without electricity? Tens of millions would die. What nations are probably capable of doing this? The answer is China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.

 

EMP:

Perhaps the most devastating attack could come in the form of EMP, electromagnetic pulse. That is a huge burst of electromagnetic energy from a nuclear explosion high in the atmosphere over the US on a scale that could destroy any electronics that it comes in contact with. It would instantly shut down all transportation, computers, networks, electronic equipment, medical and communication systems. There would be no timely resupply of anything. 

 

Within two days all food, bottled water, guns, ammunition, and hand tools will have been looted. Millions of people in the targeted region would find themselves in a 1700’s environment. The currency would be worthless. There would be no law and order. A state of anarchy would exist everywhere. Within days millions would be dying every day, first simply from lack of water and later for a whole array of reasons. What nations are probably capable of doing this? China, Russia, North Korea, and, soon, probably Iran.

 

A Taepo Dong-2 missile launched from North Korea could deliver and detonate a warhead 300 km above the US. It could set up a devastating electrical field over nearly all the United States.

 

For a more thorough understanding of the impact of EMP, read One Second After by William Forstchen with a foreword by Newt Gingrich. 

 

Will these catastrophic events happen? Hopefully not, but can they happen?  Yes.

 

VULNERABILITY: 

There was not a general sense of vulnerability during WW I or WW II or Korea or VN or even the last twenty years, but now I believe we are more vulnerable than ever in our history. It will not be China hordes attacking over the California beaches. It will not be that obvious; we won’t see it coming and it could be tomorrow. Trump was brash, unpredictable, and rubbed a lot of the world leaders the wrong way, but friends and foes knew he was up to the task of protecting America. He would do what he said he would do, he could be counted on to attack and attack hard if threatened, and our allies knew he would have their back.

 

For example, Obama/Biden ignored the growing ISIS threat in the Iraq/Syria region, calling it the “JV squad”. By the time Trump took over ISIS had established their own country (califate), had put together a government of sorts, were collecting taxes, and building a safe haven to plan, train and finance terrorism against the US. Trump immediately focused on the problem, put together the resources, and destroyed ISIS and its califate within a few months.

 

What causes a nation to become vulnerable? In a word, WEAKNESS; either real or perceived, and sometimes perception is more dangerous than reality.

 

The US is the leading economy in the world with the best and most capable military that can deploy and strike anywhere at any time. The question is, is that enough to keep China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea at bay?

 

Six months ago, I would have said yes with some slight reservations. Now my answer is no. Our enemies are more emboldened than ever, and our allies are beginning to have doubts about a lot of things going on in the US, and perhaps also doubts about our leaders. The world watches and listens to everything we say and do. We are constantly under the microscope, being analyzed and sending signals.

 

SIGNALS: 

What signals are we sending, not just to China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran, but the remainder of the world? Here is a sampling:

 

1.     A nation that refuses to secure its borders is not acting as a world leader. Can a nation that accepts the fact that criminals, terrorists, MS 13 gang members, drug dealers, and human traffickers are illegally coming into its society be respected? The number of illegal immigrants in the last six months is unprecedented; over one million that we know about.

 

2.     Renewed foreign oil dependency provides other nations leverage against the US every day and it was caused by a Biden administration politically motivated self-inflicted wound. Can we expect our allies to understand that?

 

3. Houthi, a terrorist organization controlling Yemen, is supported by Iran, fires Iranian-made rockets into Saudi Arabia disrupting oil refining and is a destabilizing force in the Middle East. The Biden administration has formally notified Congress that it will remove Yemen’s Houthi rebels from our list of terrorist organizations. How serious do our allies believe we are with respect to the war on global terrorism? 

 

4. What did not go unnoticed by our allies was the weeks-long absence of any contact or mention of our decades-old relationship with Israel by the new Biden administration. 

 

5.Who is in charge? That is the key question being asked by our friends and enemies around the world. Who speaks for America? Who is writing the script for Biden’s teleprompter? Until six months ago there was no question about who was running the show in the US.

  

6. The world listened to President Biden, saying in his inauguration address that he would be the uniter of all Americans and reassure our allies that “America is back”. But have his actions conveyed the same message? World leaders were soon listening to Biden explain that the US has been and remains systemically racist. Systemically: “In a manner that affects the entire system.” Is that what we want the world to believe about the greatest nation on earth? 

