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We leave by Aug 31 per Taliban deadline; no more Afghans allowed to airport -- orangenblue 08/24/2021 12:17PM The withdraw has been a debacle, but not sure how it makes us look -- JohnHoo2 08/24/2021 1:44PM Our military advisors really misjudged the speed of the government's fall ** -- RoanokeHoo 08/24/2021 2:02PM A good friend’s family is in hiding in Kabul … they’re being targeted by -- CharlestonSC 08/24/2021 1:16PM It is sad. ** -- DanTheFan 08/24/2021 2:07PM Sad and shameful ** -- orangenblue 08/24/2021 1:52PM Is it 8/31 yet? ** -- 111Balz 08/24/2021 1:14PM One Afghan-American woman I saw on the news… -- FxHoo 08/24/2021 12:36PM Working for the USPS could be a condition for immigrating. Win win. ** -- hokie in cville 08/24/2021 1:02PM If we took all the women out of Afghanistan… ** -- hooshouse 08/24/2021 12:38PM Then some of these guys might get a date? ** -- CAVern 08/24/2021 12:49PM Naaaah ** -- 81_Hokie 08/24/2021 12:59PM Relax- I've been assured we're respected in the world again with Joey. ** -- ResistHoo 08/24/2021 12:31PM I disagree. Our adversaries would like nothing more than for us to stay in -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 12:23PM Wouldn’t bleeding resources be justified if they are needed to evacuate -- Hoos Operator 08/24/2021 12:38PM Maybe. But let's assume that the Taliban are intransigent on this point. -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 12:44PM If we don’t protect American and SIV lives there, what message are we -- Hoos Operator 08/24/2021 1:00PM Again, maybe. Every situation is different. And our SIV program is a mess -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 1:09PM Nor does it justify a President misleading Americans that this will not be -- Hoos Operator 08/24/2021 1:16PM Or more successful in terms of how many we're evacuating. But you still -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 1:18PM You don’t believe this clusterfuck won’t be viewed by how many are left -- Hoos Operator 08/24/2021 1:27PM SIVs? No flipping way. Americans? As we've already noted, we don't even -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 1:38PM You’re asking me to answer a rhetorical question which nobody can answer at -- Hoos Operator 08/24/2021 1:53PM My point exactly. There is no good answer. In my opinion, our ending if -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 1:56PM I strongly disagree. Proper implementation would have saved lives, billions -- Hoos Operator 08/24/2021 2:08PM Why do you believe that? We've been withdrawing for over a year. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 3:18PM With proper planning, American civilians and Afghans with SIV’s should have -- Hoos Operator 08/24/2021 3:28PM Then you are dead wrong....our adversaries are revelling -- orangenblue 08/24/2021 12:28PM Remember when we kept being told Trump would damage or destroy NATO? -- Hoodafan 08/24/2021 12:58PM It's not a good situation, but the politicians in Europe are trying to -- Maupin233 08/24/2021 12:39PM Underestimating the reaction of NATO. Military power is partially based on -- orangenblue 08/24/2021 12:49PM The withdrawal from Afghanistan is a black eye for the US in terms of -- Maupin233 08/24/2021 1:07PM You neo-cons have lots of songs but only one note -- southdenverhoo 08/24/2021 12:34PM Bolton isn't wrong, at least not entirely. But the potential for radicalism -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 12:43PM I'm not a neo con...I'm actually against getting involved in foreign -- orangenblue 08/24/2021 12:37PM Reasonable. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 12:47PM It’s hard to shake Trump from the top spot -- hooshouse 08/24/2021 12:39PM Fair enough, my apologies for the mis-read. ** -- southdenverhoo 08/24/2021 12:38PM Regardless of what they are saying today, neither you nor I nor the defense -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 12:33PM HK is a stronger note to Taiwan on what to expect from China -- Bacon 08/24/2021 12:32PM Didn't we withdraw from NATO? Who cares about them? ** -- 81_Hokie 08/24/2021 12:31PM I served in NATO....this is a shameful CF. -- orangenblue 08/24/2021 12:34PM Plus, the longer we stay, the more likely a suicide bomber blows up -- hooshouse 08/24/2021 12:28PM Iran, China, and a number of former Soviet states border Afghanistan. -- Maupin233 08/24/2021 12:27PM It isn't a question of us leaving (I blame W for entanglement)...but how -- orangenblue 08/24/2021 12:31PM I've stated on multiple occasions that the execution of the withdrawal is -- Maupin233 08/24/2021 12:51PM Read the China Daily Mail or Izvestia -- orangenblue 08/24/2021 1:13PM If they had kept the SIV program going maybe more would have gotten out. ** -- hooshouse 08/24/2021 12:22PM 4 years of Stephen Miller (pic) -- Hoo TV 08/24/2021 1:35PM By they you mean the Trump admin, right? -- hoolstoptheheels 08/24/2021 12:32PM And let me add this bullshit(link) -- hooshouse 08/24/2021 12:36PM All good points. Problem is, this isn’t a 0-sum blame game. -- hoolstoptheheels 08/24/2021 12:42PM It’s an 18-24 month vetting process, and sometimes longer. -- hooshouse 08/24/2021 12:34PM House, take off the blinders ** -- WaxHoo 08/24/2021 1:32PM Isn't or can't that vetting be done in a 3rd country, as was done with -- Hoodafan 08/24/2021 12:49PM Ok, then we either streamline the vetting process, or Bagram AF Base -- hoolstoptheheels 08/24/2021 12:40PM Don’t worry, our standing in the rest of the world can’t go lower after DJT ** -- hokie in cville 08/24/2021 12:21PM Well....that's not true. orangenblue has brought up some solid points -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 12:27PM As big a clusterfuck as this withdrawal appears to be, our NATO standing -- hokie in cville 08/24/2021 12:38PM Our allies might like Biden better than Trump, but I can't help but worry -- CAVern 08/24/2021 12:59PM Don't think that Jan 6 didn't send a huge message to our allies and -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 1:02PM LOL! The saddest part is you probably believe that garbage. ** -- Hoodafan 08/24/2021 1:09PM The saddest part is that you can't see it. In fact you parade it like a -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 1:10PM You actually think NATO, Taiwan, and others worry more about Jan 6 than our -- Hoodafan 08/24/2021 1:13PM Yes. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 1:21PM Like I said, saddest part........ ** -- Hoodafan 08/24/2021 1:22PM They worry about our stability as a nation. ** -- 111Balz 08/24/2021 1:17PM Understand that I'm not specifically attacking the right nor the left -- CAVern 08/24/2021 1:08PM Biden has gotten more criticism from Europe than Trump ever did -- orangenblue 08/24/2021 12:52PM Biden may or may not be bungling the withdrawal, but I don't think the -- Seattle .Hoo 08/24/2021 12:46PM Yes, I expect France and Germany will leave NATO and are now in talks to -- 81_Hokie 08/24/2021 12:21PM