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In reply to the discussion: What's wrong with withdrawing troops from Afghanistan? [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)43. You are incorrect. ISIS formed in 2004, after Bush invaded Iraq.
President Obama was just running for the US Senate at that time.
It is legitimate to argue that the withdrawal of US troops allowed ISIS to expand, because the Iraqi army was too incompetent and corrupt to face the terrorists down. But President Obama simply completed a withdrawal plan established by President Bush, the issue for both Presidents was Iraqs demand to try US troops who committed crimes in the country, something that the US have never allowed (troops are tried in US Military Courts).
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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