Richard Engel: 'I'm Not Surprised At All' Kabul Fell To The Taliban So Quickly - Velshi - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

The collapse of Afghanistan’s government happened very quickly from an outside point of view, but for those like NBC’s Richard Engel who has been speaking to Afghan military leaders and government officials, “it was quite clear that it was going to come to this.” Aired on 08/15/2021.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Situation with translators sounds bad. Real bad ...

Of course many of the very same people who didn't give two craps about Trump abandoning the Kurds are now going to act like this is worst thing a POTUS has ever done in the history of POTUS'ing.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Yes, it sounds terrible - the whole situation is heartbreaking

But then we have lost so many lives and so much treasure over the past 20 years. And I can't help remembering that Jimmy Carter boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

[Historic NY]

3. They knew what was going to happend and wait too bad...

Now they can struggle to hike out, its like they were betting against themselves.