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It's a side issue because it's not directly related.

The US fucked up in Afganistan. But to be fair, EVERY country that has ever tried to control Afganistan has had their butts kicked. Inc the UK and Russia. The exit was worse than it should have been, but that was Trump, and Trumop was such an outlier idiot that, luckily, what he did isn't viewed as typical of what the US will do in the future. Unless you re-elect him, or someone like him. Do that and the only way the US will be able to draw lines in and sand or water anywhere in the future will be with American blood.

Executive Order 6102 2y ago

Actually, the exit was Biden.

The original point, is: the US involvement isn't projecting strength. It's just donating far more than both countries spend on their military for this to not even be over.

Honestly, projecting strength, from what I've seen, would involve direct involvement and this thing should have been over in a weekend.

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Ian "nostr.naut.social" D 2y ago

Trump signed a deal with the Taleban in February 2020. It involved a timeline. Biden simply inherited it when he became President.

Full text https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Agreement-For-Bringing-Peace-to-Afghanistan-02.29.20.pdf

DaddyJones 2y ago

And dropped the ball hard

Executive Order 6102 2y ago

No one forced Biden to go along with anything.

None of this is the original point.

The US involvement has projected weakness, has been ineffective, expensive, and shouldn't scare China at all without direct involvement.

It's a joke to fund corruption. It's fiat bull shit.