08-16-2021, 12:11 PM
I think the war in Afghanistan was a lose-lose from the very beginning. The options were essentially perpetual occupation or a return to Taliban rule. It would have been nice if the Afghani army that Americans trained (at a rather large expense) was able to maintain power over the area, but that obviously didn't occur.
I don't believe America should be the World Police, so I understand why we wanted to get out of Afghanistan, but I can't help but feel like there had to be some way to help the Afghani people maintain control even after we left.
Of course, posing this as a Trump vs Biden thing is silly, as they both wanted to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible and since we already know what Trump did to the Kurds in Syria, I have no doubt he would have been just as bad as, if not worse than, Biden in Afghanistan as well.
I don't believe America should be the World Police, so I understand why we wanted to get out of Afghanistan, but I can't help but feel like there had to be some way to help the Afghani people maintain control even after we left.
Of course, posing this as a Trump vs Biden thing is silly, as they both wanted to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible and since we already know what Trump did to the Kurds in Syria, I have no doubt he would have been just as bad as, if not worse than, Biden in Afghanistan as well.