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Foreign policy failures | Billions of dollars and 20 years of training for Afghan troops. And the country falls in a month; No General or politician will have to answer for this. Americans will vote for the same people that allowed this to happen over and over; Wash, rinse, repeat foreign policy. | image tagged in smug jim explains,politics suck,government corruption | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
1,662 views 67 upvotes Made by Richiecunningham 3 years ago in politics
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5 ups, 3y
This was a BIG reason why Mad-dog quit under the Trump administration. It was always going to happen if American troops pulled out. With the 4-5 extra months Biden bought himself renigging on Trump's promise being out in May, the least he could've done was ensure the draw down was an efficient one.

Yet here we are. *SIGH*

Sending the 82nd in will likely stoke tensions and the Taliban will see it as another invasion... so buckle up... we're in for OEF 2.0. This is what happens when you don't do shit right the FIRST time and fly off half-cocked.
4 ups, 3y
Upvote for you, by the way.
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4 ups, 3y
Many companies do this
-they burn trillions of dollars to make billions of dollars-
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3 ups, 3y
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1 up, 3y,
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The incompetence of our strategic planners is stultifying. We have learned nothing since Vietnam. At least the French shot their generals who failed miserably.
1 up, 3y
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"Generals who failed miserably"

Who comes to mind?

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark "Woke" Milley?

Worst case scenario for him?

Retiring to become a highly paid lobbyist for a defense contractor?

Which other heads, if any, might roll?

Will the Big Guy be among them?

What might Kamala Harris be thinking this weekend?
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1 up, 3y
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0 ups, 3y
dang
0 ups, 3y
0 ups, 3y
You expect the same people who ran the country before the Americans got there to be easy to defeat?
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0 ups, 3y
Bushs two failed wars.
0 ups, 3y
0 ups, 3y
You forgot to mention the military equipment provided to the afghan forces. All of that is now under Taliban control.
0 ups, 3y
Afghanistan taken by the anti-vax and maskless Taliban! Shameful! Don't they know that there is a pandemic going on?
1 up, 3y,
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Just remember that the exact same thing would've happened under Trump.
1 up, 3y,
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Hmmmm perhaps not considering Trump only said he would withdraw. Biden thus far as been doing it
0 ups, 3y
Trump literally declared a deadline of 1 May 2021.
0 ups, 3y
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0 ups, 3y
Whether you stay or withdrawal there is no correct option. Some wars are simply not winnable.
0 ups, 3y
Wouldn't hurt to erase Afghanistan from the world, no?

Just a straight up invasion for conquest
1 up, 3y
eyyyy it's largely because of the military industrial complex as to why billions if not trillions of tax dollars went to a foreign country we're not in. this is why the war lasted for 18 years: economic stability
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We failed in Afghanistan because what have we accomplished in 20 years? Nothing. When we deployed more Troops the more Taliban attacks happened. It is so hard to Counqer Afghanistan because of it's Mountains and now the Taliban has a lot of control in Afghanistan. This is why Afghanistan was a failure and loss for the U.S. and it's allies.
1 up, 3y
The whole thing is bs show for poppy control.
Pure and simple
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1 up, 3y
"Americans will vote for the same people that allowed this to happen over and over"

No they didn't, nobody from the Bush administration really came out of that with good reelection chances.
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2 ups, 3y,
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The Afghan people are rightful owners, heroin selling radical terrorists should not be thought of as justified owners.
1 up, 3y
Agreed
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