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07-09-21, 01:52 AM | #151 |
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"Analysis: Biden lost faith in the U.S. mission in Afghanistan over a decade ago"
Seems he had reasons.. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...go-2021-07-09/
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YIPES! Chang reads my post too!
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07-10-21, 04:35 AM | #154 | |
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Why did the Taliban delegation come to Moscow for talks?
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07-10-21, 08:27 AM | #155 |
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07-10-21, 04:20 PM | #156 |
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So we opened a can of good old fashioned whoopass and after twenty years of occupation we leave and the Taliban want to join the international community. They realize if they want to be recognized diplomatically they need to play by certain rules so they can reap the benefits the international community has to offer. Good for them, apparently some of what we have done and are still doing may have done some good.
Since Biden has no faith in the mission maybe he should allow someone else to take the helm. We could certainly use a leader right now instead of a quitter trying to cover his arse if things go wrong.
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07-10-21, 04:29 PM | #157 | |
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07-10-21, 05:30 PM | #158 | |
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For twenty years all I’ve ever heard is quagmire, British death march, Soviet withdrawal, and now scenes of Saigon. Haven’t seen it yet. Right now and much too India’s and possibly NATO’s delight, Pakistan at the moment is more worried about the Taliban than anyone.
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Older book, but just from a quick glance, makes me think we were just a passing diversion, regarding that all sides were waiting for us to leave so they could get back to the real game.
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07-13-21, 02:41 AM | #160 |
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A grim though important reminder of what you are dealing with there.
Warning, violent images. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/13/a...hnk/index.html A famous German foreign correspondent legend, now dead, Peter Scholl-Latour, once wrote or said that during the Sovjet invasion, Russian prisoners sometimes were bound "spread eagle" on the ground and got their stomachs slit open, then were left for slowly dying from the sun and wild animals, birds. Be careful whom you trust with your treaties you want to sign and whose promises and declarations of intentions you want to invest in. Its a wild place.
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07-13-21, 09:51 AM | #161 | |
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07-13-21, 10:38 AM | #162 |
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Give it back to the Muslims ... that's all it really is
A war between Muslims ... at least South Vietnam wanted to be free of commie influence in their part of the country. Now America and Russia have something in common we lost the same war
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The other lived up to his campaign promise and within a few years got us out. Action speak louder than words. As for the mission it’s no longer direct military involvement rather gray zone diplomacy, we still need leadership, not hand wringing excuses. Kabul could very well fall in the next six months. I’m thinking because of not listing the Taliban amongst current terrorist threats and our past desire that Kabul recognize the Taliban we are preparing ourselves to deal with who ever is left standing after the smoke clears. There’s only so much we can do for Afghans. If they want to keep what we gave them then they need to step up and fight for their own. Unfortunately Islam is a religion of terror and a power hungry few use that religion as an excuse to kill and maim the innocent to get their way. All in the name of a their loving allah of course
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07-13-21, 04:42 PM | #165 |
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Would China make a different. Here I'am thinking. The government in Kabul is under pressure from Taliban so they speed up the agreement with the Chinese.
This in hope the Chinese would send troops to protect Chinese workers. Markus
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