08-19-2021, 07:02 AM
(08-18-2021, 10:25 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Afghanistan, strategy, and disaster tend to ride together, sadly.
What I find interesting with this situation is that a lot of people are chalking it up to "Eh, what else was Biden supposed to do, it was going to be bad no matter what we did"........ Basically giving Biden a pass on one of the most, if not the most embarrassing thing to watch the US do in the last 20 years.
I can only imagine what the headlines would be had Trump did this.
"Trump shows our allies we cannot be trusted after embarrassing exjt from Afghanistan"
"Trumps exit from Afghanistan is a horrifying reminder of the impulsivity of an unhinged president"
"Trump flees with tail tucked as thousands left to die in Afghanistan"
"Trump steps on the graves of all the American lives that were lost in America's longest war"
"Trump shows he's no real leader when it comes to war time decisions. Should impeachment be on the table?"
Oddly enough, I must say I am utterly shocked to see that CNN has ACTUALLY done some fair reporting on this event. Even their top news headline this morning reads "Biden can no longer get credit simply for not being Trump". Nevermind the fact that CNN literally just admitted Biden was getting a pass simply because he wasn't Trump, but it seems like even they now are realizing the magnitude of what has unfolded under Biden.
I don't care if people hate Trump, that's "whatever" to me at this point. But for people to take this situation and twist and turn it around to either blame Trump or just throw their hands up and go "Eh, what else could we do" is absolutely appalling. People want to talk about how Trump destroyed American credibility around the world during his 4 years in office? Well, Biden in my opinion just won the "losing credibility" gold medal and did it in record time.
