Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Editorials & Other Articles

J_William_Ryan

(1,748 posts)

2. Actually not - it was 'told' years ago.

Reply to CentralMass (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 17, 2021, 06:09 AM

Aug 2021

The awful truth of Afghanistan is that it was a failed enterprise from the outset, a bad-faith contrivance of GWB seeking to ensure his reelection.

The notion of turning Afghanistan into another South Korea is as ridiculous as it is wrong – the immediate withdraw of all US military was the only decision and the correct decision, however difficult, however tragic.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

11 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

The Atlantic: Biden was Right [View all] SunSeeker Aug 2021 OP

Only time will tell. CentralMass Aug 2021 #1

Actually not - it was 'told' years ago. J_William_Ryan Aug 2021 #2

Yup. nt SunSeeker Aug 2021 #3

What you said +1 DeeDeeNY Aug 2021 #4

Agree! True Blue American Aug 2021 #5

Of course it wasn't the only decision.. However it has already put the wheels of change in motion. CentralMass Aug 2021 #6

so do we just abandon the people there that were helping us? samsingh Aug 2021 #8

Nobody knew what the mission was IronLionZion Aug 2021 #11

Might be nice to see Obama step out The Unmitigated Gall Aug 2021 #7

bush tweeted XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #9

Yeah, saw that. Poor guy. The Unmitigated Gall Aug 2021 #10