- Joined
- Aug 31, 2012
- Posts
- 2,485
- Media
- 682
- Likes
- 17,674
- Points
- 483
- Location
- US Midwest
- Verification
- View
- Sexuality
- 90% Straight, 10% Gay
- Gender
- Male
Lol. NeatNews flash: It isn't.
Lol. NeatNews flash: It isn't.
Well, the Taliban is making great inroads thanks to Biden’s decision to pull out of Afghanistan earlier than planned.
Go Joe!
Live Updates: Taliban Seize 3 Afghan Capital Cities in a Day
On the plus side, the US does have 350 million people vaccinated!
Joe Biden says 350 million Americans have been vaccinated – that’s 20 million more than the entire population
The current disastrous result is what was going to happen whether the pullout began now, in a year, or in five years.Well, the Taliban is making great inroads thanks to Biden’s decision to pull out of Afghanistan earlier than planned.
Go Joe!
Live Updates: Taliban Seize 3 Afghan Capital Cities in a Day
350 million VACCINATIONS AKA "shots in arms" or "doses given"
Pfizer and Moderna takes 2 shots so it take 200 million shots to "fully vaccinate" 100 million people which is about where we are at
The current disastrous result is what was going to happen whether the pullout began now, in a year, or in five years.
The whole exercise was always going to be pointless.
The U.S. should have tried to go in surgically to get Bin Ladin and then gotten the hell out.
Exactly my point.While I can't say for sure that our efforts in Afghanistan could never have succeeded, it does seem like the whole thing has been a dubious effort at best. We've had twenty years, and multiple administrations, to achieve some kind of lasting results. If we haven't done so in all that time, what reason is there to believe we ever will? How long do you keep throwing good money after bad?
Exactly my point.
It's indeed sad that that investment went for nothing.That's why they call me Captain Obvious!
But don't get me wrong. After all the time, money, and especially human lives expended on this war, I would much rather see some kind of success--a stable, lasting, reasonably democratic government in Afghanistan. It's distressing to think our efforts may end up having been for nothing. While it's foolish to continue fighting for what appears to be a hopeless cause, it's painfully difficult to give up on it entirely.
This is why I don't comment that frequently on foreign affairs, and why I'm so glad I'm not called upon to make these kinds of decisions.
While I can't say for sure that our efforts in Afghanistan could never have succeeded, it does seem like the whole thing has been a dubious effort at best. We've had twenty years, and multiple administrations, to achieve some kind of lasting results. If we haven't done so in all that time, what reason is there to believe we ever will? How long do you keep throwing good money after bad?
That's why they call me Captain Obvious!
But don't get me wrong. After all the time, money, and especially human lives expended on this war, I would much rather see some kind of success--a stable, lasting, reasonably democratic government in Afghanistan. It's distressing to think our efforts may end up having been for nothing. While it's foolish to continue fighting for what appears to be a hopeless cause, it's painfully difficult to give up on it entirely.
This is why I don't comment that frequently on foreign affairs, and why I'm so glad I'm not called upon to make these kinds of decisions.
Agree with both of these K. It's indeed difficult (if not angering) seeing the scenes that are playing out in Afghanistan these last couple of days, knowing what may happen to many Afghans (especially women) in the aftermath. And one can't help but wonder whether this could've been handled much better. But after all that time and investment in training Afghan soldiers to fight for themselves, only to have reports of them just throwing down their weapons?? (and I remember reports of the Iraqis doing likewise.) After 20 YEARS of support??
I don't know. Have to wonder whether it was worth it.