08-25-2021, 01:26 PM
(08-25-2021, 01:02 PM)Nately120 Wrote: But again, even if we accept that Trump's crew had a plan to negotiate with terrorists and get them to agree to things, why did they put it off until after the 2020 election? Hell, this isn't even about Trump specifically rather it's about the ability politicians have to convince people they have all the answers when they aren't in any position to do anything.
Maybe Trump gets us out of there the right way if we stuck with him in 2021, maybe Andy Dalton wins the SB for the Bengals in 2020 if we hadn't ditched him for Joe Burrow. My eyes tell me, not so much...but I can't prove it wouldn't have happened.
As you say, we could all play the "what if" game all day. I actually think this is one of the rare moments when Trump would have been better for the situation. As Trump is unstable and mercurial the Taliban would likely have tread more carefully with Trump. They'd know he's leaving but any provocation could result in an over the top response. But, that's just my opinion.
What we do know, and I don't see many people arguing otherwise, is the Biden made a dog's breakfast out of the situation. What's really going to hurt him, and down ballot Dems, is his repeated assurances that what actually happened would never happen. It makes him look out of touch and incompetent, and I don't think his follows up have looked much better. Whether this is a Jimmy Carter moment or not remains to be seen, but the GOP will be able to make a hell of a lot of hay with this.