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What was gained? Weapons manufacturers stock price went up? What else? Not security, we somehow left all of our weapons and vehicles behind for the Taliban to
by willcipriano 3y ago
What was gained? Weapons manufacturers stock price went up? What else?
Not security, we somehow left all of our weapons and vehicles behind for the Taliban to use.
We literally threw away decades of goodwill for... nothing. All that happened is our "enemies" are stronger and we are weaker and poorer.
- reaperman 3y agoHundreds of thousands of lives and unimaginably vast fortunes were both thrown away. In exchange, a few thousand people captured a small amount of that spending and got somewhat wealthier. But even then, most of that was captured by only a few families.
- willcipriano 3y agoAnd the people responsible not only didn't go to prison, they remain in power to this day even though many are of advanced age.
- colpabar 3y agoWell they said they were sorry, what else do you want from them? The TV says dubya is a good guy now because he dislikes trump, you'd have to be some kind of fascist to disagree with that logic.
- willcipriano 3y agoHey I'm a good guy I vote the same way Dick Cheney and John Bolton do.
- csomar 3y agoThey are busy planning a conflict with China now.
- Spooky23 3y agoPublic perception of revenge. It kept on going because, as we saw with Biden, whatever administration made the call would get excoriated for some detail of the withdrawal.