What we really needed was another 20 years in Afghanistan. The first 20 -- BocaHoo91 05/18/2022 5:05PM
Correct. Trump made the right decision to withdraw, and Biden... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/18/2022 6:05PM
That’s a reasonable take ** -- BocaHoo91 05/18/2022 7:06PM
Well, except the implied idea that Trump would have executed the actual -- southdenverhoo 05/18/2022 8:53PM
"Reasonable" is a relative term on this board -- BocaHoo91 05/18/2022 8:55PM
Oh man, too funny ** -- VaTechie 05/18/2022 11:19PM
In this case reasonable equals not completely insane -- 111Balz 05/18/2022 9:01PM
Agree (& the Apocalypse is upon us) ** -- WaxHoo 05/18/2022 6:21PM
Uh, oh. :)*** ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/18/2022 6:26PM
See that hugh space rock headed this way? ** -- WaxHoo 05/18/2022 6:29PM
By the way, where did the "hugh" come from? I've seen people... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/18/2022 6:38PM
Long ago someone wrote hugh when they meant huge and it stuck. -- WaxHoo 05/18/2022 6:48PM
Got it. I remember Bolts. I think there was also a ravioli bus, LOLZ. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/18/2022 6:49PM
Wilk Hall was a big one. ** -- Wahoo Gus 05/18/2022 6:51PM
I laughed at “Jop” ** -- Tuckahokie 05/18/2022 6:57PM
Hi, jolie! ** -- southdenverhoo 05/18/2022 8:54PM
What’s the origin of that? ** -- WaxHoo 05/18/2022 7:19PM
There was a discussion about the pronunciation of the name of one of your -- Tuckahokie 05/18/2022 7:40PM
Unfortunately he wasn’t one of our players. We thought he was committing -- Wahoos6 05/18/2022 8:21PM
That one was a classic. DeSagana Diop. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/18/2022 8:10PM
Yep. Might be the most ancient of them all. ** -- WaxHoo 05/18/2022 6:52PM
Bet the farm. JP ** -- 111Balz 05/18/2022 8:19PM
Yeah. That stuff happens here occasionally ** -- WaxHoo 05/18/2022 6:50PM
No argument with those points -- HoodatB 05/18/2022 6:10PM
Honestly, I'm not even sure it's Biden who's at fault... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/18/2022 6:28PM
It’s certainly the root of Biden’s approval issue. It’s been downhill -- WaxHoo 05/18/2022 6:51PM
I think the root was 'Build Back Better' / infrastructure stalling, -- hoodeyo 05/18/2022 8:54PM
AFG took the bloom off the Biden rose for me. Expected much better -- WaxHoo 05/18/2022 10:26PM
Agreed -- he was doing okay until that. Regardless of party,... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/18/2022 8:13PM
Not only that but the whole Heroic AND historic bullshit narrative that -- Wahoo Gus 05/18/2022 6:50PM
Yep. They are dishonest. Not surprising. ** -- ryno hoo 05/18/2022 6:08PM
You lie. ** -- WaxHoo 05/18/2022 6:22PM
Just a few 'hearts and minds' away ** -- LonghornHokie 05/18/2022 5:57PM
Market was doing a lot better when we were in Afghanistan....... ** -- Zhoo 05/18/2022 5:28PM
That might make sense if any American soldier had actually been killed in -- Hoos Operator 05/18/2022 5:17PM
There were dozens of American KIAs on Trump’s watch. And how many of those -- SixerHoo 05/19/2022 09:24AM
Stupid post ** -- 111Balz 05/18/2022 8:27PM
Google: John Sopko and you will see more blame than just Biden -- VaTechie 05/18/2022 6:18PM
"politically driven milestones".Nobody saw it coming. NOBODY!!!!!!!!!! ** -- Wahoo Gus 05/18/2022 7:57PM
Many who have read about or lived during Vietnam -- VaTechie 05/18/2022 8:00PM
Then why didn't you say that in your initial post? What was that about? ** -- Blah 05/18/2022 5:21PM
Military deaths by (recent) year in Afghanistan -- BocaHoo91 05/18/2022 5:20PM
A good friend’s son was one of those…uggh ** -- Tuckahokie 05/18/2022 6:13PM
13 killed in 2021 due to Biden’s fiasco. None in the prior 18 months. ** -- Hoos Operator 05/18/2022 5:23PM
None in the following 9 months. ** -- DanTheFan 05/18/2022 5:38PM
You mean no Americans since we already left. Only those left behind who -- Hoos Operator 05/18/2022 5:41PM
Are you saying that no Afghans who helped us died under Trump? ** -- DanTheFan 05/18/2022 5:45PM
No, only that many Afghan allies who assisted the U.S. were left behind and -- Hoos Operator 05/18/2022 5:54PM
And you actually believe Donald Fucking Trump, who breaks everything he -- SixerHoo 05/19/2022 09:42AM
And yet we let thousands of unvetted people into the country. So I hear. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/18/2022 5:45PM
So naturally, none would have been killed in the next 18 months -- TomGlansAski 05/18/2022 5:37PM
Not sure that's true -- BocaHoo91 05/18/2022 5:32PM
This is the answer. -- HoosInLondon? 05/18/2022 8:29PM
U.S. KIA (hostile) in Afghanistan only by month -- Hoos Operator 05/18/2022 8:22PM
I suppose the other fatalities don't count. But to my other point, -- BocaHoo91 05/18/2022 8:31PM
Counting those who died from non-hostile actions is disingenuous at best. -- Hoos Operator 05/18/2022 8:57PM
I wouldn't necessarily argue against maintaining a minimum presence on a -- BocaHoo91 05/18/2022 9:05PM
The article states that the ability to conduct surveillance is now limited -- Hoos Operator 05/18/2022 9:24PM
So we're back to staying in Afghanistan for another 20 years since -- BocaHoo91 05/18/2022 9:26PM
You guys are missing something critical. -- HoosInLondon? 05/18/2022 9:42PM
Ho can ignore any fact and does so regularly. ** -- 81_Hokie 05/18/2022 6:48PM
(link) -- Hoos Operator 05/18/2022 8:25PM