08-16-2021, 12:40 PM
I have several friends who served in Afghanistan and to a person none of them are surprised at how fast the Afghan "army" collapsed. Not one of them had a single nice thing to say about our "allies" in that country and, in fact, had a lot of bad. Ill disciplined, venal, corrupt, then you add the really heinous things like the chai boys who were extremely prevalent. A very unfortunate side effect of overthrowing the Taliban was the re-emergence of using young boys for sex, a practice that was totally outlawed under the Taliban. Consequently, the US was/is seen as condoning the practice to many Afghanies.
As for the collapse, it happened on Biden's watch and, if we're being honest, Biden totally flubbed the lead up with his 100% guarantee that what just happened would not happen. It may not be fair, and I agree that all administrations, the W one especially, share in this failure. But at the end of the day the POTUS gets credit for things they had nothing to do with and condemnation for the same if "X" event happens under their watch. This will be no different.
As for the collapse, it happened on Biden's watch and, if we're being honest, Biden totally flubbed the lead up with his 100% guarantee that what just happened would not happen. It may not be fair, and I agree that all administrations, the W one especially, share in this failure. But at the end of the day the POTUS gets credit for things they had nothing to do with and condemnation for the same if "X" event happens under their watch. This will be no different.