 

Biden goes on to tell us that internal white supremacist terrorism is the deadliest threat to the United States and our democracy. And who are the white supremacists? Senior Democrat leaders define them and anyone who was or is a Trump supporter; all 70 million of us? Is that rational? Is any of that an intelligent deduction? I think not. 

 

To add insult to this discussion, the Biden administration is pushing for indoctrination of every school child to make them believe that in the US each of us exists in one of two groups, the oppressed or the oppressor. That is supposed to unify our nation? That is what we want the world to believe?

 

And Biden’s new cabinet has chimed in: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called for a worldwide stand down of the U.S. military in April to focus on extremism in the ranks. Attorney General Merrick Garland declares that white supremacy is the greatest threat to our country today. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken asked the United Nations to investigate racism in the United States. Why? What good will it do except give our enemies fodder to criticize us? Who will make the assessment, UN members from China or Russia or Iran or North Korea? What is this administration thinking? 

 

7. After decades of working “peace negotiations” in the Middle East, the Trump Administration finally hit on a successful formula. That is, convince the leaders of Arab nations that Israel is not their enemy and that Iran’s end-state is Middle East hegemony. From this initiative, a number of Arab nations reached out to Israel and normalized relations.

 

This contrasts with the Obama/Biden/Kerry formula which is to make nice with the Palestinians in Gaza and have them share a state with Israel. That has always been a failed formula because the Palestinian government does not recognize Israel’s right to exist, and Hamas is a terrorist group dedicated to Israel’s destruction. The Palestinian National Authority (the Gaza Strip government) has been Hamas since 2007. Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by the US and the European Union and is supported by the governments of Syria and Iran. Hamas is the organization that fired over 4000 rockets into Israel in May 2021.

 

The Biden administration will have nothing to do with the Trump peace plan simply because it is a Trump plan, and they will in all likelihood return to the failed Kerry plan. Our allies are as interested in Middle East peace as much as we are and are completely baffled by Biden’s Middle East policies.  

 

8. World leaders have watched crime in America increase dramatically in 2021 and continue unabated. Our cities are being burned and looted like a third-world country. Leaders the world over were immediately questioning some of Biden’s Executive Orders such as lifting the ban on travel from hostile Muslim nations, and why stop building the wall on the southern border. Our loyal allies are asking, what is happening to the United States? 

 

WHY ARE WE VULNERABLE? 

There are three good reasons: emboldened enemies, confused allies, and self-inflicted wounds. And in just the past six months the needle has moved considerably in a negative direction.

 

 
 


 

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1 hour ago, miraj said:

And just like that..the armchair quarter backs and geopolitical experts abound 😅

I haven't got involved in many debates in awhile, but I need to have a say in this one. No matter who and when negotiated what kind of a withdraw, when the plan starts to go to hell, when the outcome is not turning out be what was expected, you pump the breaks and re evaluate the situation.  Conduct an assessment and develop another course of action.  

 

I dont get to upset over world affairs easily  but this pisses me off to no end. As a retired soldier who spent 10 months over there, to exit like we did is a disgrace. We could have easily temporarily halted or slowed down the Talibans crazy fast take over. We had other options than "the full speed" half baked plan.

 

I want troops to be safe as well. But what we did (and what the local goverment, police and military) was just wrong and sent a signal to the rest of the terrorist around that Afghanistan  is ready and open for business. 

 

A few weeks or months to conduct the evacuations, secure the visas and possibly direct the Afghan military with American leadership against the new assault by the Taliban would have been a better course of action. Certainly a better option  than the Charlie Foxtrot that is occurring right now.

 

Not an armchair QB. Just someone with experience who is looking past party lines and stating my opinion as a service member of the U.S. military. 

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36 minutes ago, cranman said:

I haven't got involved in many debates in awhile, but I need to have a say in this one. No matter who and when negotiated what kind of a withdraw, when the plan starts to go to hell, when the outcome is not turning out be what was expected, you pump the breaks and re evaluate the situation.  Conduct an assessment and develop another course of action.  

