More Troops to Afghan

[Darth Omar]

I did support withdrawal, and I still would.

Places like Iraq & Afghanistan are decades-long commitments - complete with NATION BUILDING - if we really want to create stable governments that have military forces of their own for security, and do not need American help. Iraq was set up for failure the minute we invaded.

Which is why we on the left tried telling you in 2003 - while you were too busy calling us traitors & terrorist sympathizers - that war is a Pandora's box of negative possibilities, and should ONLY be engaged in as a LAST RESORT, when all other options have failed, and when American's national security is being immediately & directly threatened.

You have stated that you "learned" since then. Show that you have.

Am I unwittingly supporting regime change or invasion? No.

Am I supporting the SAME MISTAKE we made in withdrawing prematurely from Iraq and allowing for ISIS to take over? No.

That would be you.

[Cancel 2020.1]

Am I unwittingly supporting regime change or invasion? No.

Am I supporting the SAME MISTAKE we made in withdrawing prematurely from Iraq and allowing for ISIS to take over? No.

That would be you.

Glad you're so willing to commit a generation or 2 of young men & women to a dangerous situation where many will likely get killed, for a very uncertain outcome that might literally be decades away.

[Phantasmal]

Glad you're so willing to commit a generation or 2 of young men & women to a dangerous situation where many will likely get killed, for a very uncertain outcome that might literally be decades away.

Or because Trump can't win, he abandons, anyway.

[Darth Omar]

Glad you're so willing to commit a generation or 2 of young men & women to a dangerous situation where many will likely get killed, for a very uncertain outcome that might literally be decades away.

You seem to be the one who hasn't learned anything.

[dukkha]

Probably a mixture of both.

Either way, they are 400k troops who won't be available to fight NK after the Trumptard in Chief escalates his war of words with bowl head into a war of bullets and bombs.

4k not 400k
and your casualties numbers include Iraq..i count about 2400 total war death in afgh as of now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...in_Afghanistan
As of October 18th, 2016, there have been 2,386 U.S. military deaths in the War in Afghanistan. 1,834 of these deaths have been the result of hostile action. 20,049 American servicemembers have also been wounded in action during the war.

[dukkha]

14 dead so far this year by my quick count -many by so called "blue on green" killings ( not in battle)

[Cancel 2020.1]

You seem to be the one who hasn't learned anything.

Not to rational people, who don't have a partisan stake in this.

[dukkha]

Tillerson is saying we will "condition" support for Paki based on their approach. regional effort w/India
Afgh can choose it's own government as long as it does not choose terrorism.
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"clear and hold" remains the same . "build" is up to Afghan - but of course Tillerson is optimistic

[Getin the ring]

It is just refreshing to see a US President taking the lead again.
Might makes right when dealing with terror and bad players.

When was it again Kim Jong was going to lob missiles at Guam

(((crickets)))

[cancel2 2022]

It was the BUSH time table for withdrawl idiot.


you forogt that huh fuckinstien

So what, Obama was the president and he was supposed to be in command. Circumstances change and he could easily have left a rapid reaction force behind to deal with insurgencies.

[cancel2 2022]

I did support withdrawal, and I still would.

Places like Iraq & Afghanistan are decades-long commitments - complete with NATION BUILDING - if we really want to create stable governments that have military forces of their own for security, and do not need American help. Iraq was set up for failure the minute we invaded.

Which is why we on the left tried telling you in 2003 - while you were too busy calling us traitors & terrorist sympathizers - that war is a Pandora's box of negative possibilities, and should ONLY be engaged in as a LAST RESORT, when all other options have failed, and when American's national security is being immediately & directly threatened.

You have stated that you "learned" since then. Show that you have.

Yes we have learnt that leaving somewhere like Afghanistan to its own devices will end up with it being occupied by Daesh Mark II with 100% certainty. Do you want a new war with Pakistan?

[cancel2 2022]

LOL

Bush is now the "all seeing" hero.

Well he was bloody right though, wasn't he?

[Darth Omar]

Yes we have learnt that leaving somewhere like Afghanistan to its own devices will end up with it being occupied by Daesh Mark II with 100% certainty. Do you want a new war with Pakistan?

You'll never get a straight answer on that.

[Truth Detector]

Let the nation building begin!

Globalism at its finest!

When Obama did it you were okay with it though, right lying leftist hypocrite?

[Cancel 2020.1]

You'll never get a straight answer on that.

It's a false question.

That's what you guys don't seem to get. You also told us a bunch of shite about the Iraq War - and with each, basically the opposite happened.