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Mortman

Sun 02/11/24 07:14 PM

Wrong, wrong and ummm oh yea , wrong!.. Trumps plan was don’t mess with our troops and we will be out by that date. If you mess with our troops we won’t leave and he will bring in more troops to counter any action against us. But when Biden came in the Taliban felt emboldened to break the deal cause they saw weakness with Biden. ( they were right) . Joe had half a year to plan a successful withdrawal but he lacked the common knowledge to put any plan into action until the last minute. He left millions of dollars of our armor and weapons there for the taking.. There is still people their that Joe left behind, not to mention the 13 that were killed During “ the most successful withdrawal in history” .🤪 ... and what makes you think Biden wouldn’t have just scrapped those Trump plans like he did everything else Trump did…

Nice thought, but during Trump's term, the US lost more than 60 servicemen in Afghanistan. So much for "don't mess with our troops." And getting out by that date? Never happened. Not even any plans for it. It's like Pompeo signed the agreement and everybody promptly forgot about it until after the election, and then still did nothing for it. Didn't move an ounce of equipment out of country until Biden came into office. Had they actually made arrangements, the move would've been at least partially complete by the time Biden was sworn in. Don't know where you got your notions of Trump doing so much.
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Slimme

Tue 02/13/24 06:00 AM


Best start learning Mandarin then! Take it from a European, everyone gets conquered at some point




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Empires comes and Empires goes. America superpower status will continue to decline until it's just an ordinary country like Portugal or Egypt. Russia and China are jostling for supremacy on the world stage and the first act of emerging powers in demonstrating their prowess is to invade or go to war.
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Slimme

Tue 02/13/24 06:17 AM


I haven't read all the back and forths above but in terms of the headline post, sadly I must say I'm not even sure we (USA) deserve the label "Superpower" anymore. This country has become SOOOO freaking weak in almost every way. Our kids are a mess, fat, weak, whiny, and triggered at any little thing. Always a victim, always criticizing those that came before them for their problems. These are the kids (men?) that are going to go up against China? China makes killing machines and we are all about putting trans people in high ranks in our military JUST BECAUSE. We've loosened our standards for fitness in the military just to let in more of our marshmallow young recruits. We put transgender nonsense training for our recruits. The list goes on and on. If it weren't for our wealth and weapons, we wouldn't stand a chance from a pure fighting perspective.




Not forgetting the obsession of pregnancy suits made for Air Force women. So now we have pregnant women fighting American wars. Also the shrinking of the military under Obama (first obvious sign of a declining world power) while other military nations are increasing their military quotas and beefing up their fitness standards. And not just putting trans people in high ranks but also US military offering sex change surgery to its soliders.
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Slimme

Tue 02/13/24 06:50 AM


Wrong, wrong and ummm oh yea , wrong!.. Trumps plan was don’t mess with our troops and we will be out by that date. If you mess with our troops we won’t leave and he will bring in more troops to counter any action against us. But when Biden came in the Taliban felt emboldened to break the deal cause they saw weakness with Biden. ( they were right) . Joe had half a year to plan a successful withdrawal but he lacked the common knowledge to put any plan into action until the last minute. He left millions of dollars of our armor and weapons there for the taking.. There is still people their that Joe left behind, not to mention the 13 that were killed During “ the most successful withdrawal in history” .🤪 ... and what makes you think Biden wouldn’t have just scrapped those Trump plans like he did everything else Trump did…

Nice thought, but during Trump's term, the US lost more than 60 servicemen in Afghanistan. So much for "don't mess with our troops." And getting out by that date? Never happened. Not even any plans for it. It's like Pompeo signed the agreement and everybody promptly forgot about it until after the election, and then still did nothing for it. Didn't move an ounce of equipment out of country until Biden came into office. Had they actually made arrangements, the move would've been at least partially complete by the time Biden was sworn in. Don't know where you got your notions of Trump doing so much.





So Biden administration needed Trump administration to move equipment out of Afghanistan for the move to be at least partially complete by the time Biden was sworn in? The agreement between US and the Taliban was to withdraw troops by May 2021. Biden was sworn in Jan 2021. 6 months was not sufficient time to plan a withdrawal? The US government kept delaying and pushing back the withdrawal date of its troops. Did they think that the Taliban was just going to sit by and not begin the process of taking over the rulership of Afghanistan even if a change of a US leader? All you have done is shown the incompetent of the Biden leadership. They waited at the last minute to withdraw troops BEFORE civilians 1 month before the 20th anniversary of 911 less 'we get attacked by the Taliban'. Leaving billions in armaments behind. With the US intelligence supposedly one of the best in the world informing the world that the Taliban won't reach the capital until weeks but guess what, the terrorists did it in 3 days and it was everyman for himself from then on. A repeat of the Vietnam fiasco.
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Slimme

Wed 02/14/24 03:18 PM

Wow! Trump tells NATO they need to pay their bills and NATO gets a wake up call?

What were they doing under Biden. Sleeping?

Like him or hate him, when Trump speaks the world listens. Now that's leadership.




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