 

I dont get to upset over world affairs easily  but this pisses me off to no end. As a retired soldier who spent 10 months over there, to exit like we did is a disgrace. We could have easily temporarily halted or slowed down the Talibans crazy fast take over. We had other options than "the full speed" half baked plan.

 

I want troops to be safe as well. But what we did (and what the local goverment, police and military) was just wrong and sent a signal to the rest of the terrorist around that Afghanistan  is ready and open for business. 

 

A few weeks or months to conduct the evacuations, secure the visas and possibly direct the Afghan military with American leadership against the new assault by the Taliban would have been a better course of action. Certainly a better option  than the Charlie Foxtrot that is occurring right now.

 

Not an armchair QB. Just someone with experience who is looking past party lines and stating my opinion as a service member of the U.S. military. 

YOU have every right to be. If one were to read the history of our occupation in this it has been nothing much different than our past occupations. Being at the tail end of the Vietnam exit, and talking to SeeBees who dug great holes to bury as much equipment as possible and the similar exit. Every occupation since then has created disaster for the locals who were not able to exit and were probably executed along with their families. Our foreign policy lacks logic. Iraq, another disaster. Sadly, if one were to truly read the history one would read that Slow Joe only fulfilled the agreement Trump made and closed the door. Probably not his finest hour but we are now setting up strongly in Africa..what the H.. do we need to be there for our interests (corporate) again. Hat is off to you sir and understand the frustration.

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Biden: The situation in Afghanistan is collapsing faster than we expected, and I will not repeat the mistake of the past
  
{International: Al Furat News} The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, stated this evening, Monday, about the collapse of the situation in Afghanistan and the control of the Taliban movement over the country.

Biden said in a press conference followed by {Euphrates News}: "My team and I are monitoring the situation on the ground in Afghanistan and moving on to implementing the alternative plans that we have set." 

Biden indicated that "the situation in Afghanistan collapsed faster than we expected," noting that "the US army cannot fight in a war with Afghan forces that are not ready to participate in it," noting that "his government has spent more than a trillion dollars in Afghanistan and equipped the Afghan army." We gave him everything he needed." 

The US President stressed that "the US military cannot replace the Afghan forces," stressing that "China and Russia want the United States to continue to spend its resources in non-stop fighting." 

Biden said, "Ashraf Ghani (Afghan President) insisted that the Afghan forces would fight and it was clear that he was wrong," noting that "the Afghan government rejected my advice to it that reconciliation work with the Taliban." 

He stressed, "I will not repeat the mistake we made in the past in Afghanistan," explaining that "the Afghan government rejected my advice to it that reconciliation should work with the Taliban." 

Biden commented about the scenes in Afghanistan, saying: "The scenes we saw in Afghanistan are very painful, especially for diplomats and humanitarian workers," noting that "we will continue to support the Afghan people to prevent instability and prevent violence." 

The President of the United States concluded by saying, "In the coming days, we will evacuate thousands of Americans who are working in Afghanistan." 

Hazem 

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Lindsey Graham torches Biden: "A bunch of bulls---"
23,208 viewsAug 16, 2021

 

 

 

Patricia Parodi
1 hour ago
Trump is the real president not Joe fruad trump will make America great again like he Did before also he is the best president ever and every one knows it

 



Bret Assmus
5 hours ago
Biden's biggest fan has got to be Jimmy Carter because he's finally been replaced in history as the most embarrassing president.

 

 

 

Meet Dogg Black
5 hours ago
Meanwhile in America, the Biden Regime is knocking on doors to see if you’ve been vaccinated!

 

 

 



mak jr
5 hours ago
Long as the big guy and his criminal family are ok screw the people who sided with freedom. Pathetic human.

 



Moh Shuvuu
5 hours ago
Words mean nothing when he willingly helped them in the first place

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Trump calls on Biden to resign over unfolding crisis in Afghanistan | Taliban captures Kabul | WION
125,319 viewsAug 16, 2021

 

 


Pratik Dharane
7 hours ago
Now i am seriously thinking about that...whom did the US army really trained in 20 yrs. Afghan army or the taliban???🤔🤔🤔😕😕😕😒😒😒

 



Ramesh Babu Gudipati
7 hours ago
Afghans themselves does not want to fight Taliban 
So it is no point helping anymore 
My opinion

 



Chanah's Creative Edits
7 hours ago
Biden said no way Afghan govt would fall. Lol!

