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Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognized by the United States as a state and is known as the Taliban and the United States of America
There’s chaos and risk in Afghanistan exit, but Biden critics are getting it mostly wrong
We knew America would never be the same after 9/11. We didn’t know how bad. | Will Bunch
Terrible News!
Please keep these families and friends in your thoughts and prayers,
Hypocrisy in a 3-Act Play
It is sad how Kevin McCarthy and GOP feel the need to lie
2019 and GOP:
A great twitter thread on the War on Terror
TRUMP HOPES NO ONE REMEMBERS HE PUSHED FOR A FULL AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL IN JUNE
The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the ‘president’ of Afghanistan.”
Now we are withdrawing from Afghanistan
The Christianists Versus Christianity
Nativist Bigots tend to …. bigot
Situational Ethics by Nikki Haley – Now
Then
U.S. Says Kabul Closer To Holding Peace Talks With Taliban
“The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says that Afghanistan is getting closer to holding peace talks with the Taliban as a result of a new Afghan strategy put in place by the United States last year.
The remarks by Ambassador Nikki Haley at the UN in New York on January 17 came amid reports that Taliban negotiators held exploratory talks on resuming peace negotiations during a visit to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, this week.
“We are seeing that we’re closer to talks with the Taliban and the peace process than we’ve seen before,” Haley said, briefing reporters after taking part in a weekend visit to Kabul by 15 members of the UN Security Council.
Haley said Afghan officials told the UN envoys that “they’re starting to see the Taliban concede, they are starting to see them move towards coming to the table” as a result of a new strategy the United States put in place last summer that has given the U.S. military a freer hand to work with Afghan forces to defeat the Taliban.
“They feel confident that the Taliban will be coming to the table,” Haley said. “The U.S. policy on Afghanistan is working.”
“We really are going to work toward a peace process, with the goal being that we do not want Afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorism anymore,” she said.”
US ambassador Nikki Haley says Trump policy in Afghanistan is working
“UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday that the Trump administration’s policy in Afghanistan is working, saying talks between the government and Taliban extremists, and a peace process, are closer than ever before.”
Someone was prescient:
Full List of 16 Republicans Who Voted Against Visas for Afghans Who Helped U.S. Troops
“The Republicans who voted against the resolution were: Andy Biggs of Arizona, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Mo Brooks of Alabama, Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee, Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, Bob Good of Virginia, Paul Gosar of Arizona, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Jody Hice of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Barry Moore of Alabama, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Bill Posey of Florida, Matthew Rosendale of Montana and Chip Roy of Texas.”
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David Corn: I’m not surprised to see Republicans using Afghanistan for political points
2018
2019
Trump Administration Has Drastically Dropped Visas For Afghan And Iraqi Interpreters
Trump admin broke law with visa delays for Afghans, Iraqis who worked for U.S., judge rules
Our State Department and others DID NOT DO THEIR JOB!
Fact checking Jake Sullivan’s claim Trump admin didn’t process Afghan visas for a year
Troubled Visa Program for Afghan Interpreters May Do ‘More Harm Than Good,’ Study Finds
‘Guam or Bust’: America’s Helpers May Need a Halfway Destination as Afghanistan Pullout Nears
U.S. veterans scramble to help interpreters left behind
Every US Citizen and Every Afghan translator/contract worker and female leader and their family has to get out of the country, regardless of how long it takes.
10 girls on Afghanistan’s robotics team rescued
Wow! GOP deletes Trump’s Taliban Peace Deal from their website
2019:
2020:
Trump pledged to stop ‘endless wars’ but his airstrikes in Afghanistan increased civilian deaths by 330% since 2016
2021:
Trump pledges to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by Christmas; Taliban cheer
I hate this!
Everyone should have been evacuated before the May 1 deadline
The Kurds are saying “I told you so!”
US policy in Afghanistan has been 20 yrs of bad decisions & bad execution in the face of an insoluble challenge. Our local allies were very flawed, our enemy was resolute & the last 3 US presidents have wanted out & knew what’s happening now would happen. But sure, it’s on Biden.
