Afghan Interpreters Risked Everything To Help American Soldiers. Now They Might Be Left Behind.

[LIBrty4all 3,749]

4 minutes ago, wagner17 said:

And what would you have done?  And what would your plan cost in American lives and American taxpayer dollars?

I'd have continued with the plan Trump had.  It was working quite well.

[wagner17 24]

1 minute ago, LIBrty4all said:

I'd have continued with the plan Trump had.  It was working quite well.

At the cost of that plan was?

[LIBrty4all 3,749]

On 7/16/2021 at 8:53 AM, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

we have a long history in this country of going in places we should not have gone and abandoning   the locals who helped us. Hence my Montagnard Kurds comment 

 

[wagner17 24]

5 minutes ago, LIBrty4all said:

 

Why did the us taxpayer have to buy this stuff and give it to Afghanistan in the first place?  Wouldn't the money have been better spent on providing reinforcements during Tora Bora when they had Bin Laden cornered?

[Dashinka 24,437]

7 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

 

I'll bet we left them a lot of ammo as well.

[LIBrty4all 3,749]

4 hours ago, Dashinka said:

I'll bet we left them a lot of ammo as well.

And UAVs, and HMMWVs, and UH-60s.

[Ban Hammer 13,282]

22 minutes ago, LIBrty4all said:

And UAVs, and HMMWVs, and UH-60s.

Time to check Afghanistan Craig's List to see if I can get a Blackhawk cheap.

[Crtcl Rice Theory 2,432]

13 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

I'd have continued with the plan Trump had.  It was working quite well.

kick the can down the road so the next president can deal with it?  That has been the plan for 20 years.

[LIBrty4all 3,749]

9 minutes ago, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

kick the can down the road so the next president can deal with it?  That has been the plan for 20 years.

No.  Trump had it all set up to be out of Afghanistan by 1 May.  Biden apparently didn't want to follow thru, he wanted to do it HIS way.  Well, now he is doing just that.

[Dashinka 24,437]

10 minutes ago, LIBrty4all said:

No.  Trump had it all set up to be out of Afghanistan by 1 May.  Biden apparently didn't want to follow thru, he wanted to do it HIS way.  Well, now he is doing just that.

Yep, Biden wanted a big show for 9/11.  It looks like he will get a big show, but it will be the Taliban celebrating.

[Dashinka 24,437]

14 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

 

Apparently, this was not the only stuff we left behind.

 

Taliban Enjoys Deep Belly Laugh Over Diversity Training Materials Left Behind By U.S. Military

 

KABUL—According to sources in Afghanistan, the Taliban was having a "deep belly laugh" over the diversity training materials left behind by the U.S. military previously stationed there. Taliban fighters captured books like Antiracist Baby, White Fragility, and The GayBCs and collectively cracked up over the ridiculousness of the gender ideology present in the works.

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/taliban-enjoys-good-belly-laugh-over-diversity-training-materials-left-behind-by-us-military

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

2 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

No.  Trump had it all set up to be out of Afghanistan by 1 May.  Biden apparently didn't want to follow thru, he wanted to do it HIS way.  Well, now he is doing just that.

   Trump basically told the Taliban, you honor this treaty and we will withdraw.  He also told them if they broke the treaty he would unleash Hades scorch the earth warfare on them and their  village.  The were docile during the drawdown,  all that ended win Biden took office. 

 

  Why? Cause the have no fear or respect for our current admin.

[TBoneTX 45,088]

4 hours ago, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

kick the can down the road so the next president can deal with it?  That has been the plan for 20 years.

Seems so.

However, President Asterisk's excuse rings hollow -- he's 8 months into a presumed 4-year term, so no kick-canning or unplanned panic was necessary.

[LIBrty4all 3,749]

6 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

   Trump basically told the Taliban, you honor this treaty and we will withdraw.  He also told them if they broke the treaty he would unleash Hades scorch the earth warfare on them and their  village.  The were docile during the drawdown,  all that ended win Biden took office. 

 

  Why? Cause the have no fear or respect for our current admin.

Biden wanted to push this off until 9/11 to make a political statement.  Well, we can all see how smart that wasn't.

 

At least he was able to get covid under control, something Trump never did.  Ehhh??

Edited August 18, 2021 by LIBrty4all

[Dashinka 24,437]

On 8/17/2021 at 12:26 AM, wagner17 said:

Why did the us taxpayer have to buy this stuff and give it to Afghanistan in the first place?  Wouldn't the money have been better spent on providing reinforcements during Tora Bora when they had Bin Laden cornered?

We could ask that question about all the other areas around the world where the US military has permanent stations.  Western Europe, Japan, the ROK come to mind immediately.  In the end, the US federal government seems to be very good at wasting taxpayer money, nothing new there.