Regarding the equipment that the Afghan army abandoned:
Do you think that pretending it has turned the Taliban into some very dangerous fighting force with super advanced technology would be a reasonable stand-in for WMD or on your bingo card?
What if we gave the weapons to the Afghan Army knowing all along that when we left the weapons would end up in the hands of the Taliban and we could use that as an excuse later to go back? I know my “what if” is a straight up conspiracy but I keep hearing from anyone that was over there that it was obvious this would happen
I don’t think it’s that most people including most republicans wanted out of Afghanistan. It’s the way it was executed with full shame being ran out by goat herders, leaving people behind, and now a terrorist organization outfitted with billions of dollars of tax payer weaponry is the primary problem I see with it.
And it’s not just us conservatives pointing this out but pretty much the rest of the world including much of the EU who have not had to many good things to say about the rout.
The EU is pissed because they realize that the US is no longer going to do the heavy lifting and they’re going to have to finance their own military efforts. They aren’t just mad at Biden. Trump’s initial decision to leave is a part of their grievance.
My push back on that is, if true, why in the world did we carry on across 18 years, and 4 administrations both democratic and republican?
Isn’t that a tacit admission that we weren’t nation building, and in fact it was an occupation all along, and for the foreseeable future?
If so, Biden’s bungled withdrawal is just the last in a long series of tragic errors, and bungling aside, Biden should be praised for finally putting a stop to it.