Talibans enter Kabul as US choppers evacuate embassy

Whatever happened to “Democrats hold their politicians responsible?” Joe screwed up leaving Afghanistan, no matter how much you try to deflect it.

Don't know how anyone can defend Biden at this point. It's like he actively working against the US at every point. Pump money into the system when inflation is hot. Throw open the Southern border. The mess that allowed Hammas to shoot missiles at Israel for a week. Done nothing on the pandemic which was his signature issue accept attack DeSantis who everyone on the left is crapping bricks about running in 2024. Been openly divisive. Not this debacle. What a disaster.

He's compromised and owned by the Communist Chinese Party. It's actually very scary.

Bush II, Obama, Trump and now Biden. And the Nation was hoping for a better outcome? We get who/what we elect.

My heart goes out to those who sacrificed Life, Limb and PTSD only to have it end this way.

HistoryRepeat wrote:

There is an air of strong Deja Vu.

Still better than the Eagle Claw debacle in '80. Just hope we get our men and women safely home!

Truck Stop wrote:

Our only hope is that in 2024 we elect another Ronald Reagan. It’s gonna be rough till then with slow joe.

The good thing though is that states have abeen working on improving election integrity. One citizen One vote!

DeSantis 2024!

LOL.....always idiots making comments

WHat America did in Afghanistan is the very definition of Imperialism.

They didnt give a crap what they did there. Went in and bombed it remotely to the stone age, kill thousands of civilians with no consequences, appoint rotten leaders, bribe the locals, and then arrogantly take off when they wanted to without a single thought for anyone that helped them who will probably be killed.

We should be shocked and disgusted, but watch the US get away with it anyway. And watch how little they care.

BLM!! wrote:

Whatever happened to “Democrats hold their politicians responsible?” Joe screwed up leaving Afghanistan, no matter how much you try to deflect it.

How do you square that with the fact that this was Trump’s idea? He made the deal to leave, and he started the withdrawal. Biden, for better or worse, stuck to the plan. I happen to agree with both of them here and I applaud them for having the courage. How could you possibly condemn one and not the other?

Tommy2Nuttz wrote:

WHat America did in Afghanistan is the very definition of Imperialism.

They didnt give a crap what they did there. Went in and bombed it remotely to the stone age, kill thousands of civilians with no consequences, appoint rotten leaders, bribe the locals, and then arrogantly take off when they wanted to without a single thought for anyone that helped them who will probably be killed.

We should be shocked and disgusted, but watch the US get away with it anyway. And watch how little they care.

Normally I’d try and think of some snarky joke about how you must not have paid attention in history class, but weren’t you alive for these events? This isn’t even history, I’m young and I remember these things happening. You are flat out wrong, or grossly mischaracterizing, all of that.

Didn’t see this posted… huge mobs desperate to escape swarm the airport tarmac, gates etc. in Kabul.

Footage shows US army plane taking off through a crowd while some cling to landing gear and under carriage.

Reports say 7 killed but may more. Some falling to their death as the plane took off.

If you were an Afghan helping the US, you have a death sentence hanging over you.

It’s like the fall of Saigon.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/8/16/afghans-cling-to-plane-defining-image

Remember when trump banned Muslims.

Remember when he made a deal with Muslim zealots who harbored terrorists. (aka...the Taliban)

I do.

https://time.com/5794643/trumps-disgraceful-peace-deal-taliban/

It only took a few months to topple the Taliban and send Osama bin Laden and top al-Qaida militants scrambling across the border into Pakistan, but the war dragged on for years as the United States tried establish a stable, functioning state in one of the least developed countries in the world. The Taliban regrouped, and currently hold sway over half the country.

The U.S. spent more than $750 billion, and on all sides the war cost tens of thousands of lives lost, permanently scarred and indelibly interrupted. But the conflict was also frequently ignored by U.S. politicians and the American public.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attended the ceremony in Qatar, where the Taliban have a political office, but did not sign the agreement. Instead, it was signed by U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

The real question is: now that CNN has turned on Biden, how long before his handlers force him to resign to get CNN's real desired president (Harris) in there?

liberal logic ftw wrote:

This is literally all Trump’s fault.

Trump screwed up. But the main villain here is Bush.

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

Blotto Joe wrote:

Elect a careerist liar and military shill with dementia and be surprised when his first international challenge is a sh#tshow. IN 6 months he has made Jimmy Carter look like a diplomatic genius. nThe worst president in my 65 years as a U.S. citizen.

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Don't know how anyone can defend Biden at this point. It's like he actively working against the US at every point. Pump money into the system when inflation is hot. Throw open the Southern border. The mess that allowed Hammas to shoot missiles at Israel for a week. Done nothing on the pandemic which was his signature issue accept attack DeSantis who everyone on the left is crapping bricks about running in 2024. Been openly divisive. Not this debacle. What a disaster.

Trump didn't do anything about the border. He said Mexico would pay for a wall. It didn't. He said he was good at deals and would make a deal. He didn't. If he wanted to stop immigration, just crack down on the employers and landlords (if you get caught employing illegal immigrants, face massive fines, if you let property to them, have it seized). No supposed anti-immigration politician suggests this, because they don't want to stop immigration. They think immigrants are a useful scapegoat.

What did Trump do on the pandemic? Lie, delay, intentionally spread the virus, promote skepticism about masks and vaccines.

Trump acknowledged he was useless but said people had to vote for him because he took credit for the stock market rise, whereas Biden would crash it.

How is that working out? Do you think it might be the case that some people might think Biden is as bad as Trump, but people don't care as the stock market is rising?

Questionable1 wrote:

Remember when trump banned Muslims.

Remember when he made a deal with Muslim zealots who harbored terrorists. (aka...the Taliban)

I do.

https://time.com/5794643/trumps-disgraceful-peace-deal-taliban/

But but but Trump

Let Mr. Magoo carry out a deal made by Foghorn Leghorn. Why could go wrong? Just keep voting in these lowest-common-denominator clowns, folks we got money and reputation to burn!