Why did he withdraw them in the first place and give the Taliban control of "Bagram Airfield-BAF also known as Bagram Air Base[2] (IATA: OAI, ICAO: OAIX) is an Afghan military base, and formerly the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan"?
While the CCP, the Taliban and every other two bit thug will have access the US President was banned, and the leftists happily cheered it on, demonstrating their dangerous short term thinking yet again.From Recode:
So far, Facebook and YouTube have said that the Taliban are banned from their platforms, per US sanctions policies. Twitter does not have a ban but told Recode that it takes down individual pieces of violent content. Eventually, though, more social media companies could start relaxing their rules on the Taliban, if the group gains legitimacy in the international community, experts say.
A Taliban fighter in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province searches for a signal on his mobile phone. AFP/Getty Images:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22790524/GettyImages_1233477113_copy.jpg)
A Taliban spokesperson has already complained that Facebook is censoring free speech by taking down some of the group’s accounts. It’s a hypocritical position for a group that regularly suppresses the speech of women and anyone under their rule who disagrees with them.
Regardless, the debate over whether the Taliban should be allowed on these platforms is showcasing social media’s growing power in global politics.
Why banning the Taliban on social media is trickier than it seems
The world might accept the Taliban as a legitimate government. Will social media companies?www.vox.com
I'm glad we pulled the plug on his lying yap, and you are not at all swayed by the fact that fb and youtube have banned the Taliban and twitter bans them for violence and etc. You seem to just want to keep complaining about poor ol Trump, who couldn't figure out how to follow the rules.
Yes, Biden has proved to be a disgrace, but those - if any - left behind will not be forgotten. Even with a weak mind, I would think Biden realizes his legacy, perhaps even his presidency, depends on every American shuttled to safety. Even then, the treatment of Afghans after the withdrawal will rest squarely on his shoulders. Thanks!!
Because he left them in the lurch. Right now he's on his knees asking a bunch of butchers to extend a deadline. After our ungraceful exit, the full gory picture of abandoning the Afghans will plague him throughout his tenure It may come as a surprise but Americans don't like torture and beheadings and an American president cow towing and begging a bunch of barbarians for a little time.
Sounds like an Afghan problem
Trump would have is in Afghanistan for another 4 years
Sorry, That may be the go-to duck for Biden, but it's simply not true. Collin Powell said it a long time ago, "you break it, you own it." And we own this, and we need to go back and fix it. We gave those civilians hope, and we left the ANA with zero air support. Over half the Afghans started living with a semblance of western comfort and security, and they are going to be harshly treated because of it, many of them killed. We have the capability to fix this permanently. Thanks!!
That's a Afghan problem
Lol!! It won't be the GOP, Blue. Biden's got three LONG years to go. And he's behind the eight ball right now with Harris running around trying to convince Asian nations that they can depend on us. They have a right to be skeptical. And uh, China's looking stronger and a lot more RELIABLE. They even have bio weapons as demonstrated, a little unintended bonus from the Fauci fund. Thanks!!
You wish. Thanks!!
The entire administration keeps out doing each other in embarrassing this country. Can you even think of one person that, even if you disagree with their politics, puts up a face that the rest of the world will respect? What a low point for this country.
Those are some of the actions that don't make sense and are massive mistakes in my opinion. Just from a layperson's perspective, it would have made sense to take inventory of personnel, weapons, etc. and identify what needs to be moved out well before you start clearing troops out of bases or reduce the count that low. Keeping air bases also gives you more evacuation options. As I have already stated, there were a lot of clear indicators the Taliban was going to make significant gains even from what we saw before Biden took office, so the current administration dropped the ball big time.
Trump continued to reduce them despite the escalations in violence against Afghan forces; that should have been the indicator the brakes needed to be pressed on cooperating any further. Instead, the previous administration continued to reduce troops, which is hard not to see as a desire to leave regardless of conditions on the ground. It's pretty obvious to me that the Biden administration felt the same way, and that's what helped lead to bad decisions all around.
I doubt that, but they'll certainly use the bad optics of helicopters evacuating the embassy and the chaos at the Kabul airport; that's for sure.
"The Rules" can be altered or applied differently depending on the whims of Mark Zuckerberg,Jack Dorsey, Larry Page and a couple of others. And you seem to think that the US President should be censored for rules which don't apply to other world leaders, or the CCP or any terrorist organization.
Like many around the world I've been pro American all my life, an experiment in democracy where people of all backgrounds demonstrated that they could live together in peace and lead the world in prosperity. If America fails what does that say for other countries who also want a 'melting pot' of different groups of people?
Right, and that is horribly dangerous for the future of the free world. This retreat, successful or not, does no longer matter. Democracy's enemies have received the obvious message.