Godboy
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You shouldnt expect any integrity from Asslips.Why is it SO hard for people like you to simply admit the truth?
What just happened in Afghanistan was a major failure in policy, decision-making, an execution.
You can not seriously, legitimately deny this, especially if you want to be taken seriously.
If you believe both President Biden's military advisors and his CIA, they both informed the President that Afghanistan would be lost QUICKLY, far faster than they originally believed. Not only this, if you believe them, they informed Biden of this several months ago, before he told the American people what would NOT happen. Knowing what his advisors had told him, there are only 2 options for why he told the American people what he did: Either he lied to the American people - because everything he said would not happen DID happen, or his dementia played a part in his misleading the American people.
President Biden publicly stated that he KNEW leaving Afghanistan would turn into 'Chaos'. Despite knowing there were tens of thousands of Americans in Afghanistan that would have to be evacuated, despite knowing (according to the President) that getting them out would be a near-impossible task, he STILL dismantled a program created by former President Trump that was specifically designed to help rescue / evacuate Americans abroad during situations like the one in Afghanistan.
- WHY would any sane person, who claims to know in several months they would be faced with such a situation, dismantle a program specifically designed to help get Americans out?
Between Gen Milley and President Biden, the decision to not only pull American troops out of Bagram in the middle of the night but making the decision to abandon the bases so quickly that they left a treasure trove of weapons, specially-modified Humvees, tanks, aircraft, etc... was a MASSIVE FAIL. The decision to close 11 bases and pull the military out of Afghanistan while more than 40,000 Americans remained unprotected was even more of a disastrous decision. The military should have remained to assist in the evacuation of every American citizen in Afghanistan.
- The swiftness of the Taliban advance could have been immediately stopped by the President TELLING (not asking) them they would halt their advance while the US pulled our people out or face swift kinetic retribution. Instead, Joe allowed our terrorist enemy ro literally run the military out of the country, leaving behind approx 40,000 unprotected US citizens.
The fact that President Biden SENT 5,000 TROOPS BACK INTO AFGHANISTAN, instead of leaving them there to begin with to help with the evacuation and protection of US civilians, was an admission by this administration that they had made a mistake.
Several Liberals on this board have tried to declare a 'win' for Biden by pointing out 'the evacuation is still going on'. They ignore these facts:
- President Biden, WH Spokeswoman Psaki, Gen Milley, and Biden's State Department Rep have all said THEY HAVE NO PLAN TO RESCUE AMERICANS NOT IN KABUL. There are some 30,000 Americans outside of Kabul. Biden and his administration has told those Americans, 'YOU must get YOURSELVES' to the Kabul airport - we will not help - you are on your own. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND A MAJOR FAIL! You seriously can not deny that!
Biden declared his administration - with all the power of the United States Govt, can not help those 30,000 get out of Afghanistan....yet a retired SpecOps Army Ranger went to Afghanistan when he heard a family he knows was sheltering in place and being told by the Biden administration they could not help - and this lone retired military member HIMSELF got the family out.
- You can not reasonably deny that this one man doing what Biden said his entire administration can not do is an EMBARRASSING BLACK EYE to the Biden administration.
Everything Biden said would not happen did.
Either he or his military advisors & CIA are lying about what Joe was briefed/knew.
Having no serious plan to evacuate US citizens was STUPID / irresponsible / 'criminal'
Dismantling the 'Civilian Evac' program Trump created was politically motivated & STUPID / irresponsible / 'criminal'
Pulling the military out before you got all US citizens out was STUPID / irresponsible / 'criminal'
Abandoning 11 bases, billions of dollars in weapons, vehicles, drones, aircraft, etc... was STUPID / irresponsible / 'criminal'
Biden declaring he would ensure Afghanis interpreters, those who helped us in the war, and their families get out and ordering millions of dollars be immediately allocated to help them settle in the US BEFORE GETTING EVERY US CITIZEN OUT OF AFGHANISTAN, WHILE TELLING AMERICANS 'YOU ARE ON YOUR ON - WE HAVE NO PLAN TO COME RESCUE YOU - IF YOU WANT OUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT TO KABUL' WAS STUPID / irresponsible / 'criminal'.
You and anyone else who wants to lump themselves in with you, those who are defending Biden and claiming he did nothing wrong are LIARS, denying this was a major FAIL based on your own political views. Hell, if Trump - or any other politician / political leader had done something this heinous I would be screaming for him to be removed from office.
You can still be a loyal Democrat and still admit this Afghan disaster was a major failure. When your political bias causes you to defend the absurd and be unable to accept reality then you are past the point of being 'political' and are into the 'fanatical' zone.
This exit from Afghanistan has been extremely, poorly executed. Can you at least admit that?