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11. I put all blame squarely on W's slumped shoulders.

Fri Oct 1, 2021, 12:09 PM

Oct 2021

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Was there ever any GOOD way for us to get out of Afghanistan? [View all] CTyankee Oct 2021 OP

Never to have gone in in the first place. Aristus Oct 2021 #1

Short answer is "No"... Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #2

Yes WA-03 Democrat Oct 2021 #4

We spent 20 years building up some non-Taliban structure/society Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #5

It took nine years to figure out where OBL was nitpicker Oct 2021 #15

True Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #16

It matters not who was the president at the closing of a war. Firestorm49 Oct 2021 #6

You said what I strongly agree with. CTyankee Oct 2021 #10

No zipplewrath Oct 2021 #8

I put all blame squarely on W's slumped shoulders. rickyhall Oct 2021 #11

No, of course not. MineralMan Oct 2021 #12

Technically, this is semi-correct nitpicker Oct 2021 #18

That we have to have troops in the five figures in South Korea MineralMan Oct 2021 #19

If we'd have only kept Bush from stealing the 2000 election. marble falls Oct 2021 #13

The Brits from Dunkirk, the Germans from Russia, the French at... brush Oct 2021 #14

Not good but maybe better. moondust Oct 2021 #17

This is an important point. maxsolomon Oct 2021 #20

This sakabatou Oct 2021 #22

No, there was no good way to get out. sakabatou Oct 2021 #21