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GOP congressman places blame on Trump admin for crisis in Afghanistan: 'They set this up to fail'

Lol set a trap. Dude you will literally believe anything except that Clueless Joe fumbled the ball all by himself 😂
So, it was Biden who released 5,000 Taliban and agreed to give Afghanistan to the Taliban? Is that what you are arguing?
 
No, Biden will not go back up. Because next is a refugee crisis and by showing such weakness and indecision now it will only invite more crises in the future

Yes, the trump dead enders, angry white mob will begin. with the “we can’t let Afghan refugees in the US, they’re all terrorists” theme.

Actually, it has already surfaced. You’re pretty close to it already.

Most of us expect the flat earth xenophobia to be chanting Afghanhate in full unison in a week or two.

Humanitarian instincts were never much in evidence with the talk radio right.
 
the only RINOs are Trumpers......this is guy is no RINO.


I wish that were so. I wish Trump didn't own the Republican party now. But he does. They sold their soul to him.

Trump's GOP is lightyears away from the party of Lincoln. But it IS the GOP. Lone voices such as Kinzinger's are welcome to the majority of the country. But the Trumpists are the GOP. Sane, patriotic GOP politicians have to be in very safe districts if they are going to have a chance to avoid being primaried out of office should they choose to stand again for reelection after revealing that they refused to fall in line with Trump's takeover.
 
So, it was Biden who released 5,000 Taliban and agreed to give Afghanistan to the Taliban? Is that what you are arguing?
No, Biden was aware of this and moved forward anyway. You are simply attempting to deflect to Trump because you cant point the finger of blame where it really belongs, on Biden. What we are watching is Bidens withdrawal plan that he announced in April of this year.
 
I wish that were so. I wish Trump didn't own the Republican party now. But he does. They sold their soul to him.

Trump's GOP is lightyears away from the party of Lincoln. But it IS the GOP. Lone voices such as Kinzinger's are welcome to the majority of the country. But the Trumpists are the GOP. Sane, patriotic GOP politicians have to be in very safe districts if they are going to have a chance to avoid being primaried out of office should they choose to stand again for reelection after revealing that they refused to fall in line with Trump's takeover.
Another leftist wailing about how the GOP doesnt agree with your Marxist goals. Trump was the most conservative president since Reagan. Thats why you hate him.
 
the deal was already signed and honored by Trump....why do you think that the Taliban would come back to the table and give up what they were already given?

But not honored by the Taliban...
In fact, Biden himself didn't honor it-- the withdrawal was supposed to have occurred in May.
 
the deal was already signed and honored by Trump....why do you think that the Taliban would come back to the table and give up what they were already given?
So, lemme get this straight. Biden canceled and ignored about 20 agreements that Trump made, and this one was NOT binding on him at all, and you say he had to go through with it? If so, you are 100% wrong from a legal standpoint. There was no act of Congress or law that compelled our withdrawal in August. Besides, it's not THAT you withdraw from a country, it is HOW you do....with tens of thousands of troops, removal of military equipment, removal of Americans and air power and drones. Biden did none of it. He had no plan and went against his own advisers.
 
No, Biden was aware of this and moved forward anyway. You are simply attempting to deflect to Trump because you cant point the finger of blame where it really belongs, on Biden. What we are watching is Bidens withdrawal plan that he announced in April of this year.
yes...and? Trump didn't stop withdrawing troops and equipment either did he?
 
But not honored by the Taliban...
In fact, Biden himself didn't honor it-- the withdrawal was supposed to have occurred in May.
Trump kept withdrawing troops did he not? That seems to think that he believed that the Taliban were honoring their end of the deal.
 
