U.S. troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan by summer

[Nerovia]

President Joe Biden will be pulling all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan at the end of the summer by September 11th, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that started this war. I did not expect this coming. It feels kinda weird for many of us here growing up hearing, reading and discussing the war...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56737563

Your thoughts NSG?

[Drew Durrnil]

*fornite dances*
uwu

[Islamic Holy Sites]

President Joe Biden will be pulling all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan at the end of the summer by September 11th, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that started this war. I did not expect this coming. It feels kinda weird for many of us here growing up hearing, reading and discussing the war...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56737563

Your thoughts NSG?

The sooner the better.

[Tranzoria]

I doubt he will succeed this one time, even though he has succeeded a lot, tbh. Just like all other attempts, Democrat or Republican, to pull troops out of that godforsaken anarchical nation

[Tranzoria]

I doubt he will succeed this one time, even though he has succeeded a lot, tbh. Just like all other attempts, Democrat or Republican, to pull troops out of that godforsaken anarchical nation

If it's even a nation at this point...

[Arisyan]

yay! There is no more point in the US occupying it. Taliban activity has, kind of? died down recently and the country has sort of stabilized. Honestly the US occupying it isn't making anything better. Come Home America!

[Punished UMN]

I will believe it when I see it.

[Tranzoria]

I will believe it when I see it.

Same.

[Apostate]

I believe Trump was in the process of doing it when he was unseated by Biden. In all honesty getting US troops out of foreign nations supersedes petty politics, if Afghanistan wants to change, that change needs to come from within. Now who is going to pay the bill?

[Silvedania]

about time

[Rusozak]

Like others have said already, I'll believe it when I see it, but I really don't know what to think. I was only 5 when it all started. To me, U.S. troops in Afghanistan has just been a fact of life. I thought it might have been like our 100 year war.

[Deblar]

Long time coming. They’ve stationed troops in Afghanistan longer than I’ve been alive.

[Xmara]

Haven’t other presidents made similar promises?

Anyway, I’ll believe it when I see it.

[Major-Tom]

We'll see if this comes to fruition, but I can at least admire that Biden is more or less sticking to some of his foreign policy commitments in this arena.

[Whitemore]

He'll earn even more respect from me if he actually withdraws all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, I have a friend who is over there.

[Kowani]

There is at least one indicator that Biden intends to go through with it-the withdrawal does not appear to be based on any conditions that have to be fulfilled.
Hence, no constantly moving goalposts.

[Senkaku]

The heat is on in Kabul
And things are not going well
But still at midnight the party goes on
A good-bye party in hell

[Christian Confederation]

Totally not suspicious that Trump was doing this before the election. The military lied to him about the real numbers of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq so he couldn't pull out the troops. Guess it's Ok to withdraw when it's a Democrat though.

[Trollzyn the Infinite]

Call me a pessimist but if this doesn't turn into another Fall of Saigon I'll be genuinely surprised.

[Major-Tom]

Totally not suspicious that Trump was doing this before the election. The military lied to him about the real numbers of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq so he couldn't pull out the troops. Guess it's Ok to withdraw when it's a Democrat though.

Always okay to withdraw within reason, don't be silly. We were supposed to pull out in May, but we didn't have the capacity to do so.

Not everything is some conspiracy against Trump, y'know?

[Trollzyn the Infinite]

Totally not suspicious that Trump was doing this before the election. The military lied to him about the real numbers of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq so he couldn't pull out the troops. Guess it's Ok to withdraw when it's a Democrat though.

Always okay to withdraw within reason, don't be silly. We were supposed to pull out in May, but we didn't have the capacity to do so.

Not everything is some conspiracy against Trump, y'know?

Wait, it's not!? B-but that ruins the NARRATIVE!

/s

[The Reformed American Republic]

Totally not suspicious that Trump was doing this before the election. The military lied to him about the real numbers of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq so he couldn't pull out the troops. Guess it's Ok to withdraw when it's a Democrat though.

Always okay to withdraw within reason, don't be silly. We were supposed to pull out in May, but we didn't have the capacity to do so.

Not everything is some conspiracy against Trump, y'know?

War has been going on longer than I've been alive, glad we're pulling out. And yes, it is annoying how much people seem to think that Trump is this messiah who is victimized.

[Islamic Holy Sites]

Always okay to withdraw within reason, don't be silly. We were supposed to pull out in May, but we didn't have the capacity to do so.

Not everything is some conspiracy against Trump, y'know?

War has been going on longer than I've been alive, glad we're pulling out. And yes, it is annoying how much people seem to think that Trump is this messiah who is victimized.

WHAT?! You're saying Trump ISN'T a messiah who is being victimised?! *faints*



(Sarcasm for those who can't tell)

[Kowani]

Totally not suspicious that Trump was doing this before the election. The military lied to him about the real numbers of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq so he couldn't pull out the troops. Guess it's Ok to withdraw when it's a Democrat though.

Always okay to withdraw within reason, don't be silly. We were supposed to pull out in May, but we didn't have the capacity to do so.

Not everything is some conspiracy against Trump, y'know?

In fairness, it's true that in Syria, there were several defense officials who hid troop numbers from the people at the top.

Four years after signing the now-infamous “Never Trump” letter condemning then-presidential candidate Donald Trump as a danger to America, retiring diplomat Jim Jeffrey is recommending that the incoming Biden administration stick with Trump’s foreign policy in the Middle East.

But even as he praises the president’s support of what he describes as a successful “realpolitik” approach to the region, he acknowledges that his team routinely misled senior leaders about troop levels in Syria.

“We were always playing shell games to not make clear to our leadership how many troops we had there,” Jeffrey said in an interview. The actual number of troops in northeast Syria is “a lot more than” the roughly two hundred troops Trump initially agreed to leave there in 2019.

not sure about afghanistan, though

[Major-Tom]

Always okay to withdraw within reason, don't be silly. We were supposed to pull out in May, but we didn't have the capacity to do so.

Not everything is some conspiracy against Trump, y'know?

In fairness, it's true that in Syria, there were several defense officials who hid troop numbers from the people at the top.

not sure about afghanistan, though

Sure, I don't think it was to politically harm Trump as much as it was the kneejerk reactions of our military-industrial complex. It's the same reason Obama pivoted to a very conservative troop withdrawal in Iraq and the retention of other troops abroad because his military aides and defense underlings told him that same exact hyperbolic exaggeration.

Either Biden isn't falling for it, or he will in a few months time.