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brooklynite

(94,519 posts) Fri Aug 20, 2021, 11:20 PM Aug 2021

Jason Kander: What was going to happen in Afghanistan was obvious...

(The New Abnormal podcast)

Saying that Afghan Government could hold out for 18 months was still saying the fight against the Taliban was hopeless; soldiers and (more importantly) officers lost any will to continue fighting, and cut their own side deals.

American policy was built around saving face for the Afghan Government. If they looked like they could hold control, they had a hope for the future. Once US started to pull out, it looked like they no longer did.

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Jason Kander: What was going to happen in Afghanistan was obvious... (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2021 OP
Chaos especially obvious if we tried to do it according to trump's plan. Hoyt Aug 2021 #1
I think it was Donald Rumsfeld who said, "War is messy." Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #2
They wanted the U.S to be their personal security force Thrill Aug 2021 #3
I agree rockfordfile Aug 2021 #4
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