The Era of Biden

[Smitty-48]

America has the power to obliterate these people if America wants to

but why would America want to ?

America is a Seapower, it's all about Freedom of Navigation

these are just a bunch of rednecks living in the mountains

they are no concern to America, it is not weakness for America to come to her senses and move on

that's a good thing, the only good thing this Administration has done

although Trump laid the groundwork, so really Biden is just following Trump here

[Smitty-48]

It's happening right now IN AMERICA

but my wife is rallied around me

she is not siding with the government against me

she honestly obeys me, not because I use force, because she wants to please me

so I have no cause to go to war

I'm not going to war about other guys wives, that's not my business

Pashtunwali ; it's not politics, it's a code of honour

[C-Mag]

CNN appears ready to ditch Biden

[Smitty-48]

this all could have been avoided quite simply

1. make a deal with the Taliban, there was a price which they would have found to be honourable

2. just have a small base there for DEVGRU to stand by for Bin Laden

3. let the Taliban guard the base, and otherwise just stay out of their business

problem solved, mission accomplished, without a quagmire

[Zlaxer]

At least we're out of there. Finally.

[Smitty-48]

the whole thing was a SOF mission

should have just limited it to JSOC, no conventional forces

no need for a big production, this war was all just MICC make work

[Smitty-48]

even if you go beyond JSOC

the only others I would deploy was SF

not to fight the Taliban, put the A-Teams with the Taliban as liaisons

soon as this became a moral crusade for Western Progressive values, that's when it went off the rails

[Martin Hash]

“Save the girls”

[Smitty-48]

“Save the girls”

again tho, that was rubric to keep NATO in there

it's not like Cheney gave a shit about that, he said Afghanistan was a nothing burger

all you ever needed was a small FOB for DEVGRU

then some A-Teams in with the Taliban to keep things cool with them

and that's it

this only escalated into a quagmire, because America invoked Article V

once you made it a NATO mission, that is where the quagmire came from

all these NATO countries were just trying to curry favour with Washington

if Washington hadn't summoned them, it never would have happened

the lesson is, don't invoke NATO Article V for anything short of World War Three

[C-Mag]

this all could have been avoided quite simply

1. make a deal with the Taliban, there was a price which they would have found to be honourable

2. just have a small base there for DEVGRU to stand by for Bin Laden

3. let the Taliban guard the base, and otherwise just stay out of their business

problem solved, mission accomplished, without a quagmire

Yes, I believe Trump had that deal set. Biden said fuck it................. well, you get what you get Joe.