Anonymous coward spudboy100 wrote: *> A great plan and an example of liberal brains, just like Biden's > Afghanistan actions right this second. Looking Good.* > https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/13/world/afghanistan-taliban
Given that US troops have been fighting and dying in Afghanistan for 20 years, and for 20 years the USA has provided the Afghan government with every weapon it asked for making their army far better provisioned than the Taliban's, and given that despite this huge advantage the Afghan government collapsed *THE VERY INSTANT THE US TROOPS LEFT*, it is clear, and has actually been clear for over a decade, that they were only two alternatives: 1) Stay in Afghanistan forever. 2) Admit the obvious truth that the war is lost and get out. President Biden chose the second alternative, and because he knew there would never be a good time to do it he figured he might as well do it right now. And as painful as it was I think it was the correct choice. Even Trump, dumb as he is, was smart enough to know this, Trump assumed he would be reelected and said: *"Getting out of Afghanistan is a wonderful and positive thing to do, I planned to withdraw on May 1st 2021, and we should keep as close to that schedule as possible."* Well, Biden gave Afghanistan 4 more months than Trump would have, but of course 4 more months did no good, 4 more decades wouldn't have helped either. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> 44nx -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3zGj1eNQAvj7X_05q5nuFr8Mu5ue8cWNaod%3Dr3XGfkCA%40mail.gmail.com.
