“Whether you agree with Biden’s decision to withdraw is no longer important for today’s fight; we have to focus on the facts as they now stand, and what to do going forward. And we have to learn from the mistakes that my brothers- and sisters-in-arms paid for over the last twenty years.”—Will Saber
“Whether you agree with Biden’s decision to withdraw is no longer important for today’s fight; we have to focus on the facts as they now stand, and what to do going forward. And we have to learn from the mistakes that my brothers- and sisters-in-arms paid for over the last twenty years.”—Will Saber
Huh????? Biden’s decision? Have you forgotten the “surrender agreement,” I mean DOHA Agreement, that released 5,800 hardened Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters with American blood on their hands?
Or the fact that the Afghan government collapsed prior to Biden being inaugurated? Or the fact that 80% of the country was in the Taliban hands when Biden took office. Or the fact that Trump reduced troop levels from 22,500 since taking office to approximately 2,500 by December 2020, after he lost?
There was no way Biden could reconstitute the troop levels with the support of the American people in 2021. We had “war on terror” exhaustion, and fighting a pandemic not seen or heard since 1918 during the Spanish Flu (it wasn’t Spanish). Not to mention, most of the Afghan government had fled to safe harbor states.
“It’s true that Biden’s electoral chances may suffer if voters are reminded of the disaster of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan.”—Will Saber
Yes, Biden will suffer, put Trump in office, and Trump will destroy all our institutions that uncover terror organizations, who are charged with enforcing our laws in the US and abroad.
The infighting and division will enable terrorists to succeed, while Trump himself, will use any attack to enact Martial Law, and crack down on protesters. Trump’s minions won’t allow any crisis to go to waste. They will use it to solidify Trump’s authoritarian agenda with extreme prejudice.
So sorry, I can’t buy the premise that Trump can be trusted to protect the Homeland. He won’t listen to any Biden administration officials on the way out, the same way Bush and Cheney refused to take Al Qaeda seriously when they assumed office.
The threat may be real, but alerting the American public will only give Trump officials more ammunition to create the false narrative that Biden is weak on the border, and his administration inept.
It all boils down to “risk vs reward,” and the risk of alerting the American public is too great, vs the risk of an actual terror attack on the US. And the reward for alerting Americans of a possible attack; non-existent!
Hmm, this reminds me of how Obama tried to warn McConnell and Trump about Russian interference, but they purposely ignored him despite the national security threats to our country. Then again, I'm here because I'm a national security hawk, which these days means voting Democrat.
“Whether you agree with Biden’s decision to withdraw is no longer important for today’s fight; we have to focus on the facts as they now stand, and what to do going forward. And we have to learn from the mistakes that my brothers- and sisters-in-arms paid for over the last twenty years.”—Will Saber
Huh????? Biden’s decision? Have you forgotten the “surrender agreement,” I mean DOHA Agreement, that released 5,800 hardened Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters with American blood on their hands?
Or the fact that the Afghan government collapsed prior to Biden being inaugurated? Or the fact that 80% of the country was in the Taliban hands when Biden took office. Or the fact that Trump reduced troop levels from 22,500 since taking office to approximately 2,500 by December 2020, after he lost?
There was no way Biden could reconstitute the troop levels with the support of the American people in 2021. We had “war on terror” exhaustion, and fighting a pandemic not seen or heard since 1918 during the Spanish Flu (it wasn’t Spanish). Not to mention, most of the Afghan government had fled to safe harbor states.
“It’s true that Biden’s electoral chances may suffer if voters are reminded of the disaster of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan.”—Will Saber
Yes, Biden will suffer, put Trump in office, and Trump will destroy all our institutions that uncover terror organizations, who are charged with enforcing our laws in the US and abroad.
The infighting and division will enable terrorists to succeed, while Trump himself, will use any attack to enact Martial Law, and crack down on protesters. Trump’s minions won’t allow any crisis to go to waste. They will use it to solidify Trump’s authoritarian agenda with extreme prejudice.
So sorry, I can’t buy the premise that Trump can be trusted to protect the Homeland. He won’t listen to any Biden administration officials on the way out, the same way Bush and Cheney refused to take Al Qaeda seriously when they assumed office.
The threat may be real, but alerting the American public will only give Trump officials more ammunition to create the false narrative that Biden is weak on the border, and his administration inept.
It all boils down to “risk vs reward,” and the risk of alerting the American public is too great, vs the risk of an actual terror attack on the US. And the reward for alerting Americans of a possible attack; non-existent!
IMHO…:)
Came here to say that! Wow. Some really have amnesia or just willful ignorance.
Well put! 👏👏👏
Hmm, this reminds me of how Obama tried to warn McConnell and Trump about Russian interference, but they purposely ignored him despite the national security threats to our country. Then again, I'm here because I'm a national security hawk, which these days means voting Democrat.
Yes, it does, Kate!
Exactly!..:)
McConnell is definitely on My Sh!t List.
Exhibit A:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Agreement-For-Bringing-Peace-to-Afghanistan-02.29.20.pdf
Notice the reference to "intra-Afghan negotiation"... . Good one, Trump!