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That 3000 you're seeing reference to in the past day or so is about new troops being sent now to rescue the US Embassy staff as the Taliban approaches.[1]

We have not been this embarrassed or humiliated since Saigon. It's pathetic foreign policy, and a stupid military withdrawal -- capping off a monumental waste of lives, time, and money.

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/12/afghanistan-us-urges-citizen...

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Rumsfeld said we weren't going to do nation building. Mission accomplished. He did a heck of a job.

How is Biden continuing Trump's deal and pulling out pathetic?

We need to realign all resources to point towards the CCP and probably Russia.

Wasting time to have the resources available if Afghan war operations need it is a colossal waste.

Continued presence was at a minimal cost while keeping the freedom of ten's of millions. Instead we chose to create a horrible human catastrophe to save very little.

You realize that we had to keep soldiers and all of the logistical and air support assets on hand.

What benefit will the freedom of these people that mostly don't want it badly (or their 300k fully equipped soldiers would fight well) have for us in the future? Most likely we will have a global conflict with CCP, Russia, NK, Iran in about 5-10 years time. I highly doubt the Taliban will influence the outcome of that.

Last year we had just under 3,000 troops, which was all that was needed. Those 3,000 troops were not going to make a difference in fighting the CCP, Russia, NK, Iran. But a complete and total abandonment and defacto surrender to the Taliban will embolden America's enemies.

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