As America winds down its longest war, the effects are felt by those who served as well as their families
Biden’s Afghan gamble
Pentagon chief says removal of all contractors from Afghanistan under way
Death toll soars to 50 in school bombing in Afghan capital
People defending Trump for this have never seen Ike’s Speech
Three Marines, Now Focus of Russian Bounties Investigation, Show the Costs of an Endless War
Why is there a war in Afghanistan? The short, medium and long story
Afghanistan ‘insider attack’ leaves 2 US soldiers dead, 6 wounded
Some dirty words, but war IS Heck!
Afghanistan: Remembering the fallen of 2019
The frantic effort to save lives after a deadly attack on the CIA
The 2,300 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan Did Not Die in Vain, Joint Chiefs Chairman Says
UPDATED ON: DECEMBER 23, 2019 / 3:33 AM / CBS/AP
American service member killed in Afghanistan, U.S. military says
NJ soldier killed in Afghanistan ‘loved this country more than anyone’
One family’s Christmas is CRUSHED!
US & ALLIED KILLED
“Key Findings
- Over 6,900 US service members and over 7,800 contractors have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- An unusually high percentage of young veterans have died since returning home, many as a result of drug overdoses, vehicle crashes, or suicide.
- Coalition partners have died in large numbers: approximately 110,000 uniformed Afghans, Iraqis and other allies have died as of November 2018.”
A lot of families’ Holiday Seasons have been crushed
IKE Warned Us
Keith Olbermann predicted the never-ending wars the day Citizenship vs FEC Decision was announced
“Be prepared then for wars sold as the new products, which Andy Card once described them as year after years if there were a new FOX reality shows because military-industrial complex corporations are still corporations.“
https://limbaugh2020.com/keith-olbermann-nailed-it-citizens-united-v-fec-caused-our-nations-anger-now/
I have had an online subscription to the Washington Post for years as a Thank You for all of the great work they do. You can get one for less than a cup of coffee at Starbucks!
Our Generations Pentagon Papers!
AT WAR WITH THE TRUTH
The Daily 202: The Afghanistan Papers show the corrosive consequences of letting corruption go unchecked
Craig Whitlock and his coworkers at the Washington Post did an amazing job with this story!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/craig-whitlock/
Others have noticed
“When the outlook for the war in Afghanistan dimmed, why didn’t the United States withdraw?”
https://www.cfr.org/article/did-government-mislead-public-about-war-afghanistan?utm_content=122319&utm_medium=social_owned&utm_source=tw
MONEY!People make money from war.
People make money from war.
- Bullet makers
- Boot makers
- Uniform makers
- Jeep makers
- Bradley makers
- MRE makers
A New Generation Enlists for a War Older Than They Are
Why Bringing Back the Draft Could Stop America’s Forever Wars
We have to spend LESS of Capital Costs for Military Projects Military Leaders themselves don’t want and more on our active duty personnel and our Veterans!
We also need to start balancing our budget and fully fund programs here at home!
https://limbaugh2020.com/white-houses-kudlow-22-5-trillion-debt-is-not-a-huge-problem/
https://limbaugh2020.com/my-philosophy-of-teaching-lunch-shaming-is-wrong/
IDEA Full Funding: Why Should Congress Invest In Special Education?
What is Full Funding of IDEA and Why is it important?
“When Congress passed IDEA, they promised to cover 40% of the extra cost of special education. In other words, they would pay for nearly half of the additional cost required to educate students with disabilities (when compared to the cost per student without disabilities). Unfortunately, Congress has never come close to fulfilling that promise. The number of students with disabilities served under IDEA has increased by 25 percent in the past two decades. Yet, the IDEA state grant program was only funded at around $12 billion in 2017. The federal government is only covering 14.6% of the additional cost.”
https://ncld.org/news/policy-and-advocacy/idea-full-funding-why-should-congress-invest-in-special-education/
