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All hail lord biden. The leader of the free world. Time to long afghani and short usd.
So much for bringing all the troops home
Hard to know what they will choose to do.
Turn Tail and Run would leave US Military exposed all over the World. Without Deterrence every Soldier has a target on their back.
If US chooses to stay in Afghanistan for some time. Perhaps retaking Bagram, the down side is they have now lost Trust of the people.

Terrible options at this time from this very catastrophic and ill thought thru move.

Biden as a Leader has no credibility.
Likely there just long enough to protect people trying to flee the country, keep the airport open. Surely even Biden knows Afghanistan is a lost cause.
Lost cause? why did the US invade Afghanistan in the first place? the longest war in US history and the US withdraws to see them take over? Sounds like Vietnam all over again.
grist for the mill
Watching the people trying to escape the terror is deeply upsetting, leaving war materials on a large scale has created greater military instability and disaster in the Middle East. Bad Decision.
It should be obvious to all now that the US democrats of the Clinton/Obama/Biden clan never had the intention of removing the military from afghanistan. Conflict in the middle-east = profit = power
Quoting JackJones
Lost cause? why did the US invade Afghanistan in the first place? the longest war in US history and the US withdraws to see them take over? Sounds like Vietnam all over again.
Apart from retribution for 9/11 the idea was probably to plant the seed of Democracy ( thus retaining influence in a perceived strategic area as attempted by the Russians and others in history). Unfortunately the Afghan govt chosen as the 'fertile soil" were in fact barren and self serving as opposed to serving the people.
every Saint has a past. Every Sinner has a Future
I guess Covid isn't a big deal over there with no masks and social distancing at THEIR airport.

Face it people that part of the world will always be a cesspool. Don't change it, isolate it and move on.
...because you never know - until you do!
Quoting Mingary
It should be obvious to all now that the US democrats of the Clinton/Obama/Biden clan never had the intention of removing the military from afghanistan. Conflict in the middle-east = profit = power
While I understand your point you can't put Bill Clinton into this category on Afghanstan - he was already gone when we invaded. Just wanted to point that out.
...because you never know - until you do!
Quoting fxsport
{quote} While I understand your point you can't put Bill Clinton into this category on Afghanstan - he was already gone when we invaded. Just wanted to point that out.
Bill did refuse to take phone calls from people who were hot on OSB location trail. Bill refused to take him out.

fxsport: Good point re covid. lol f course it is not to BHO's birthday bash attendees or other government elites here who keep getting caught maskless either.
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