 



Anna tiger
7 hours ago
“America is back!”-Joe Biden

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14 hours ago, miraj said:

And just like that..the armchair quarter backs and geopolitical experts abound 😅

Perhaps you would prefer to hear from the likes of our No Experience, critical race baiting, woke, incompetent and unqualified Sec of Defense? Or how about I want to learn about whote rage Gen Milley? How's their adive and guidance working out hhhhmmmmm??:facepalm2:

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13 hours ago, md11fr8dawg said:

Perhaps you would prefer to hear from the likes of our No Experience, critical race baiting, woke, incompetent and unqualified Sec of Defense? Or how about I want to learn about whote rage Gen Milley? How's their adive and guidance working out hhhhmmmmm??:facepalm2:

Perhaps you would rather continue to send your sons and daughters, nephews and nieces, bothers and sisters, mothers and fathers...into an endless conflict...being told "For Our Interest"..which is mostly corporate..ever wonder how Bush jr feels being the one that started this madness and willingly so with the blessings of the Republicandemocraticselfservingprofiteers....remember..all of the opposite sides of this in the House/Senate are still allowing allegiance to Saudi Royals who to this day are not being held accountable for 911. I have read several time the agreements made by the Drump with the Taliban and have concluded that incompetence lies deep and wide from Bush jr forward.

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Greg Kelly: Sorry to disturb your vacation, Mister President
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creedence111
1 hour ago
such a shame...such a disgrace. Get this administration out of there !!!!

 



Candy Clemens
2 hours ago
God help us against the criminals

 



Ana Alonso
2 hours ago
The Ilegal President is was thinking about little girls.  Ummmm, yummy.

 



Rawartrf
1 hour ago
Biden administration needs to step down immediately.

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I won't argue with most of your points. Yes we have many many "career politicians who have NEVER had a job other than Gov (Joke comes to mind) and who know NOTHING about the real world. They only see the world as they want it to be, not as it really is, thus the disconnect. And many of these fools are making $$ from constant wars. My point is, can you find a more botched exit from any conflict? Makes Vietnam and Carter's bumble of the ME hostage crisis look small, even though they weren't. We will be paying for the incomptence of this fiasco for years to come. And with "the Joke" as Prez the world is laughing their asses off at us

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Trump launches an attack on Biden: He humiliated our country like never before
  
(International: Al Furat News) Former US President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on current President Joe Biden, against the backdrop of what he described as a "disaster that has begun to unfold" in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

In an interview with "Fox News", which was broadcast on Wednesday night, Trump said that Biden had humiliated the United States more than any other president in history.

He considered that Biden's decision to hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan exceeded what former US President Jimmy Carter did in 1979, during the betting crisis at Washington's embassy in Iran.

Trump issued a statement, on Sunday, calling for Biden to resign shortly after the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital, Kabul, accusing Biden of mismanagement in other files such as the Corona pandemic.

After leaving the White House last January, former US President Donald Trump has kept a low profile, appearing only in a few interviews and issuing several press releases.

But the interview with "Fox News" seemed the most important in light of the acceleration of events in Afghanistan.

"It's a terrible time for our country," the former president said. "I don't think that in all the years our country has been so humiliated. I don't know what you call it, a military defeat or a psychological defeat."

"Nothing like what happened (in Afghanistan) has happened," he added.

Airport and Ashraf Ghani

Commenting on the tragic events at Kabul Airport, he stated: "I watched the giant cargo plane, which some tried to cling to in an attempt to get out of Afghanistan because of their terrible fear (as I saw) those who fell from the plane from a height of 600 metres."

"No one has ever seen anything like this before," he added, noting that what happened in Kabul went beyond what happened in the famous evacuation flights in Saigon, Vietnam in 1975.

Trump said that he warned the head of the Taliban's political bureau, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, during the famous call that brought the two men together last year that the United States would respond tenfold if an American was harmed or the militants encroached on certain areas.

The former US president considered that what happened in Afghanistan, where the Taliban seized power in days, as a result of a deal with the local authorities, at a time when the Americans and Westerners were stranded.

Trump revealed that he did not trust at all the fugitive Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani and his government, considering that it was corrupt and only sought money.

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