Wow~ cool, not source to an actual article or anything, this is mostly because that shit just straight-up broke
Our invasion did nothing to stop that, they just moved those training grounds out of cities and into the mountains.
I think it could've been different if Trump didn't lend legitimacy to the Taliban by negotiating with them instead of the Afghani government. The moment he decided to do that, the Taliban became heirs apparent to the country, their takeover became inevitable no matter who was elected in 2020. Only difference with Trump is that it would've happened much sooner, May 1st.
Two major problems with it: it's a deal with the devil, and it does nothing to protect the Afghani government/military. Basically, the same thing happened without the agreement that would've happened with it: US forces evacuated safely, while the Taliban targeted the country's own citizens. Additionally, the Taliban didn't uphold their end of the agreement to cut ties with Al'Queda, so the whole thing was void anyway.
I said the Taliban maintained training camps in Afghanistan both before and after our invasion. I didn't say those training camps had anything to do with 9/11, because they didn't. Again, the 9/11 attacks were planned and funded by Saudi Arabia, using members of Al'Queda as the sacrificial lambs.
So now we're talking about future-crime? What is this, Minority Report? We can prevent attacks we have actionable intelligence on, but not attacks that only exist in our imagination.
But he didn't. He deliberately chose to negotiate with the Taliban instead. From that point onward, it was guaranteed they'd be the ones taking over after US withdrawal.
This is true, but I'm certainly not going to complain about it if his actions as president don't reflect his past.
That's nonsense, he already delayed Trump's scheduled withdrawal by several months, and there was nothing stopping him from calling it off altogether. Just as there wasn't anything stopping Trump from completing the withdrawal ahead of time if he wanted to be given the credit for it (whatever "credit" there might be in handing the country over to the Taliban, anyway).
If military leaders had told the truth about the Afghani military's inability to stand up for itself, I guarantee the schedule for withdrawal would've been extended quite a bit, if not canceled entirely. Instead I'm sure they told the Biden administration the same thing they told the GWB/Obama/Trump administration: "everything's fine."
Generals tend to carry over from one administration to the next, it's only typical of the bureaucrats at the Pentagon to get replaced consistently. And most Generals never see a potential war that they think they can't win, which is why this is the fourth administration they've been lying to.
Yes, it was. 9/11 was preventable, Bush was given actionable intelligence on that threat multiple times in the months leading up to it. Which is why I said "so long as we have competent leadership."
I can't make a case for Bush's competence, but it does seem unlikely that nobody else around him was able to see the threat if there was evidence. Also, if that was indeed the case (that it was a failing of his leadership) then it seems like the whole system of having a president is extremely flawed.
The intelligence on the threat was left specifically on his desk for him to review, several times. I wouldn't be surprised to find out he never even read it.
After 9/11, intelligence agencies were given expanded powers and the ability to share information on credible threats between agencies without the president's involvement. Of course, we got shit like the Patriot Act saddled on us too, so it was far from being all positive changes. Still a bad idea to elect borderline-illiterate people as president, obviously. They might mishandle a pandemic and cause the deaths of 500,000 Americans in a single year.
Desperate situation unfolding at #Kabul airport this morning. pic.twitter.com/JlAWtTHPBy
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As if that is a justifiable standard to judge nations. Before invading a country "Do they support homosexuality?" should definitely be one of the questions asked.
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