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BlueGreenLady

(2,887 posts)
Sun May 1, 2022, 03:36 PM May 2022

Isn't it great that President Biden [View all]

withdrew the US from Afghanistan before the Ukraine war began. The 20 year Afghanistan war ran from October 7, 2001 to August 30, 2021. We would really have been stretched thin if we were involved in both conflicts. I am hoping this current Ukraine war does not slog on that long. I know the US and Europe are not technically at war with Russia, but it feels like World War 2.5 has already begun.

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