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Post Afghan CF, not surprising to see Ukraine about to be invaded, NK -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 1:48PM
Such a stupid premise. ** -- HoosWillWin 01/23/2022 7:25PM Blind partisanship is stupid -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 8:28PM Your post is stupid. End of discussion. ** -- HoosWillWin 01/24/2022 08:14AM You can't even read a full post, and then misinterpret....so that is stupid -- orangenblue 01/24/2022 09:41AM We should worry about our own borders, which are… -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/23/2022 3:44PM Promising sanctions is not sabre rattling. No one in the -- SixerHoo 01/23/2022 4:03PM You mean the threatened sanctions that Putin is ignoring because no one -- FreshHoo 01/23/2022 5:27PM ^^^Another idiot with no understanding of history weighs in. ** -- SixerHoo 01/23/2022 6:27PM But that's not what Blinkie said. ** -- Wahoo Gus 01/23/2022 5:44PM Previously, Afghanistan showed the world what the Russians are made of. -- southdenverhoo 01/23/2022 3:53PM You are correct, but I am not referring to… -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/23/2022 4:07PM This is the kind of thoughtful analysis that gets you "Domino Effects" and -- southdenverhoo 01/23/2022 3:36PM Yep. Remember that Nixon "peace with honor" bullshit as we expanded our -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 3:45PM Oh yeah, but I'm talking about Allen Dulles and Eisenhower and JFK's -- southdenverhoo 01/23/2022 3:57PM Hard to believe Kissinger’s still around. Fun fact: his given name is Heinz ** -- SixerHoo 01/23/2022 4:08PM Truth. Dulles was behind Operation Ajax in Iran, too, speaking of root -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 4:05PM Not the first or the last ** -- Zhoo 01/23/2022 4:20PM Trump fucked up the Iran situation ** -- WahooMatt05 01/23/2022 2:33PM Here is your answer. It’s Trumps fault. Lol. ** -- Hokieesith 01/23/2022 2:36PM Having people dumb enough to blame trump for all the world's troubles -- HokieDan95 01/23/2022 2:42PM Having people dumb enough to support him is quite the gift to Trump. ** -- SixerHoo 01/23/2022 2:55PM Did Trump gut the Iran nuke deal or did he not? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 2:55PM LOL it was a shit deal. O squandered our bargaining position on a mere 15 -- HokieDan95 01/24/2022 10:28AM Repeat after me: Trump was never president. History began on 1/20/21. -- SixerHoo 01/23/2022 3:00PM Trump wuz the greytest prezident evr, becuz mAga and he telz it -- TomGlansAski 01/23/2022 3:17PM Hannity. Trump. Wall. Camera. TV. (video) -- Hoo TV 01/23/2022 4:48PM You forgot that was the stablest ever also ** -- HoodatB 01/23/2022 3:34PM People are saying he’s a very stable genius! ** -- SixerHoo 01/23/2022 3:18PM Did you all discuss the disastrous Afghanistan w/d when it occurred? -- ryno hoo 01/23/2022 2:21PM I did twice. First when Trump planted a big old sloppy French kiss -- Shenhoo 01/23/2022 2:57PM Yes, it was discussed and predicted by some and others were wrong -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 2:45PM I don’t recall anyone suggesting it had no ramifications, but you certainly -- 111Balz 01/23/2022 3:14PM It is pretty simple....we looked weak and incompetent, thus emboldening -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 3:29PM Seriously? We didn’t get kicked out of Afghanistan. The Taliban didn’t -- SixerHoo 01/23/2022 3:59PM Wow....ok...sure Putin, and everyone else saw what we all saw on TV... -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 4:23PM You said we were kicked out. That’s categorically false. -- SixerHoo 01/23/2022 4:29PM We asked for an extension to leave and it was denied....I guess it was just -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 5:15PM "messy"? Bullshit! It was "Heroic AND Historic"! Dead Marines.Big deal. ** -- Wahoo Gus 01/23/2022 5:57PM They died in the line of duty. Like thousands of their comrades there -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 8:15PM We left when we scheduled to leave.Not sure what you’re talking about ** -- 111Balz 01/23/2022 5:27PM Just this from the NYT...."Taliban Reject Extended Deadline" -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 5:46PM I believe we were actually supposed to depart in the spring of last year a -- 111Balz 01/23/2022 5:47PM Yes, and then we belatedly saw how things were unfolding we asked -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 8:31PM Apparently they did not have veto power ** -- 111Balz 01/23/2022 8:33PM Ha! So the overall point of the thread was supposed to be what happens -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 8:37PM Oh. I thought the point you started with was that our exit from Afghanistan -- 111Balz 01/23/2022 8:41PM Yes, May 1, 2021, as negotiated by the Trump administration -- Hoo TV 01/23/2022 7:11PM That statement in no way constitutes cause and effect with -- hoolstoptheheels 01/23/2022 3:40PM The causation is that we looked weak, incompetent, and unreliable...thus -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 5:18PM You’re not establishing causation. You’re making an assumption. -- HoosInLondon? 