Afghanistan.

How did this happen? Yes, POTUS is ultimately responsible for all US Forces. Meaning if something goes south, it is on his orders. Has every advisor been sleeping the past weeks? I can understand he ordered to leave Afghanistan. The foreign forces had to go at some point. But did noone discuss the exit strategy or has "Sleepy Joe" just said something like "I don't care how or what, but get out as fast as possible".

Anyway, all hell broke loose. A lot of people need to be evacuated but US Forces won't let them past the gates. Taliban held a press conference with peaceful words noone will be harmed, even if they worked for or with the opposing forces. Other sources claim executions have already started. It is bad, realy bad.

 

Yes, they say one thing and do another.
Also how many Muslim countries will accept Afghani refugees ?
We have enough Muslims in Australia, some of whom hate our very guts, because we are different.
Never mind that we helped and supported them.

 

The taliban are a group that is funded by the Pakistan ISI. Pakistan has directed the narrative of this war since day one.
The military and intelligence agencies all knew the taliban were in the mountain regions of Pakistan. Pakistan would not allow us to go there and if we went anyway they would not let the U.S. and our allies use their airspace to fly in supplies. Basically Pakistan cut the knees out of us from the beginning.
Then the state department with their disastrous natuon building scheme. Nation building never works, that's why we didn't do it after WWII. Everytime we try it we lose.
The events over the past weekend made the U.S. look like a bunch of amateurs and it's only gotten worse since. Our CIC is MIA. The VP is the same. The SecDef is an idiot and the CJCS is a moron.
In my opinion if I was an ally of the U.S. and something kicked off, I would be very hesitant to call the U.S. for help.
This will have far reaching consequences for years to come. I feel sorry for Taiwan.

I love and fought for my Country. But this administration has completely destroyed us on a domestic and world stage.

One last thing to ponder, the United States basically funds the Pakistani Army, which in turn funds the ISI. Basically we were fighting ourselves in Afghanistan.

 

An total fuck up, and a lot of human beings will get hurt or worse.

 

This guy gets it

 

The problem lies with the state department. They are so fucked up thinking that every country wants to be like us. We have never succeeded in nation building and never will. It doesn't matter who is in office or you who is Sec. of State, until they clean house of all the idiots that work at the state department we're fucked. For some reason they the state department power over the military in foreign engagements. That's why now generals are more paper pusher CEO types that leaders like Patton were.
And like some have said the military industrial complex loves wars like these cause they make a lot of money using our service men and women as R&D.

 

Yup lol there is a Canadian company that makes armored personal carriers for the US army. War is good for business.
Your right 20 years ago when the us put boots on the ground from then on it was a disaster. And before desert storm this whole ball got going in 1979. Afghanistan now is just a very small piece of a much larger puzzle.

 

It's always has been, will be, about money.
Most wars are about money.
Most laws are about money.
Most who want to be elected, lead by force, etc., is about money.

Money makes the world go round. Not love.

 

For the Americans who are still in Afghanistan, they are stuck there because of their love of money.

The original date for w/d was by May 1, 2021. It was brokered in Feb, 2020.

The American civilians knew the w/d was coming and did nothing to leave in time.
Even when Biden took office and said he was going through with the w/d but couldn't make the May 1 deadline,
it was going to be by Sept 1.
They still did not make arrangements to leave. Seems to be they were being paid well to do whatever they were
doing.

One of my client's son drove a Liquid Hauling Semi (hazardous cargo/hazardous pay), drivers licensed to haul
were in high demand.
He left in February. His mom told me he said everyone knew it was going to happen but some of his buddies who were
drivers stayed on because of the pay (she said it was over $100,000.00 and living expenses were mostly paid).
He was banking most of his pay. Sitting quite well now at home.

Now some of them are stuck there, waiting for this debacle to be fixed. Not knowing anything.
Why?
Because of greed.

How much fucking time does one need to leave a country when you know over a year in advance you need
to get your shit together?

 

On a second note- maybe my last post should be in the thread "Acts of Stupidity".

 

That is the epicenter of the Islamic world. They are involved in everything Islam.