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<blockquote data-quote="HFolb23" data-source="post: 4965540" data-attributes="member: 55674">Americans should take a good hard look at what plays out within Afghanistan over the near distant future. When a political group promises you things in exchange for support, they don’t always materialize. The rights of women in Afghanistan are probably history, and anyone who helped the US should fear for their life.The US goal was to clear house of the Taliban and their influence, give the people of Afghanistan a chance to develop a competent and corruption-free government, and then leave them to maintain and grow themselves.The problem is that we never eradicated the cancer and because of that it came back. You can’t do a job less than 100% complete and expect the plan to still work. The ANA was never as strong or lethal as was advertised (by giving them credit for successful operations conducted by elite US military units with a handful of ANA tagging along and told to stay out of the way while competent troops worked) and they weren’t exactly pure, fratricide was a real issue when working with the ANA. The Taliban knew when we left they could take over. Biden basically gave them a timeline when he announced it so they had plenty of time to prepare.If you know someone that went to Afghanistan, especially if they experienced some tough times while they were there, it would be a good idea to reach out to them and check in on them while the news and social media plasters how much of a “failure” their sacrifices were.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HFolb23, post: 4965540, member: 55674"] Americans should take a good hard look at what plays out within Afghanistan over the near distant future. When a political group promises you things in exchange for support, they don’t always materialize. The rights of women in Afghanistan are probably history, and anyone who helped the US should fear for their life. The US goal was to clear house of the Taliban and their influence, give the people of Afghanistan a chance to develop a competent and corruption-free government, and then leave them to maintain and grow themselves. The problem is that we never eradicated the cancer and because of that it came back. You can’t do a job less than 100% complete and expect the plan to still work. The ANA was never as strong or lethal as was advertised (by giving them credit for successful operations conducted by elite US military units with a handful of ANA tagging along and told to stay out of the way while competent troops worked) and they weren’t exactly pure, fratricide was a real issue when working with the ANA. The Taliban knew when we left they could take over. Biden basically gave them a timeline when he announced it so they had plenty of time to prepare. If you know someone that went to Afghanistan, especially if they experienced some tough times while they were there, it would be a good idea to reach out to them and check in on them while the news and social media plasters how much of a “failure” their sacrifices were. [/QUOTE]

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