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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA shout out and thank you to Biden for ending the farce that was the US occupation of Afghanistan
As is obvious, we built exactly nothing there, especially in the decade since our actual purpose for invading, "to get Bin Laden", was completed. Biden had the courage to end this money-sucking fraud, that would have had the same outcome (or possibly worse) no matter when it ended.
Afghanistan is ungovernable, and we are now the 4th or 5th occupying force to find that out, and this was predictable. All I hear about is crying on the BBC and on the news about this "disaster" but this was a con being run on our tax coffers by the military industrial complex, it was always a disaster, and it is better to have it finally ended.
I wish Trump, Obama, or Bush would have had the guts to end it years earlier.
pwb
(11,261 posts)finally. After 20 years they ended up giving us the finger and laughing with all the weapons we left them.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)2009, Biden was warning of these, Obama didn't listen.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Americans are hell bent on "winning" these wars that cannot be won. That war (occupation) could not be won in a 100 years of fighting.
sarisataka
(18,633 posts)Which Biden seems to have picked up on, is a war cannot be "won" until you define what "winning" means.
"Winning" must also be achievable so a war on "drugs" or "terror" is simply ridiculous.
FalloutShelter
(11,860 posts)multigraincracker
(32,674 posts)and we would have the same results, period.
Irish_Dem
(47,017 posts)He pulled the plug. Good on him.
Mr.Bill
(24,284 posts)He also knew it wasn't the VPs jop to under cut what the President was doing.
Irish_Dem
(47,017 posts)Many things are becoming more clear.
Mopar151
(9,983 posts)Pompeos visit, post election, was the kids of death for our allies "in-country" .
They sold us out, and sold us CHEAP.
Irish_Dem
(47,017 posts)It is one of his specialities.
He took an existing cluster and gave it the Trump treatment.
God help us.
lindysalsagal
(20,680 posts)We don't deserve him.
SergeStorms
(19,200 posts)Jimmy Carter, either. Even my republican mother said that, and I almost passed out when she did.
BComplex
(8,049 posts)Not as long as one Talibani asshole walks the earth.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,176 posts)paleotn
(17,912 posts)Dont get involved in a land war in Asia. That would be inconceivable!
Jon King
(1,910 posts)Remind us how many Americans died in Afghanistan today? Yesterday? In the past year?
AZLD4Candidate
(5,688 posts)action failing to take a pandemic seriously.
One is not mutually exclusive from the other.
This reply makes me sad.
rockfordfile
(8,702 posts)These are all things the right-wing have caused or made worst.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)up with the anti-American putin loving republicans.
AZLD4Candidate
(5,688 posts)and the German American Bund.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)And I remember FDR!
SergeStorms
(19,200 posts)cut in defense spending that would be wonderful too. I doubt we'll ever see the Pentagon receive a budget cut though. They're pretty much untouchable in our war oriented country.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)I predict Times person of the year award and noble peace prize.
NH Ethylene
(30,811 posts)It took a lot of courage and resolve to take this step. I was afraid he would falter - he is a bit soft-hearted - but he did not.
tavernier
(12,383 posts)Good to know Im such a clever person.
Demsrule86
(68,556 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)MrModerate
(9,753 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,284 posts)No central government can work there.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)just seen the 5:00 news & moscow mitch decide to get his 2 cent's in & run joe down ! like he & republican's could have done better ? not ! wish they would put him out to pasture ! even trump can't stand the ol'buzzard !
ancianita
(36,053 posts)pwb
(11,261 posts)Real good.