08-19-2021, 01:38 PM
(08-19-2021, 01:19 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I get it, and I understand what you are saying but we have 40+ years of history showing us that getting of there in as safe a manner as possible is impossible to define, if not actually impossible to do. It's like healthcare reform...everyone has the perfect plan when they aren't in power and then when they are in power they just sort of shuffle their feet and kick the can down the road.
I'm also letting myself look at this in a current political manner because there has been so much talk about the danger of refugees and granting asylum, America First initiatives, the skyrocketing national debt, and the overall idea that you need to remove the safety nets from people of all types and if they fail it is on them and them alone.
How long is it going to take Americans to just convince themselves that it would be nice to protect Afghanistan from the taliban, but they need to stop failing the second western forces leave the area?
But that's my point. In my opinion our concern shouldn't have even been about what happens once we leave.
Our concern should have been getting everyone out safely.
If Afghanistan falls, yes, you're right that's on them. But you cannot let Afghanistan fall AND botch the exit. That's a double negative.