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mtnsnake

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36. Withdrawing them is one thing, but where he will send them next is another
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 04:48 PM
Nov 2020

He has been contemplating war with Iran.

The problem is that Trump doesn't give a fuck about methods or consequences. The goal is not RockRaven Nov 2020 #1
I agree with what you saying about Trump but Jspur Nov 2020 #2
What do you mean by "we are still at war with them"? RockRaven Nov 2020 #5
What is the US' objective by being in Afghanistan right now? Jspur Nov 2020 #7
Instead of asking what the US goal is, ask what Trump's goal is. Because the same "what" with RockRaven Nov 2020 #11
This is what people said about Vietnam. KWR65 Nov 2020 #33
As a person with Afghan friends both here and in Afghanistan littlemissmartypants Nov 2020 #3
I understand there is a moral dilema in withrawing from Jspur Nov 2020 #4
I don't think you understand what we're doing there. littlemissmartypants Nov 2020 #6
enough with the TRAINING THE AFGHAN ARMY schtick Skittles Nov 2020 #15
How's this? littlemissmartypants Nov 2020 #18
It's a "failed state", so it's going to take a very long time LeftInTX Nov 2020 #19
trillions torius Nov 2020 #9
I was wrong. According to this article the US spent 45 billion in Aghanistan Jspur Nov 2020 #10
That's $45 billion per year -- over the decades it amounts to real money.... Klaralven Nov 2020 #26
Agreed it comes out to 450 billion over a decade Jspur Nov 2020 #29
I do think they should come home, however.. mvd Nov 2020 #8
Obama's withdrawal from Iraq in 2009 led to ISIS ansible Nov 2020 #12
um, NO Skittles Nov 2020 #16
Obama's withdrawal from Iraq was too abrupt LeftInTX Nov 2020 #20
that may be true Skittles Nov 2020 #40
You know damn well this is a RW talking point. Obama had absolutely bullwinkle428 Nov 2020 #35
President Obama tried to negotiate the agreement, but still not allow Blue_true Nov 2020 #44
You are incorrect. ISIS formed in 2004, after Bush invaded Iraq. Blue_true Nov 2020 #43
Pull out and BGBD Nov 2020 #13
I feel the problem is there will always be terrorist groups that form in Jspur Nov 2020 #14
And if the price to keep them on their heels in Afghanistan BGBD Nov 2020 #17
You make a good point. Blue_true Nov 2020 #45
Sooner or later the US will leave Afghanistan just DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #21
The problem is that when leave Chainfire Nov 2020 #23
The problem I have is that we can't protect these people forever. Jspur Nov 2020 #31
Yes bdamomma Nov 2020 #37
Geopolitically, Putin would want the US tied up DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #41
It's the way it's being done . Afghan Allies also feel abandoned just as the Kurds did . The US JI7 Nov 2020 #22
Because foreign policy and deployment of American power should NEVER be "willy-nilly" maxrandb Nov 2020 #24
Ditto n/t malaise Nov 2020 #25
The country should have been split, southeast Pashtuns and northwest Tajik, Uzbek, Darii alliance Klaralven Nov 2020 #27
+1 DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #42
You are abandoning people who helped us to their deaths...and the Taliban will be back in control. Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #28
This is one way Trump converted Obama supporters in 2016 BannonsLiver Nov 2020 #30
No, see, you just miss all of the talking points on the right. Arthur_Frain Nov 2020 #32
I feel the exact same way that you do about MIC and Jspur Nov 2020 #34
Withdrawing them is one thing, but where he will send them next is another mtnsnake Nov 2020 #36
I don't know enough to make a judgment, but I think trump is setting up for '24 ecstatic Nov 2020 #38
Trump isn't doing this to benefit the US or our troops.... Something else is up. Chakaconcarne Nov 2020 #39
I think you're confusing methodology with objective. LanternWaste Nov 2020 #46
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