So, lemme get this straight. Biden canceled and ignored about 20 agreements that Trump made, and this one was NOT binding on him at all, and you say he had to go through with it? If so, you are 100% wrong from a legal standpoint. There was no act of Congress or law that compelled our withdrawal in August. Besides, it's not THAT you withdraw from a country, it is HOW you do....with tens of thousands of troops, removal of military equipment, removal of Americans and air power and drones. Biden did none of it. He had no plan and went against his own advisers.
we needed to be out of Afghanistan, without regard to the tremendously bad deal that Trump made and the incredibly ignorant decision to release Taliban fighters.
 
we needed to be out of Afghanistan, without regard to the tremendously bad deal that Trump made and the incredibly ignorant decision to release Taliban fighters.
I agree we needed to get out but to try to say Biden was compelled to get out at all is a lie by the left wing media. As I said Biden had no problem at all in cancelling things like pipelines, walls snd numerous other things Trump agreed to. The Trump withdrawal date was just a targExt IF he was in office and he surely wouldn’t have left equipment and Americans there. Nor would he nor have had a plan to decimate them if they screwed with us and he told them so. Admit it. Your guy is a senile old fool who needs to step down. He is in way over his head.
 
I agree we needed to get out but to try to say Biden was compelled to get out at all is a lie by the left wing media. As I said Biden had no problem at all in cancelling things like pipelines, walls snd numerous other things Trump agreed to. The Trump withdrawal date was just a targExt IF he was in office and he surely wouldn’t have left equipment and Americans there. Nor would he nor have had a plan to decimate them if they screwed with us and he told them so. Admit it. Your guy is a senile old fool who needs to step down. He is in way over his head.
The left has wanted to leave since forever...so, how do you think it is a lie? They have wanted to leave since before I thought it was a good idea...I wanted us out of there since right after we killed Osama bin Laden...after that, there was no reason to stay. Biden lost a son as a direct result of the effects of the war on terror...brain cancer that is directly correlated to his service during wartime....
 
No, Biden was aware of this and moved forward anyway. You are simply attempting to deflect to Trump because you cant point the finger of blame where it really belongs, on Biden. What we are watching is Bidens withdrawal plan that he announced in April of this year.
For one thing the Taliban was already starting to take control of the Afghan Gov. before Biden took office and they already released those 5000 prisoners and seeing they were taking control of the Gov. there probably released a lot more
so seeing they were already in control of the Gov. and already broke the Agreement what was Biden to do but get out as fast as we could or have even more of our people killed ( we were in the mist of a gov. being ran by the Taliban that we were fighting against and killing for 20 years how could anybody think it was going to be safe for any of us)
I'm not saying Biden handled it the way it should have been handled it could have been better
But as I said the Taliban was pretty much already in control of the Gov
Thanks to Trump
Trump GAVE the Taliban EVERYTHING they have been fighting for for 20 years and we have been fighting against and was going to give them AID besides
Thousands of our Military personal killed Billions of US taxpayers dollars and 20 years of Training their Military all for nothing
Have a nice day
 
I agree we needed to get out but to try to say Biden was compelled to get out at all is a lie by the left wing media. As I said Biden had no problem at all in cancelling things like pipelines, walls snd numerous other things Trump agreed to. The Trump withdrawal date was just a targExt IF he was in office and he surely wouldn’t have left equipment and Americans there. Nor would he nor have had a plan to decimate them if they screwed with us and he told them so. Admit it. Your guy is a senile old fool who needs to step down. He is in way over his head.
HELLO!!!!
The Taliban was already taking complete control of the Afghan government
and seeing they were the ones in control there wouldn't be many safe places IF any for our people and to get us out
again read the Trump agreement and see that Trump gave them everything they wanted
Have a nice day
 
I agree we needed to get out but to try to say Biden was compelled to get out at all is a lie by the left wing media. As I said Biden had no problem at all in cancelling things like pipelines, walls snd numerous other things Trump agreed to. The Trump withdrawal date was just a targExt IF he was in office and he surely wouldn’t have left equipment and Americans there. Nor would he nor have had a plan to decimate them if they screwed with us and he told them so. Admit it. Your guy is a senile old fool who needs to step down. He is in way over his head.
and again it wasn't Biden that canceled the wall
the wall could have been built with NO problem BUT the Republicans in Congress wouldn't sit down and work with the Dems on the Birther issue so the Dems pulled their support for the wall
If they had worked with them they were going to give them 28 Billion for the wall and if needed more
Have a nice day
 
Absolutely!! I've been saying it for days now. Ever since Feb, 2020 right through into Jan, 2021 our nation's mob boss purposely passed a nasty Afghanistan stink bomb to the next president that hog tied his hands while battling the COVID-19 pandemic for US citizen's lives during that stink bomb left to him. That doesn't excuse whatever Pres Biden may have botched up. With that said, Rep Kinzinger properly described that part about the Afghanistan stink bomb today.




