What do you think would have happened in Afghanistan had the national govt being involved in the withdrawal plans. They weren't if you remember. They were left out instead of having a say. The original deadline was may 1st set by 45. This administration also emptied the prison of 5k people hostile to the country. It was going to be a shi…
What do you think would have happened in Afghanistan had the national govt being involved in the withdrawal plans. They weren't if you remember. They were left out instead of having a say. The original deadline was may 1st set by 45. This administration also emptied the prison of 5k people hostile to the country. It was going to be a shit show after those things happened no matter. The soldiers that died from the bombing might be alive if the prison hadn't let the worst out to get us back regardless of their beef with us. I'm not saying whose to blame,just pointing out what's not being talked about as far as Afghanistan.
I have lots to say about the Afghanistan and plan an article about it. I served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Couple of things: One is the sovereign government of Afghanistan was the Taliban when we invaded. There was never a real democratic government elected there after we were in control. Any real election there would have elected Taliban. That is just the reality in over three quarters of the country, including where I served. OK, the key to a proper withdrawal (and I think we should have withdrawn a year after our invasion) was holding on to Bagram. That is it. Easily defended and a runway capable of handling any size aircraft. We could have brought everyone we needed to get out of Afghanistan to Bagram and evacuated from there. After that, we could have kept Bagram like we did "embassy" enclaves in Iraq or just left entirely. Instead, we left Bagram in the dead of night in July and didn't even tell our Afghan allies there. Totally shameful. A private could have done it better than Austin, Milley, Blinken, and Biden.
What do you think would have happened in Afghanistan had the national govt being involved in the withdrawal plans. They weren't if you remember. They were left out instead of having a say. The original deadline was may 1st set by 45. This administration also emptied the prison of 5k people hostile to the country. It was going to be a shit show after those things happened no matter. The soldiers that died from the bombing might be alive if the prison hadn't let the worst out to get us back regardless of their beef with us. I'm not saying whose to blame,just pointing out what's not being talked about as far as Afghanistan.
I have lots to say about the Afghanistan and plan an article about it. I served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Couple of things: One is the sovereign government of Afghanistan was the Taliban when we invaded. There was never a real democratic government elected there after we were in control. Any real election there would have elected Taliban. That is just the reality in over three quarters of the country, including where I served. OK, the key to a proper withdrawal (and I think we should have withdrawn a year after our invasion) was holding on to Bagram. That is it. Easily defended and a runway capable of handling any size aircraft. We could have brought everyone we needed to get out of Afghanistan to Bagram and evacuated from there. After that, we could have kept Bagram like we did "embassy" enclaves in Iraq or just left entirely. Instead, we left Bagram in the dead of night in July and didn't even tell our Afghan allies there. Totally shameful. A private could have done it better than Austin, Milley, Blinken, and Biden.