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No politics here
Wonder why we could maintain a very large base in Germany for about 75 years after we defeated the Nazi and help ensure a stable government. Same for Japan. Same for Manila. But now a relatively small force left in Afghanistan that mostly operated air power and intelligence services for the remote locations from a secure base at Bagram was deemed urgent to close. I question why our leaders are making these decisions. |
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According to that treaty we were supposed to be out in May 2021. Why were they still there now? I expect the post earlier explaining that no one there believed we were actually leaving is probably close to the truth - but, I was not included in that email, it is above my pay grade.
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No one could come into theater, we kept whoever we could. When I left in April, 20 I got the same reception that you would give a first date who just told you that they had AIDS. In fact those deployed were under far less risk than you in Florida as every aspect, every risk was managed to minimize our exposure. It's really easy to guess what should have been done but you didn't live it. |
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Absolutely.
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I grew up in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Liberia - father was CIA. he sept his career in the Middle East. We (and other Americans) were evacuated form Pakistan, to Afghanistan and from Liberia to US.
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Dad still knows a thing or two. This is from him.. State Department knows where and who every American is, don’t kid yourself. They could have gotten everyone out if they wanted. Maybe not the spouse of an Afghan living in a village who doesn’t want to leave. Most did not want to get left behind. The Afghans who provided support to the US certainly didn’t think the Taliban was ever coming back in control - do you think they would have supported us? The whole pull out of Afghanistan was not supposed to happen, it was a political talking point. Neither president (the R or the D) would have pulled the troops out. We had fairly low troop numbers, generally staying on the airbase. Afghan’s were providing security, we were providing air support. It was expensive, we were paying the afghan troops and bribing the village leaders. We have 3.5 million troops in South Korea, 60,000 in Germany, 50,000 in Japan. China put pressure on the US to get out of Afghanistan and we (someone) caved to the pressure. |
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We’re there lapses in intelligence recently…..heck yeah, but this was doomed from the very beginning. |
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The current retreat had nothing to do with the "treaty" agreeing to leave in May........the withdrawal happened way after May.
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Buc, gots to agree with you. These were nasty boys and obviously had no love for the USA, what did "we" expect????, start painting more signs???
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As to why we left now, I was not at the meeting you apparently attended where the decision was made, since you KNOW it had nothing to do with the treaty... Please share what was said. |
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Thank your dad & mom (she was right there) for their service.
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Is it safe to assume you feel the same about our Kurdish allies, that we simply abandoned/left - without even an attempt at evacuating? |
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I hear one said say.........well it's because of the agreement by the prior president. When has the current president kept to anything the prior did or signed?? and if we stuck to the agreement, we would have been out by May.
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As far as Afghanistan, wars aren't won there. They are just perpetuated. Simple fact is we got caught with our pants down. The Taliban mowed over the Afghan security forces much faster than the U.S. wanted to believe possible. Now we're paying for that mistake. Yes, it is easy to Monday morning quarterback. Hopefully we can get out the people that need to get out without any further loss of life.
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Actually, it is very rare for a President to unilaterally pull out of a Treaty a previous administration had sign on behalf of the US. Well, until recently it has been rare. America's word used to be sacred around the world. Now, not so much. And this "botched" withdrawal is not helping repair the damage to our reputation.
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