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Trump to address nation on Afghanistan
Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:16 pm
Just announced on Fox
Trump to address nation on Afghanistan
Trump to address nation on Afghanistan
This post was edited on 8/20/17 at 3:18 pm
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Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:17 pm to HubbaBubba
Hopefully to pull out of that shithole but no way that happens because the CIA makes too much money from us being there
frick war mongerers
frick war mongerers
Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:19 pm to HubbaBubba
I called this when Bannon was fired.
Troop surge is coming.
fricking McMaster.
Troop surge is coming.
fricking McMaster.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:19 pm to HubbaBubba
Gotta keep protecting those poppy fields I'm sure.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:19 pm to HubbaBubba
Thousands of lives and over a trillion dollars, the Taliban will take over when we leave.
McCain loved every second of it.
McCain loved every second of it.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:22 pm to HubbaBubba
Is there anything there worth grabbing?
Fossil fuels?
Rare earth minerals?
Fossil fuels?
Rare earth minerals?
Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:23 pm to HubbaBubba
Can't wait for McCain to lecture us about how we should all support our president now that he's got his dying wish.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:25 pm to HubbaBubba
It's time to withdraw. There is no path to "victory" if victory is defined as Afghanistan being a stable, democratic nation that can handle it's own security against Islamists. The original point of the war was to destroy or majorly disrupt Al Qaeda. To that extent, it was effective. Time to get out and stop pretending like that country will ever be pacified by us and turned into a Western style democracy. It's not our responsibility.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 4:37 pm to HubbaBubba
The Soviet Union got their arse handed to them in Afghanistan. What ever made the U.S. think it could do better from a world away.
The Afghans have made better countries than us quit.
The Afghans have made better countries than us quit.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 4:41 pm to HubbaBubba
The Taliban is not Al Queda. It's a political party based on Islam. They allowed AQ to use their country as a base for terrorism.
I say we get out but keep an air base their (like Gitmo on Cuba) to keep ISIS or new versions of it from using it as a base for terrorism.
I say we get out but keep an air base their (like Gitmo on Cuba) to keep ISIS or new versions of it from using it as a base for terrorism.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 4:58 pm to HubbaBubba
We should offer peace plan and if rejected send 70,000-100,000 troops. Beat them out of every stronghold they have and enlist mercenaries. Bring absolute hell until we get our peace deal.
Otherwise we will spend another 15 years there or longer. So we go big and prepare to get nast with Afghan troops and mercenaries. Bring some offense.
Otherwise we will spend another 15 years there or longer. So we go big and prepare to get nast with Afghan troops and mercenaries. Bring some offense.
This post was edited on 8/20/17 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 8/20/17 at 5:04 pm to HubbaBubba
Why do we even have troops there?????
It makes ZERO sense...................
It makes ZERO sense...................
Posted on 8/20/17 at 5:04 pm to HubbaBubba
The plan is out, thousands of new troops. Sad
Posted on 8/20/17 at 5:15 pm to HubbaBubba
MAGA
Posted on 8/20/17 at 5:30 pm to HubbaBubba
Think opiod/heroin crisis...
Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:23 pm to HubbaBubba
It's a shite situation, for sure. Afghanistan was one of the few American wars that I was not in favor of, but by 2007 or so I had come to appreciate the need push back against the terrorist groups in Pakistan in the NWFP that were running wild across the border, and against their own government.
Whether he admits or not, Musharraf needed us to be there to help keep the country relatively stabilized during the transition phase after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. But the transition happened, and Musharraf left in 2008. And then SEAL Team Six took out Osama bin Laden in May 2011. And then in September 2014, Ashraf Ghani replaced the wretched Hamid Karzai as president of Afghanistan. So even though I was not in favor of the war initially, I could see that there were good reasons for a U.S. presence over the years.
That being said, the situation is starting to get hopeless, because the source of the problem (i.e., Pakistan) is getting worse, and now Iran and Russia are adding their nefarious influence to make things even worse. So I'm flexible to whatever plans McMaster, Mattis, & Kelly, might have, but I'm skeptical of anything too big.
It would be better to concentrate our efforts more directly on the real sources of the problems--i.e., Iran, Pakistan, and Russia.
Whether he admits or not, Musharraf needed us to be there to help keep the country relatively stabilized during the transition phase after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. But the transition happened, and Musharraf left in 2008. And then SEAL Team Six took out Osama bin Laden in May 2011. And then in September 2014, Ashraf Ghani replaced the wretched Hamid Karzai as president of Afghanistan. So even though I was not in favor of the war initially, I could see that there were good reasons for a U.S. presence over the years.
That being said, the situation is starting to get hopeless, because the source of the problem (i.e., Pakistan) is getting worse, and now Iran and Russia are adding their nefarious influence to make things even worse. So I'm flexible to whatever plans McMaster, Mattis, & Kelly, might have, but I'm skeptical of anything too big.
It would be better to concentrate our efforts more directly on the real sources of the problems--i.e., Iran, Pakistan, and Russia.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:31 pm to HubbaBubba
If he doesn't say we're pulling out, then I'm not interested.
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