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

We could have left in a more diplomatic way But the bottom line is it has nothing to do with our government in my opinion like I said earlier what’s happening there was inevitable the Taliban was simply waiting for us to leave to take over no one could have anticipated them taken over this fast without even a single fight from the Afghanistan military but it happened basically the way it was going to happen regardless

It’s sad and bothersome but it’s sadly the inevitable whether rhe talk an took over a day or two ago or in a year it was bound to happen

Ticked off. Our strength as a nation is that our military is supposed to not be political. But Nixon ticked me off how he set the withdrawal of Nam, W. irked me how he did the deal in Iraq, and I won't even go into Donnie's plan other than he let 5,000 Taliban murder's and their leader out of jail.

I really-really-really hate how politicians hamstring us and waste our blood and treasure. .

It bothers me that so many people are solely blaming the U.S. when Afghan forces didn't even put up a fight. Where is their responsibility in the matter? Media won't even ask that question.

This was going to happen. All signs pointed to it. It is very similar to Vietnam. Bottom line, the US spent billions on the Afghan defense. We lost lives. Yet in the end the Afghan defense ran away. They did not want to fight. They wanted the US to continue to do it for them. We cannot continue to be the forces for every country out there. Afghan is now facing the ramifications for their worthless defense forces. It is a shame it happened, yet they have nothing to cry about. They did not care enough to defend their own country, well then you lose it.

No nation has ever won against the Taliban

*** AND remember this, it was the USA that armed and trained the Taliban.

God bless our brothers and sisters! I wish I was there Help!

fuck this president

Honestly, I have mixed feelings. I've been there twice. The first time I was told I was going to fight the Taliban. The second, I was told I was assisting in getting the Afghans ready to defend their land. I've lost friends in that country, part of it feels like it was for nothing. But I tell myself the work I did there was for those Afghans who want to fight and protect their land.

From a political standpoint it's more complex to me. Of course 20 years is way too long. After our objective of going after those responsible for 9-11 we established an occupying presence in the country. I don't fully blame Biden, I blame Trump, Obama, Bush, and their administrations. Western Politicians ignore the fact that regions like the Middle East operate a little different and they can't just put puppet presidents in and think democracy will spring up overnight. There was also the MIC that had a hand in stretching out the last two decades.

I definitely see parallels between Saigon and Kabul, not to take anything away from what Vietnam Era troops experienced. I also see a future where other groups will refuse to work with us seeing as how we left a lot of those who will face death for working with the Americans.

Yes, it's their country and they need to defend it. Yes, we've spent billions in that war. Yes, we've lost way too many lives there. But I think the withdrawal could've happened so much better.

The noises of outside my room. I am surprise they have room with the space my internal thoughts are taking. I think of those sleep to never be awaken. There lives taken. One by natural means with the earthquake in Haiti and the other by force in Afghanistan. In the end, it is just life gone in my mind, too soon. And, as days march on, there will be lives saved not a moment too soon but mostly there will be death. I think of that as I try to sleep. Praying my thoughts won’t keep, replaying death. Hoping to find meaning of all this death. Found none yet.

It’s gone on to long and to many have died for a people that we couldn’t trust from the civilians to the Afghan President. This was negotiated and they didn’t keep there word. There’s no surprise there. Our President did the right thing. It’s over!