01/23/2022 6:15PM Meaning if we were still in AFGH, Russia would not have -- hoolstoptheheels 01/23/2022 5:48PM No ** -- 111Balz 01/23/2022 5:29PM Spot on. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 3:47PM Exactly ** -- 111Balz 01/23/2022 3:43PM Sure it was, Karen. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 2:22PM There are certainly a lot of geopolitical observers who think -- hoolstoptheheels 01/23/2022 2:13PM I don't see how Taiwan and Ukraine situation is different. If we not going -- JohnHoo2 01/23/2022 7:32PM Our national interests in Taiwan are completely different. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/23/2022 7:37PM Ok, I can see that. I don't know what's Russia's general sentiment towards -- JohnHoo2 01/23/2022 9:45PM We were in that country for almost 20 years really accomplishing nothing in -- 111Balz 01/23/2022 2:10PM The mess of the exit was not inevitable. In any event, the Biden -- hoolstoptheheels 01/23/2022 2:26PM Maybe. It's Monday morning quarterbacking, however. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 2:36PM No denying it’s after the fact now. But there was no shortage -- hoolstoptheheels 01/23/2022 2:39PM Both Obama and Trump wanted to end the Afghan War. -- Shenhoo 01/23/2022 3:19PM From what you read that miscalculation occurred over decades, -- hoolstoptheheels 01/23/2022 3:26PM Again, I disagree. I think some level of clusterfuck was absolutely -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 2:46PM I don’t think this specifically has anything to do with American -- hoolstoptheheels 01/23/2022 3:10PM Again, maybe. Biden had heard all the arguments before, all the -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 3:18PM Right. World tensions have never happened before. All of these things were -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 2:03PM The U.S. will sit idly by and let the invasion happen. No resistance, just -- Lupos 01/23/2022 2:12PM Do tell. What do you think we should do? Send a couple of Army regiments? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 2:16PM We have sent a carrier group to the Med but have not bolstered our -- Lupos 01/23/2022 2:28PM Show like we mean…what? That we’re preparing for war? ** -- SixerHoo 01/23/2022 4:14PM Something. Anything? You’re flailing, Lupos ** -- WaxHoo 01/23/2022 3:11PM You left out the diplomatic tactic of kissing Putin's ass and trashing -- Shenhoo 01/23/2022 2:59PM Not to mention on the other side of the world "falling in love" with Kim. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 3:08PM All that would do is drive a wedge between us and NATO. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/23/2022 2:36PM This! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 2:40PM Bolster our European ground forces and push our tactical weapons forward??? -- BocaHoo91 01/23/2022 2:36PM From NATO too. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 01/23/2022 2:42PM So you think it's worth going to war over? How would that benefit the US? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 2:35PM Yeah. I for one think it was premature for -- BocaHoo91 01/23/2022 2:10PM That is in the past...it was an obvious CF...question is what to do now? ** -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 2:49PM But, you started the thread by blaming Biden for world’s long running hot -- FxHoo 01/23/2022 3:20PM I said, Ukraine isn't surprising...but the question is how to respond with -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 3:34PM I must have misread you blaming Biden for NK, Iran and China ** -- FxHoo 01/23/2022 4:40PM What to do now? Work with our European allies to bring pressure -- BocaHoo91 01/23/2022 3:05PM How do we respond to increased cyber attacks after we levy economic -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 3:36PM That is already a danger we need to be prepared for regardless of what -- Seattle .Hoo 01/23/2022 3:42PM Clearly we nuke Moscow. -- BocaHoo91 01/23/2022 3:40PM Preemptive strike!!! ** -- SixerHoo 01/23/2022 4:16PM Agreed we don't respond militarily....not sure we have better -- orangenblue 01/23/2022 3:47PM All the more reason to recruit allies to present a -- BocaHoo91 01/23/2022 4:40PM