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Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday placed blame on the Trump administration for the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, saying its 2020 agreement with the Taliban sowed the seeds for the US' turbulent exit from the country.

"Let's keep in mind, (former Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo met with the Taliban. As Donald Trump was publicly saying, 'We have to get out of Afghanistan at all costs. It's not worth it,' Mike Pompeo meets with the Taliban and tries to negotiate something," Kinzinger, who represents Illinois, told CNN's Brianna Keilar on "State of the Union."

He's right.
 
HELLO!!!!
The Taliban was already taking complete control of the Afghan government
and seeing they were the ones in control there wouldn't be many safe places IF any for our people and to get us out
again read the Trump agreement and see that Trump gave them everything they wanted
Have a nice day
Can you show me Biden's"plan"to withdraw safely?
 
and again it wasn't Biden that canceled the wall
the wall could have been built with NO problem BUT the Republicans in Congress wouldn't sit down and work with the Dems on the Birther issue so the Dems pulled their support for the wall
If they had worked with them they were going to give them 28 Billion for the wall and if needed more
Have a nice day
It WASBiden who canceled the wall and opened the border. Where have you been?
 
You cannot put any stock in Kinzinger or anything he says, like Cheney he's a Trump hater and he can't see reality.
Kinzinger is a war vet who deals in reality regardless which party is driving the bus. The buck began with Bush Jr; passed by Obama; passed by Trump and stopping with Biden. The one who makes any agreement for ending a military quagmire with an enemy should set into motion 'their' plan on 'their' watch and monitor from their official office the drawdown and evac of US troops from action reports reported to a president by his JCOS/DS in order to approve any major adjustments needed to said plan in progress that are suggested by his military team until that military evac mission is completed. I fully trust that Kinzinger is aware of that responsibility and dangerous risks involved including apparent projected attempts to create chaos and failure onto an incoming commander for political gain.
 
Looks like some people on the right actually read the Trump agreement
If some more of them would they would see just how messed up the Agreement was
it help free 5000 Taliban terrorists, ( some of them in the top ranks of the Taliban ) was going to " help " them take over the Afghan Government and give them aid after they took over
It went against just about everything we have been fighting against for the last 20 years
here is Trump's GREAT agreement
maybe more people on the right should read it and see just what a f ed up mess it is
Have a nice afternoon
Your suggestion that Righties should have read Trump's agreement plan with the Taliban is correct - however most Trumplicans don't wish to attempt any fair process in doing that - or read at all. It also takes an open mind and that's rare in most. It's much easier to get all of their info from the Fox Box.
 
8 months to make any changes he liked and backed by the strongest military on the planet.

8 months....... Joe found plenty of time to undue dozens of other Trump's policies.

And last month Taliban Joe told every person on the planet that there was virtually no freaking way that the Taliban had the resources to take over the country.

Democrats understandably have a need to tongue bath this piece of shit impersonating a president, and will spin it a million different ways.
It looks like one much bigger piece of shit handed a stink bomb off to a much lesser piece of shit. The 5,000 Taliban prisoners were already fully released (Sept 2020) and doing what Taliban f**ks do. I'm still waiting for an official reporting from the military concerning when it was known about Afghan Forces and Security basically giving up, in which the signal sent for a leave date of May 1, 2021 since Feb, 2020 was out there. We already know that reducing our US troops force to 2,500 in early Jan was not smart at all ahead of the planned US evac. While Biden was dealing with a serious deadly COVID-19 emergency for our nation, a non peaceful transitional period between Trump and Biden that included the 1/6 insurrection attempt on our Capitol, along with a few other serious and needed pieces of legislation in efforts to keep our nation afloat, Biden stumbled / fumbled with what he had to work with concerning Afghanistan during his 7 months in office so far. Again, historians will be setting the record straight for some while but, until they do, I'm not ready to politically hang Biden unless he falls apart.
 
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