Afghanistan asks for explanation after Trump claims US could wipe it 'off the face of the Earth'

[kentuck]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/23/politics/afghanistan-pushback-trump-comments/index.html

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"If we wanted to fight a war in Afghanistan and win it, I could win that war in a week. I just don't want to kill 10 million people," Trump said, seated beside Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House on Monday. "I have plans on Afghanistan, that if I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the Earth. It would be gone. It would be over in -- literally, in 10 days, and I don't want to do -- I don't want to go that route."

A spokesman for the Taliban -- a group the State Department says is responsible for beheadings, amputations, stonings and civilian casualties -- condemned Trump's remarks as "irresponsible."

[Bettie]

1. Well, he'd probably not nuke it

unless he really, really needed a distraction.

[kentuck]

2. Yeah. It would have to be pretty bad for him to use that distraction.

For sure!

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. Explanation? "I'm so full of myself that I'm not aware of what an asshole I am!" n/t

[MineralMan]

4. Trump responds: "It don't mean shit..."

Nothing Trump says means shit...

[Golden Raisin]

5. Ask him to point Afghanistan out on a map

without any assistance from folks from State, Defense or Protocol.