Posted on 08/10/2021 1:22:17 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
President Biden on Tuesday said he does not regret his decision to pull U.S. forces out of Afghanistan amid reports of rising civilian casualties as the Taliban makes gains in the country.
"We spent over $1 trillion over 20 years. We trained and equipped with modern equipment over 300,000 Afghan forces," Biden said at a news conference. "And Afghan leaders have to come together. We lost thousands, we lost to death and injury, thousands of American personnel. They’ve got to fight for themselves. Fight for their nation."
Biden vowed the U.S. would keep its commitments to provide air support, resupply Afghan forces with food and equipment and paying their salaries.
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I doubt President Retard even remembers it happened. 🤪
How many paintings did Iran buy?
More “refugees”
Wonder how many Afghanis regret it??????
Joetato’s cue cards had a good answer for a change.
Should have pulled the troops out before 0bungles took office.
Actually it was Trumps idea but… Biden and the Democrats own it!
It’s actually true since he doesn’t even remember doing it.
To make a point someone ought to send a box of Afghani amputated thieve’s Hands to the White House to be delivered at a cabinet meeting
Well, I will bet there are some interpreters and their families that might offer a different opinion. /s
The rules of engagement had become so restrictive that there was no point in putting our military in harm’s way.
I, for one, am ecstatic US forces are leaving that sewer.
I don’t care who’s idea it was or who claims credit or who issued the order.
It’s good to be out.
Now, on to Syria and Iraq.
Ditto. Bring them all home.
There is nothing there worth a single American life or a single taxpayer dollar.
Withdraw is what Biden’s father should gave done.
He was for it until he forgot it.
He was for it until he forgot it.
This wasn’t a ‘withdraw’ - it was total chaos and abandonment. Could have withdrawn ground forces while still providing air support for the Afghan government’s own forces to keep what is happening now at bay. He left Afghanistan the same way Obama left Iraq. ISIS’ forces in Iraq could be seen traveling, setting up their sieges of cities, etc. Airstrikes would have wiped those convoys out before they entered the cities and took them over. Virtually none of that chaos and mayhem that went on for years that Trump took car of had to happen to begin with. Likely the same thing with Afghanistan - just sat there and watched the Taliban’s units of troops travelling to the cities to attack them and could have gotten them before they entered.
IMHO this is a “stopped clock” moment for Biden.
Pulling out of that hell-hole after all the treasure and Patriot blood we’ve wasted for the past TWENTY YEARS is the right thing to do.
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