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moondust

(20,015 posts) Sun Aug 15, 2021, 08:22 PM Aug 2021

Sky News UK: "In short, America was duped."

Referring to TFG's deal with the Taliban.

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Sky News UK: "In short, America was duped." (Original Post) moondust Aug 2021 OP

"If he army can't stand against the Taliban now... The Unmitigated Gall Aug 2021 #1

Nobody was duped. The former guy made a bad deal -- which everyone pointed out at the time -- RockRaven Aug 2021 #2

Yes, America was duped by F..king George W Bush!! PortTack Aug 2021 #3

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,836 posts)

1. "If he army can't stand against the Taliban now...

Reply to moondust (Original post)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 08:36 PM

Aug 2021

...aides said he (Biden) asked, when will they be able to?No one was able to answer that question.”

The answer, of course, was never. They took the guns, they took the money and walked.

This flour-and-shit cake was baked in 2001.

Joe Biden is the president who didn’t fall for it.

RockRaven

(15,023 posts)

2. Nobody was duped. The former guy made a bad deal -- which everyone pointed out at the time --

Reply to moondust (Original post)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 09:28 PM

Aug 2021

because no matter what the parameters were, the one certainty was that the Taliban would do whatever they felt like anyway, all just so he could get a news cycle where the headlines gave him credit for ending the war in Afghanistan. The Taliban knew it, the former guy new it, everyone in Congress and the State Dept and the Pentagon knew it, everyone at home watching cable news knew it. We all knew it. There was no duping going on.

PortTack

(32,803 posts)

3. Yes, America was duped by F..king George W Bush!!

Reply to moondust (Original post)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 09:57 PM

Aug 2021

Biden wants to fix it and gets ripped for it? STFU!!

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