Meh. Both of our hearts are in the right place. Stuff went poorly, no question. But we can't ignore that stuff goes poorly every day in a combat zone.youthathletics wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 4:51 pm I suppose I am far too optimistic afan...I guess I should resign to being a pessimist b/c I have been an optimist for so long. It just rubbed me the wrong way that any percentage of casualties was acceptable. By comparison, roughly 100 soldiers/year in the 20 year War in Afghanistan. 13 died in one day in the recent separation of the overnight vacancy.
It's why I wanted our troops out of there. 2022: zero casualties.
Biden got us out of there fast, yes. And if you ask me? It's because he's been around the block, and he knows that if he didn't take the "rip the band aid off" approach? His generals would NEVER let us leave. As old salt likes to say: perfect is the enemy of the good.
2022 casualties in Afghanistan? Not only are they good....they're perfect. 1.000 batting average.
And as I wrote before: I put this on Obama. He had the PERFECT time to get out of there, and help thousands of soldiers with PTSD.
What do I mean by that? Obama could have pulled everyone out when they got OBL, and hold a huge freaking parade. Soldiers and Americans would have been reminded of why we invaded in the first place. And soldiers get closure, as best as we can give it to them. End the parades at the 9/11 sites.
He didn't do that. And I'm angry at this choice.