Taliban Taking Over Afghanistan - Does anyone care?

[Franklin Pierce]

Virginia and Wisconsin ?!? Haven't these folks been through enough?

Texas is being invaded 365 days a year by illegal aliens from Central America, and now they are getting no telling what from Afghanistan.

 

[Orangeburst]

Well, that’s now the same as getting it directly from China. Opium gonna cost an American brother a bit more now too, CCP gotta have their cut.

Maybe we get more diverse shipments now. Fetanyl was getting boring

 

[tnmarktx]

If they did, they'd be immediately whacked. Try again.

China has you *****ing your pants, man.

Whacked by who?

 

[AM64]

I doubt either one. I really don't know who it would be. If I understand the process correctly once Harris stepped down or is removed, Biden would nominate someone and the senate would confirm like a cabinet member. I think it would be a simple majority vote for confirmation.

Maybe Kasich? I kid but not really....

The dems could run another Bush. There's still some Bush league GOP folks who think the Bushes aren't RINOs.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Who has time?

With Juneteenth, Federal Employees Now Get 44 Paid Days Off Each Year (forbes.com)

That’s 9 weeks plus vacation ….. and you know the get sick days too.

 

[hog88]

If they did, they'd be immediately whacked. Try again.

China has you *****ing your pants, man.

Whacked by who?

 

[tnmarktx]

That's cute you think that Afghanistan and Taiwan are on the same level of strategic importance. If they could take it with a snap of the fingers, why haven't they done it already? They've had since 1949.

Who said they were of the same importance?

 

[KB5252]

I think he was being facetiuos.

I know, I was just piling on.

 

[05_never_again]

Whacked by who?

The United States.

If you think how we left Afghanistan is an indication that we would do nothing if the Chinese moved on Taiwan, then I dunno what to tell you.

 

[Orangeburst]

That’s 9 weeks plus vacation ….. and you know the get sick days too.

 

[tnmarktx]

The United States.

If you think we would not defend Taiwan because we left Afghanistan, as though those are situations of similar importance, then I dunno what to tell you.

LOL, you're most likely going to find out how wrong you are.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

Yeah they do. That's called "playing catch up ball" as the great Ric Flair would say. How many pies do you think we have our fingers in?

I'm not the one saying China has no sphere of influence outside the straits. They most definitely are positioning themselves all around the world. They are no longer a mass of backwater farmers.

 

[Orangeburst]

The dems could run another Bush. There's still some Bush league GOP folks who think the Bushes aren't RINOs.

Clever

 

[05_never_again]

I'm not the one saying China has no sphere of influence outside the straits. They most definitely are positioning themselves all around the world. They are no longer a mass of backwater farmers.

Correct, but that doesn't mean they are a serious challenger to the United States as the leader of the global order either.

I didn't say the Chinese had no influence outside their borders...I said they cannot project power (military power) beyond about the Taiwan Strait area. And that would be fine if they had a consumption-driven economy where their own citizens consumed most of the products they produce. But they do not...they have a massively export-driven economy.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Nikki Haley: Biden 'destroyed' everything we've done in Afghanistan, 'humiliated' America

'It didn't have to be this way,' the former US ambassador to the UN says

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley slammed President Biden on Tuesday for having "failed miserably" on Afghanistan policy, telling "America Reports" the Afghan people and U.S. military have been let down by America being "run out of town."

Nikki Haley: Biden 'destroyed' everything we've done in Afghanistan, 'humiliated' America

 

[hog88]

The United States.

If you think how we left Afghanistan is an indication that we would do nothing if the Chinese moved on Taiwan, then I dunno what to tell you.

You think we would go to war over Taiwan? Talk about a huge cost in lives and treasure.

 

[05_never_again]

You think we would go to war over Taiwan? Talk about a huge cost in lives and treasure.

No doubt. That hasn't stopped our "leaders" before though.

 

[Boston Vol]

The administration is just a complete mess. This isn’t a hypothetical Jake, it’s the reality of the situation.

 

[Orangeburst]

You think we would go to war over Taiwan? Talk about a huge cost in lives and treasure.

It would be over before we even arrived.

 

[05_never_again]

It would be over before we even arrived.

What do you mean "arrived?" We're over there already.

I swear - it's like you guys watch CGTN all the time and just believe everything the Chinese say about themselves.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

A New Terror threat has now been issued to pass the "White Supremacy" alert stage.
But it's lower than the Trump supporter terror stage level that's still in place.

Carry on ...

 

[tnmarktx]

You think we would go to war over Taiwan? Talk about a huge cost in lives and treasure.

"Fair trade" at least by China's standard, by taxation would be a better solution. Of course to do so, would anger the uniparty and the corporatocracy which have possession of the majority of the power in our gov.

 

[AM64]

Meanwhile, the old Soviet Union, circa 1982 and their misadventure in Afghanistan, says hold my beer.

Hopefully out of this we will see Congress do more to assert its authority and not allow open-ended conflict this to go unexamined at the outset. Its fine to allow a POTUS a lot of discretion as to when to engage military action short of a formal declaration of war, especially in modern times when there is less traditional nation-state attack on us.

But the Congress should reasonably demand that whatever administration is calling those shots identify set goals that justify termination of hostilities. Otherwise it just goes on and on and at the very end we end up at best "tied" with whatever enemy there is because nobody articulated precise criteria to measure success.

Congress is up to their neck in blame and incompetence since at least Viet Nam. Yes, they should bring accountability - if able - to getting involved in conflicts. Cooper and Church showed 40 years ago that congress is as inept at terminating conflicts as biden. Not gonna do the two embassy helicopter thing again, but it absolutely applies - congress gets a star for one and biden a star for the other.

 

[hog88]

No doubt. That hasn't stopped our "leaders" before though.

We aren't going to war with China in Asia, we can't support the supply chain. Plus they own most of our politicians and bureaucrats.

 

[hog88]

What do you mean "arrived?" We're over there already.

I swear - it's like you guys watch CGTN all the time and just believe everything the Chinese say about themselves.

You are delusional.