Two days after Vice News left, the Talibans took control.
Why did the US leave Afghanistan? Q_Q
Liberals / Obama's desire to have the "legacy" of ending the wars
i'm with obama on exiting iraq and afghanistan.
perhaps the wisest move he ever made as a president.
>>74082278
>Why did the US leave Afghanistan? Q_Q
They lost the war against muslims and they have to retreat
>>74084248
Oh yeah looks like Iraq withdrawal was a great idea mate. Now ISIS and Iran are controlling west and east of Iraq respectively and are in a position to harm the West.
>>74084399
Nice try turkey. Would have been a cakewalk but germany and france kept sending aid. Turkey kept sending fighters through syria.
Fuck you roach. Die in a bomb strike.
>>74082278
We didn't leave, we still have relatively large force on the ground there. Do your research maple
>>74084248
We shouldn't have been in Iraq in the first place, but I don't think we should have left without setting up a stable government. You break it you buy it
>>74084399
(You)
>>74082278
Obama also had a 40K troop surge that led to more deaths than under Bush.
Thanks, Obama
>>74084739
>but I don't think we should have left without setting up a stable government.
What Middle East country has a government that is stable? Iraq was stable because Saddam tortured everyone to keep them in line. Same with Saudis, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and any country that got through the Arab Spring.
Don't Iraq and Afghanistan have elections? That's pretty stable.
But just like their military, they can't do shit.
>>74084596
ISIS never would have been if Saddam had not been removed, and if Syria was not being destabilized.
>>74084739
>You break it you buy it
Fuck that. An invading force would NEVER be able to create a government from local government from local political leaders without it being a glorified puppet state. If this was a full-on colonial expedition where the point would be to conquer the region and set up a stable, western government that would function independently from local interests for a few generations before the locals understand its for the best and play ball, that'd be one thing, but if we're even going to keep up the pretense of democratic elections decided by the local people, its best if we leave and let the locals sort it out themselves.
Democracy means nothing if the local populations don't bleed for it and whatever form of government forms naturally from the power vaccum is probably way more representative of what the region needs and wants then a kind-of, sort-of puppet state that has just enough autonomy to deny us our interests in the area.
>>74084613
That's our fault now ?
There was nothing to win, the only goal was revenge killing against taliban, test your new toys while destabilizing the region in the benefit of Israël and feeding your military industrial complex (because without it you die).
How can you develop economy and have a democratic system in this wasteland inhabited by inbred goat fuckers ?
>>74084714
As a supporting role, not a leading force, that's why that cute Iraqi who mocked Talibans through the radio died.
Fuck Afghanistan. The country was in constant civil war for over 40 years now Someone should nuke them out of their misery already.
>>74087870
No man, you're just wasting potential.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPnCVCQT5LM
>>74082278
>Why did the US leave Afghanistan? Q_Q
The US couldn't keep up with the demand for young boys?
>>74087660
Whops, I mean Afghan.
Why did we live Afghanistan?
Because we couldn't get into Pakistan.
>>74088672
LEAVE
god damn it
>>74082278
Cause thats what americunts do, make a mess and leave. NAME ONE WAR ameriCUNTS WON. NONE
>>74089640
>these guys are part of NATO
I can't believe it
>>74084116
>wanting to send Americans to die in some useless dunes
Gas yourself. Tribes have been fighting there for time immemorial.
>>74084596
>>74084596
>people actually believe this
>>74089640
filthy dumb turkroach scum
>>74088672
>>74088704
>he doesn't realise there's IDs on this board
wow dumb samefags are dumb.
>>74092026
I was correcting myself you idiot
>>74089640
good bait, have fun when that earthquake hits Constantinople.. you pussies cry when 3 people die in a suicide bombing there just wait till that m9 rapes that shit city to the ground
>>74092233
>I was pretending to be retarded
poor performance.
>>74089640
the barbary wars... pirates and terrorists turkey loves them both
>>74092407(You)
>>74092407
(You)
>>74082278
Liberals never finish anything. The greatest problem with them is they get stuck thinking about advancing causes that can't be quantified. For example, ending poverty or increasing gubberment support for minorities. At what point do they close this case as a success?
The same goes for their war policies. They think winning wars is as simple as giving nogs or slimes freedom and that's it. That's why they have failed and will continue to fail at warmongering. Because they can't into quantitative analysis.
>>74084596
They've always been in a position to harm the west.
All it takes is a few guys in a cave with access to literally anything explosive and they can harm the west.
What we SHOULD be worried about is large scale attacks on the verge of outright war. THAT, they are not capable of.
Even if they surprise us and somehow drop a nuke on us tomorrow the middle east would be wiped off the map within the week.
They're not a real threat because the second they do anything to piss us off they're dead and they know it. They just keep doing these cowardly little do-nothing attacks to avoid that.
>>74082278
Because we could not fix it
>>74082278
The "official" plan was to train the ANA and ANP to take care of themselves.
The brass constantly reminded the public of how much progress we were making with the locals (while in reality they where dog shit at every aspect) and in order to keep the illusion going they had to eventually pull out.
I was involved in training a group of ANA with IED clearance in 2011, 2 of them got themselves killed because they considered search techniques boring and not a masculine way of soldiering.
Fucking retards
