The taliban are hardline Muslims who I sincerely doubt will help the Chinese track down down escaped uighers.
It's like Vietnam, every nation eventually has a go at it, but fails miserably.
At this point, it's an excuse for a welfare check to defense contractors.
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I wonder if we will be their preffered parts supplier.
This whole debacle kind of puts an end to the 2nd amendment debate of “can a man with a rifle oppose the government”
It depends on the will of the government to use all the resources at its means and completely disregard the lives of all their people even the ones who disagree with the, vs the will of the people with rifles to disregard their own lives, and the lives of their loved ones, for the sake of tomorrow.This whole debacle kind of puts an end to the 2nd amendment debate of “can a man with a rifle oppose the government”
That’s kinda what really pisses me off about this. We were over there trying to make a democracy, and many of them DID want a democracy. But, it looks to me like more people really wanted a theocracy. So the pro-democracy people didn’t know who to trust even in their own government. Win hearts and minds my ass. That’s where we really lost. And it was always gonna be that way.The only thing the Afgan "Army" did with the arms that the US supplied them with is surrender them to the taliban.
Our present government excluded.And Iraq should never have been in the discussion in the first place. It’s not our place to rescue people from their own tyrannical governments.
I have differing views on this whole situation than a lot here, but because I`m not a vet, I suppose my views don`t carry much weight. I`ll just bacl out of here, but I do agree with what you`re saying. Those who have been through it there on the ground have a right to be upset.To get off my policy soapbox for a minute
as a veteran who supported OEF in an active role and a guy who lost friends in that sh**hole I am pretty peeved that we are in the situation. But We can’t turn back the hands of time or bring our lost brothers and sisters back so the best we can do is stop the flow of American blood.
anyone who knows a vet of the Afghan war should reach out to them and check in. This is messing with some pretty bad.
And, our hearts should go out to those living there in Afghanistan who trusted that America wouldn`t surrender them to the evil and brutality of the taliban after the U.S. encouraged them to speak out against them and their filthy sharia law. Now they`re abandoned and they know they`ll be brutalized for speaking up.How many things can the current administration screw up? They must hold a record. The American people chose personality over competence. We and Afghans are paying the price. My heart goes out to the vets of this war, especially to those who were seriously wounded and the families of those slain.
I don't know. The Russians didn't fare any better than we did there, and they were a lot more ruthless.It depends on the will of the government to use all the resources at its means and completely disregard the lives of all their people even the ones who disagree with the, vs the will of the people with rifles to disregard their own lives, and the lives of their loved ones, for the sake of tomorrow.
I'll see your current and raise you 2 previous.How many things can the current administration screw up? They must hold a record. The American people chose personality over competence. We and Afghans are paying the price. My heart goes out to the vets of this war, especially to those who were seriously wounded and the families of those slain.