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Haggard Celine

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12. Looks like a lot of veterans are backing Biden.

Sat Aug 21, 2021, 08:01 AM

Aug 2021

The veterans wanted this shit to be over a long fucking time ago, but the MIC had to keep taking in profits. Biden probably wanted to end it long before this, but he didn't have the power to do it before. Now that he's able to do it, he's standing by our troops, and he'll get a lot of credit for that. Fuck these pundits! Their opinions won't count for shit in the end.

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This Afghanistan situation was a setup, [View all] duforsure Aug 2021 OP

Shitler thought he was going to win. Voltaire2 Aug 2021 #1

Maybe there was a backup plan? GPV Aug 2021 #2

When has Trump ever had a backup plan? Orrex Aug 2021 #24

if he had won he could have reneged on the deal rampartc Aug 2021 #3

Maybe his party would have supported him. David__77 Aug 2021 #38

is there any doubt of that? rampartc Aug 2021 #52

he was working for putin so it makes perfect sense certainot Aug 2021 #9

I suspect Putin wanted this to use, duforsure Aug 2021 #11

Yes, I was thinking he was doing what Putin wanted him to do PatSeg Aug 2021 #28

imo like other authoritarians he's motivated by fear of uncertainty - he wants finality, certainty certainot Aug 2021 #42

That certainly (no pun intended) describes Trump PatSeg Aug 2021 #44

sowb basically explains the trumpers, proud boys, taliban, isis as masturbation cults certainot Aug 2021 #46

It's a win win for Putin-rump. If he's elected, he can profit off the chaos rainin Aug 2021 #25

agree janterry Aug 2021 #30

Why would Shitler care if he won? GoodRaisin Aug 2021 #37

the theory was that the deal with the taliban was a booby-trap for biden Voltaire2 Aug 2021 #39

You are forgetting something. GoodRaisin Aug 2021 #43

or more likely he didn't give a shit Voltaire2 Aug 2021 #47

It's not near as complex or ludicrous as, say, a scheme to run a shadow foreign policy in GoodRaisin Aug 2021 #54

In the end the Afghans failed to defend their country. This after 2 decades JI7 Aug 2021 #4

Sometimes quantity is no substitute for quality. littlemissmartypants Aug 2021 #5

Good God, no wonder our people were so fed up Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #10

Yep. They were doomed from the get go. nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2021 #22

the numbers might not mean that much. cab67 Aug 2021 #7

they didn't seem to want to defend a corrupt government lookyhereyou Aug 2021 #20

How about defending the women of the country against the fucking Taliban . It wasn't just about the JI7 Aug 2021 #23

Trump excluded the Afghan government from his withdrawal (surrender) talks gulliver Aug 2021 #26

Agree Joinfortmill Aug 2021 #6

Found, and posted, without comment bucolic_frolic Aug 2021 #8

Looks like a lot of veterans are backing Biden. Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #12

It was Obama bluedevil4 Aug 2021 #13

TFG was not a president of anything. jaxexpat Aug 2021 #14

The whole thing reads like Putin set it up for Trump to create a disaster for the following Ford_Prefect Aug 2021 #15

I've always suspected Putin, Russian think tanks, and the gru, duforsure Aug 2021 #17

You Think !!! usaf-vet Aug 2021 #19

Excellent. ananda Aug 2021 #16

Who's minding the poppy fields? They_Live Aug 2021 #18

Yes, poppies are a big money maker, luvtheGWN Aug 2021 #32

You're talking about Trump? NurseJackie Aug 2021 #21

Some of us are tired of seeing his name. Calling him TFG is a creative rainin Aug 2021 #27

Then why talk about him at all if it's so tiresome? NurseJackie Aug 2021 #31

How can you talk about current events without talking about him? rainin Aug 2021 #33

Just saying his legitimate name "Trump" will go a long way toward clarity in messaging... NurseJackie Aug 2021 #36

my take on it that the tb have always been in place . with us gone and the ag prres gone AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #29

Exactly like when Poppy Bush sent U.S.A. troops into Mogadishu/Somalia... IthinkThereforeIAM Aug 2021 #34

"after he lost the election to Bill Clinton in 1992" Voltaire2 Aug 2021 #48

And then there is this... IthinkThereforeIAM Aug 2021 #49

Agreed Snackshack Aug 2021 #35

This disaster is all Trumps deal 100% fescuerescue Aug 2021 #40

I agree, duforsure Aug 2021 #41

Biden's been in office for over a year. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2021 #50

More like a little over six months. Allowing for transition time . . . Strelnikov_ Aug 2021 #51

Biden had no one to know this was going to happen fescuerescue Aug 2021 #53

Over a year ?!??!! You forget the sarc tag? uponit7771 Aug 2021 #55

I meant almost a year. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2021 #56

So the shit show of a war was going to have a butter smooth exit?! When people ask how ... uponit7771 Aug 2021 #57

Never implied it would be "butter smooth." But it could have been better. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2021 #58

How were we going to get them all out with an exit mob? I'm thinking 10 a day for for whoever long uponit7771 Aug 2021 #59

So Der Spiegel found out something that our foreign policy experts didn't? Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2021 #61

The article confirms my point, there wasn't going to be a butter smooth exit and we've uponit7771 Aug 2021 #62

If it was a setup, moondust Aug 2021 #45

Let's see. former9thward Aug 2021 #60