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In reply to the discussion: What's wrong with withdrawing troops from Afghanistan? [View all]Chakaconcarne
(2,439 posts)39. Trump isn't doing this to benefit the US or our troops.... Something else is up.
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The problem is that Trump doesn't give a fuck about methods or consequences. The goal is not
RockRaven
Nov 2020
#1
Instead of asking what the US goal is, ask what Trump's goal is. Because the same "what" with
RockRaven
Nov 2020
#11
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
The country should have been split, southeast Pashtuns and northwest Tajik, Uzbek, Darii alliance
Klaralven
Nov 2020
#27
You are abandoning people who helped us to their deaths...and the Taliban will be back in control.
Demsrule86
Nov 2020
#28
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