No this doesn't look good on Biden!

[imanamerican63]

But at least he kept his word by ending the longest overall war that the US has ever been in!

[Thomas Hurt]

1. The intelligence agencies really f**ked this up. That needs to be looked into riight away

[Demsrule86]

7. This was always going to be a fuck up...no easy way to do this.

Personally, I think Biden has done the best he can in a tough situation.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. Someone had to know the Army would buckle. However, I think it all worked out in the end, because

we all saw what happened and Biden made the right conclusion. If they are not going to stand and fight for their country, why would we want to sacrifice one more American soldier for the cause?

[marble falls]

2. Really? I think this is just another of Joe Biden's finest hours. This is going a hell of a lot ...

... better than our leaving Viet Nam. And better than the bear's exit in '88, '89.

It took guts to get this taken care of and out of the next election.

[imanamerican63]

3. I agree, my point was was he rose above it and kept his word!

[marble falls]

5. Sorry, man, I've let myself get caught up in the handwringing!

[Demsrule86]

12. That is easy to do when you see all those desperate people and know that some will meet

awful fates. You have a heart marble falls... me too. But I honestly don't see how we can fix Afghanistan.

[marble falls]

17. In some ways it's made easier knowing there isn't a thing we can do, but pray on it. But ...

... watching people grab onto planes and helicopters and knowing they are going to die is tough.

And hearing Americans make false statements over this and make political hay over desperate people in a terrible situation they personally hadn't a hand in making and still dying over it; and add the non-masking, non-vaxxing idiots here in the US - well, I'm thinking maybe a two-day break from DU is in order.

[Cracklin Charlie]

8. Ditto

[PortTack]

9. Totally agree!

[Budi]

4. Logistic nightmare, but damn if he didn't do what all the others wouldn't.

Biden Stepped up & Finally did the ugly job for them.

[PortTack]

6. It wouldn't have mattered had it been a very smooth transition, the gqp would have spun it to

Make it look awful.

Ppl were told time and again to leave and chose to stay, the afghani army almost immediately dropped their guns and ran the other way... the ppl in power, the men never wanted a central democracy or the kinds of freedoms we have here.

what else could have been done?

[marble falls]

13. And the truth is, Presidents who end a war -won or lost- don't do well in the next election ...

... Lincoln did get re-elected, but then ...

[BoomaofBandM]

10. I think he is the only one who could get it done.

[milestogo]

11. This was a no-win situation, and a no-win war.

I'm glad he had the balls to do it. The logistics were a fuckup, and I'm not sure who is responsible for that.

[Demsrule86]

14. I believe it was inevitable that the logistics are a fuckup...the Taliban is very hard to

penetrate so I don't know how much good data we can get. And Trump boxed Biden in with his agreement with the Taliban too.

[H2O Man]

16. I respectfully disagree.

I don't place much value on the complaining that saturates the media right now. And I am confident that, in the near future, most people will support President Biden's decision to follow through on the previous administration's withdrawal deal. The initial efforts to kill Usama bin Laden were one thing. But the Bush-Cheney administration wasn't focused on that. Between Afghanistan and Iraq, the military contractors are the only ones who made out well. The young men and women serving there didn't. So I think Joe Biden looks very good. Not handing the war down to yet another president demonstrates real leadership -- doing what everyone knows needs to be done, but that no one else wants to take responsibility for.

[imanamerican63]

18. I am not blaming Biden at all.

It was a damned if you do or damned if you don’t. He kept is word and did it the only way he could. It was gonna be be ugly no matter how it was done an I appreciate his honest response and look for greater things to happen.

[Etherealoc1]

19. I just don't understand

If the Taliban knew the troops were leaving, why overtake the cities before
they left?
I wouldn't put it pass the orange one
having something to do with this to
sabotage the current administration.

[Polly Hennessey]

20. I have a feeling it will be tucked away in a few days

and all the hand wringing will have moved on to something else. Perhaps the next little American tantrum will focus on the Afghani refugees being relocated to the United States. Stuff is getting too predictable.

[keithbvadu2]

21. Just like Dotard wanted and bragged about.

Just like Dotard wanted and bragged about.