On August 15, 2021 at 17:58, davidcasemore said...
It's true that a lot of this pullout was planned and negotiated during the Trump administration, but I am very disappointed in Biden on the way this was implemented. They should have quietly and quickly got the translators and others to Kabul before announcing the pullout. This is a major fail.
Lot of good posts here.
With only about an ounce of intuition, you can understand how we will never turn tribal countries into Western democracies, no matter how much taxpayer money we leave there. The fact that this went on for 20 years after taking out the enemy shows that the industrial/military complex needs to be thoroughly cleaned out and replaced.
Announcing a drop dead pull out date, failing to get our own citizens and allies out in advance, and abandoning the strategic Air Force Base should result in court-martials and a permanent address at Leavenworth for all the higher-ups involved. The troops are warriors, they are heroes, the starched suits are a bunch of losers and need to be charged criminally.
