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idk if y'all realize this, but trump just flipped on ending the Afghanistan War in the most weasely way possible.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byd_G2shoVc]

[quote]We coulda stayed there for ten years if we wanted. They couldn't have done a damn thing. We ran. I think he wanted to run because he wanted to look good today. And I wanted that ended more than anyone and for a longer period of time. We shoulda never been there, frankly. We shoulda never gotten into that quicksand. Trillions of dollars, millions of lives if you look at both sides [erroneous]. But if you get out, you have to get out with honor, dignity, strength, and victory. We woulda had victory. And he turned victory into a total embarrassment.[/quote]

In other words, we stay in until we achieve victory over the Taliban. 🤦‍♂️ So the goal under the Obama Administration, right? Just stay in there another decade, hope we'll finally have victory then. The man has no principles, but we knew that already.
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MarkPaul · 26-30, M
This is what I suspected all along and really the reason why maintaining the status quo was continued year after year, administration after administration. I am more and more convinced there was never an easy way out. It wasn't that kind of war.

The fact of the matter is, even the Afghans who want out now, were more inclined to support the Taliban than they wanted the USA and Allied forces there. Sometimes, you just have to know when it's time to cut your losses and have the guts to do it.