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20 Years is long enough. Time to get out.
This might explain the little spate of generals leaving.
But one can only wonder why they would have wanted our troops to remain in Afghanistan.
From the other thread, found a bit of interesting info on him. Both links have more if anyone wants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Macgregor
Douglas Abbott Macgregor (born January 4, 1953, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a U.S. Army Colonel (retired), author, consultant and television commentator.[1]
On July 27, 2020, the White House announced that President Donald Trump intended to nominate Macgregor to serve as the United States Ambassador to Germany.
Military career
Macgregor was the “squadron operations officer who essentially directed the Battle of 73 Easting” during the Gulf War.[2] Facing an Iraqi Republican Guard opponent, Macgregor led two troops or 19 Tanks, 26 Bradleys and 4 M1064 Mortar Carriers through the sandstorm to the 73 Easting at roughly 16:18 hours on 26 February 1991 destroyed almost 70 Iraqi armored vehicles with no U.S. casualties in a 23-minute span of the battle.[2] Macgregor was at the front of the formation in the center with Eagle Troop on the right and Ghost Troop on the left. Macgregor designated Eagle Troop the main attack and positioned himself to the left of Eagle Troop. Eagle Troop Scouts subsequently followed Macgregor’s Tank through a minefield during which Macgregor’s crew destroyed two enemy tanks. As Macgregor was towards the front of the battle involved in shooting, he didn’t “request artillery support or report events to superiors until the battle was virtually over, according to one of his superior officers.”[2] The risks he undertook “could have been criticized had the fight turned ugly.”[2]
At a November 1993 exercise at the Army’s National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, Lt. Col. Macgregor’s unit vastly outperformed its peers against the “Opposition Force (OPFOR).” The series of five battles usually end in four losses and a draw for the visiting units; Macgregor’s unit won three, lost one, and drew one.[2] Macgregor’s unit dispersed widely, took unconventional risks, and anticipated enemy movements.[2]
Macgregor was a top Army thinker on innovation, according to journalist Thomas E. Ricks.[4] He “became prominent inside the Army” when he published Breaking the Phalanx, which argued for radical reforms.[4] Breaking the Phalanx was rare in that an active duty military author was challenging the status quo with detailed reform proposals for the reorganization of U.S. Army ground forces.[5] The head of the Army, United States General Dennis Reimer, wanted to reform the Army and effectively endorsed Breaking the Phalanx and passed copies out to generals; however, reforming the U.S. Army according to the book met resistance from the Army’s de facto “board of directors”—the other four-star Army generals—and Reimer did not press the issue.[6] Breaking the Phalanx advocated that “the Army restructure itself into modularly organized, highly mobile, self-contained, combined arms teams that look extraordinarily like the Marine Corps’ Air Ground Task Forces”.[7] His article called “Thoughts on Force Design in an Era of Shrinking Defense Budgets” was published in Dado Center Journal (The IDF Journal on Operational Art).
Many of Macgregor’s colleagues thought his unconventional thinking may have harmed his chances for promotion.[2] While an Army NTC official called him “the best war fighter the Army has got,” colleagues of Macgregor were concerned that “the Army is showing it prefers generals who are good at bureaucratic gamesmanship to ones who can think innovatively on the battlefield.”[2] Macgregor was also seen as blunt, and to some, arrogant.[2] Despite Magregor’s top post-Gulf War NTC showing, his Army career was sidelined.[2] The summer of 1997 marked the third time the Army refused to put him in command of a combat brigade,[2] “a virtual death warrant for his Army career, relegating him to staff jobs as a colonel for the remainder of his service.”[3]
U.S. Ambassador to Germany nomination
On July 27, 2020, the White House announced Donald Trump’s intent to nominate MacGregor as U.S. Ambassador to Germany.[17][18] Following the announcement, MacGregor’s history of controversial remarks received media attention. He has asserted that Muslim immigrants (referred to as “Muslim invaders”) come to Europe “with the goal of eventually turning Europe into an Islamic state”.[19] MacGregor has argued that the German concept of Vergangenheitsbewältigung, used to cope with Germany’s Nazi past and its atrocities during World War II, is a “sick mentality.”[19] MacGregor has also stated that martial law should be instituted on the U.S.-Mexico border and argued for the extrajudicial execution of those who cross the border at unofficial ports of entry.[19] Macgregor has also made statements in support of Israel having defensible borders, the annexation of the Golan Heights, and the decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.[20]
Views on Russian annexation
In 2014, after Russia tried to annex Crimea and was engaged in a conflict with Ukraine over its eastern parts, Macgregor went on Russian network RT where he called for the annexation of the Donbass in accordance with the results of 2014 referenda and said residents of the region “are in fact Russians, not Ukrainians, and at the same time, you have Ukrainians in the west and in the north, who are not Russians[19][26] The 2014 referenda results are not officially recognized by any country, including the United States, Russia, or the members of the European Union.[27] The governments of Ukraine, the United States, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom have criticized the referenda as unconstitutional and illegitimate.[28]
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/politics/kfile-douglas-macgregor-german-ambassador-pick/index.html
German ambassador pick disparaged immigrants and refugees, called for martial law at US-Mexico border
Retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor, a decorated combat veteran, author and frequent guest on Fox News, claimed that Muslim migrants were coming to Europe “with the goal of eventually turning Europe into an Islamic state.” He criticized Germany for giving “millions of unwanted Muslim invaders” welfare benefits rather than providing more funding for its armed services.
Macgregor’s newly unearthed comments come as the Trump administration announced it will withdraw nearly 12,000 troops from bases in Germany. The decision to remove troops from Germany was slammed by Republicans, Democrats and former senior military officials, who said the move would benefit Russia.
If Macgregor’s nomination is confirmed by the Senate, he would oversee a new diplomatic period in US-German relations, one that has reached new lows after reports that Trump bullied and berated German Chancellor Angela Merkel on state phone calls.
CNN’s KFile reviewed dozens of radio and television interviews with Macgregor and found he often demonized immigrants and refugees. He warned Mexican cartels were “driving millions of Mexicans with no education, no skills and the wrong culture into the United States, placing them essentially as wards of the American people.” He repeatedly advocated to institute martial law at the US-Mexico border and “shoot people” if necessary.
Trump was stopped from trying to exit Afganistán. Petty little criminals prolly didn’t want credit to go to Trump.
Good. He should order them all to be out by Christmas at the latest. Trump should also declare an end to the state of war with North Korea.
We no longer need to be in A’stan. It no longer serves a purpose.
Now get a new JCS Chairman.
Good. Bring them home by christmas.
I’ll get flamed and roasted for this.
But no a withdraw from Afghanistan is maddening it opens up for the Russians,
Chicoms too swoop in if that weren’t enough Al Qaeda ISIS and the Taliban regime would also take over that could see bigger 9/11 style attacks, right on our soil with Pakistan and Iran also seeing the benefits. We need to stay course and fight on for victory I opt for President Trump to plan an extensive large military offensive of total war that forces the Taliban to surrender while gutting Al Qaeda and ISIS jihadists. In addition, the President must also inact crippling sanctions against the Pakistani regime.
It can’t be quick enough.
I support 100% unilateral withdraw over a period of one week, max. And that would be too long.
Bump
Stand up guy. He tells people what he thinks, President down to common man. But I thought he was acting Ambassador to Germany?
A good article he wrote:
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/only-way-donald-trump-can-truly-put-america-first-33111
Hoping this happens asap, enough of our blood and treasure for this insane country in Asia.
Or...we can fight on for 200 or 300 more years to get where we are now there...no where!