What are your feelings as the Taliban reclaim Afghanistan after 20 years of US involvement?

As the wife of an Iraqi veteran, I am appalled at the lack of leadership and the miscalculation that may lead to mass casualties. 1. Why were the embassy and the visa holders not evacuated sooner? 2. Why are they sending in more troops when the goal is mass evacuations? This seems like a suicide mission to me. Reminds me of Benghazi and Clinton laughing about how few deaths there were; they were AVOIDABLE deaths! Biden has informed the media (and the Taliban) that all of the diplomats and Afghan helpers are held up at the airport. Why wouldn’t the Taliban take advantage of this information and claim victory over the US with a mass bombings? Let’s just give them our playbook. SMH. I agree with the withdrawal, but not the lack of coordination!!!! I am horrified of what may happen in the next 48 hours.

All it would take now is for North Korea, China, or Russia to step in and HELP the Taliban and if you think we had some problems with terrorism here in the past ...Watch out! We should have ALWAYS had a permanent base there to keep our stronghold and just lessen the time the crybabies are deployed there. That place might be made out of desert but it is VALUABLE strategically. The further we can stretch our spying eyes on the rest of the crazy world-the better!

The United States Invaded and Occupied Afghanistan for twenty years, it is time to give it back to the people of Afghanistan. JNF

I wish I was active duty with a lot of rank to tell these military leaders HOW we should leave! Also, this is what we get when we leave military dismissions up to Civilian Presidents. They only weigh profits! 1) Establish a HUGE Afghan army, make it non-voluntary, at least for 10 years. Each person serves 3 years with pay. (Just like South Korea). 2) Establish a better transparent government where the US has a lot of say since we are fighting for them and funding them. Create better human rights laws. 3) Establish outer perimeters like "THE WALL" and at the markets too- pedestrians only, screeners, and Social Security type ID's for random scanning. If you don't have one, you can't move around. 4) Yeah, .. OK, we own 1/3 of their oil as payment for all this ISH!!! I think these are the things we missed to keep the terrorists out and establish a fighting force and strong government. We only sprayed them with raid- you gotta go get to the nest where they're born.

In my opinion we were there to keep them busy fighting military targets in their own country not civilian Targets in our country We were never there to free the Afghan people or anything like that anyone that

As a patriotic retired veteran, today I am ashamed to fly the Colors.
And, I feel bad about having that feeling. This just makes me sick to my stomach, is VERY sad.

After Nam. I was not paying attention...We are not a stuiped people...but are sure are arrogent. This happened so quickly only tell me/us They the whole mid central government did not want us there.To low the constuary involved it wood have been a shitty mess...the next two levels up got paid off,promised safety and a new life..To let it happen.Simply everyone was tired and enough was enough... Basices. We where not One of Them .... either side...and I'm sure as shit looked shakie...we played both sides!

I can't believe that it's happened twice first in Vietnam and now this saddens me all those young men and women that sacrificed their lives and their limbs to be said you can't win you can't protect and here I thought we were a superpower not I guess it's time to take action into our own hands and we know what to do all those old bastards better sitting in the Senate better start watching their jobs to vote is ready to go it's time for a new regime it's time for Americans to enjoy being Americans

I just hope both teams have fun.