A lot of Afghans didn't pay attention to the advance of the Taliban before they entered Kabul. They were thinking that the government could keep the Taliban out. They were wrong. They knew government troops and the president were cowardly and corrupt. Now, it is late to reverse the facts. The rescue finished.
A lot of people wanted the end of the Afghanistan's war, but the withdrawal was chaotic. This is the criticism against President Biden.
| 4 LikesProbably, mid-term elections will give us the positive or negative grade that President Biden received for the Afghanistan's withdrawal.
| 0 LikesEach one has own opinion.
| 0 LikesYes, the America's losses were in vain.
| 1 LikesFrom my point of view, Afghanistan's withdrawal damaged seriously to the President Biden.
| 5 LikesThere are people who have time to fight for all.
| 0 LikesHurricanes don't care if you are Democrat or Republican...
| 5 Likeswrinkles, gray hairs and pain
| 0 LikesAlways the hurricanes are terrible.
| 0 LikesAgain Louisiana is suffering a serious drama...
| 0 LikesI am with you in the same way of thinking...
| 4 LikesAmen!!!
| 1 LikesGreat opinion column to honor our heroes!!!
| 13 LikesAfter twenty years, we are again in the beginning of a new terrorist threats...
| 5 LikesGood question!
| 3 LikesToday is difficult to know what is real and what is fake about the Afghanistan withdrawal.
| 4 LikesGood observation!
| 0 Likes"Suspicious news" about the attack to the extremists responsible of the attack to the Kabul Airport...
| 3 LikesNothing is totally safe in Afghanistan, but a military airport at 40 miles from the Kabul can be better defended than an airport in the middle of the population.
| 1 LikesI try to avoid comments like I made before, because I don't like to make Judgments of events when I don't have all the elements to analyze the " incident" like we do in the security industry. But I feel very frustrated for the 13 American soldiers who died in the Kabul Airport. From my experience, I agree with the WSJ Editorial Board that it is impossible to make SAFE RESCUE operations in an airport surrounded by enemies.
| 0 LikesYour tone is very arrogant attacking me with only a question. I will answer: 1) I am not a military expert. 2) However, for professional and personal links I have experience about countries infected of terrorism. I survived a bomb attack. I travelled across Arab countries . And my family suffered directly the terrorism of the Baghdad streets after the Iraq war started, I have for myself and my family hard experience about the violence and the behavior of the "bad guys" in countries fighting in the terror war. 3) In addition, I am linked with the security sector since more than 30 years. With all these elements I said that the President is not acting like a Commander in Chief. I don't discuss if he is a good or non-good president. But he never suffered the terror in his own skin and nobody in his family is one of the 13 American soldiers killed in the Kabul Airport. Please, put you in the place of the family of the 13 dead soldiers!!!
| 5 LikesIt is evident that the decisions that President Biden took are not the decision of a truly Commander in Chief.
| 16 LikesIt is good that we agree. Thanks
| 0 Likes"extreme position of weakness"
| 0 LikesWhen terrorists leave a prison, they return to their business: the terror.
| 5 LikesTerrible end for the people who was waiting to leave Afghanistan.
| 3 LikesThis massacre is a serious warning!
| 13 LikesTotal incompetence in the rescue operation.
| 13 LikesI don't blame the Marines. I blame the civilian leadership for the total incompetence of this rescue operation.
| 0 LikesI agree the incompetence is extreme!
| 0 LikesThis is going worse and worse because the American troops are not in a combat position. They are working as fly-assistants only.
| 4 LikesA game? Only naive people can think this.
| 0 LikesThe current crisis is only in the beginning of big debacle. Neither the President has idea what will happen after August 31st.
| 4 LikesIt is not acceptable the passive attitude of U.S. troops in front the aggression of the enemy.
| 2 LikesYes, the Taliban is manipulating President Biden for a fast recovery of they lost two decades ago.
| 0 LikesBiden is not in condition to take questions because he has not answers. He is acting according to the pressure of the Taliban without own decision.
| 5 LikesThe weakness and dishonor of Biden puts all the country in jeopardy. If he has accepted the Taliban game with him, anybody across the world will do the same.
| 20 LikesInteresting observation!
| 1 LikesCorruption!
| 2 LikesSurely, the Taliban is looking for money to accept an extension the current limit of August 31.
| 2 LikesProbably , yes!
| 0 LikesVery interesting observation. I was thinking about this possibility.
| 0 LikesYou are pointing a serious issue. Today we cannot solve internal problems because "Democrats think Republicans are the problem and vice versa:" We have to think as Americans and stop to blame the others.
| 0 LikesCredibility: ZERO!
| 0 LikesDefinitely, the Afghan rout will accelerate the Chinese plans to take Taiwan.
| 4 LikesIn the last two decades we saw the suicide of the named "Centrist Democrats".
| 5 LikesOf course, they need help!
| 0 LikesWe don't have to dance with the Taliban. It is necessary the U.S. troops have to re-enter Kabul in force.
| 3 LikesYes, it is crazy!
| 13 LikesWe have different way of thinking. I care for the Americans and friends who don't want to remain in Afghanistan under the oppression and terror of the Taliban.
| 0 LikesImportant suggestion: “U.S. soldiers may have to re-enter Kabul in force to rescue Americans.”
| 1 LikesThe economic boycott to the Taliban has to be very strict.
| 2 LikesBut now, he cannot turn his back to the thousands of people who want to leave Afghanistan. He has the obligation to fix the mess before the Taliban militants take the control of the Airport.
| 3 LikesResign is an easy way to enjoy the president retirement without making the job that he has to make right now.
| 1 LikesPresident Biden has the obligation to reverse his wrong decisions that affect to the US citizens and American friends who continue waiting in Kabul. The rescue requests immediate and effective actions.
| 2 LikesBut now, he is the President of Americans and he has responsibility for millions of Americans. He cannot act as a leader of a small group of friends.
| 5 LikesPeggy, great! You say to the President what every American with good sense and human feelings thinks. Thanks!
| 1 LikesIf we want that America returns to its glories times, in the military, university and the companies the successful formula is to select employees and leaders based on intelligence, aptitude, skill and excellence.
| 6 LikesI hope too the U.S. Air Forces destroy all the weapons they can find.
| 2 LikesThis would be a good plan. I hope the Pentagon leaders follow it.
| 3 LikesGood question without an accurate answer till now.
| 0 LikesCorruption and government inability eroded Afghanistan and helped the Taliban to take the power.
| 4 LikesImpressive title of this opinion column "The Taliban Capture Joe Biden"
| 9 LikesThe Taliban declaration about women don't show a clear change about the past rules.
| 2 LikesAfghan women are forced to return to a horrible past.
| 1 LikesEverybody tells different stories about the responsibility of the Taliban's victory.
| 0 LikesThe pending question is :Will America itself survive as a world power through this humiliation?
| 8 LikesThe dream of the free Afghan women is ending. This is more than a drama. It is a tragedy!
| 27 LikesWe have to pray for no more mistakes.
| 1 LikesWe have to expect that 2021 will be better than 2020. But till now, we don't know... (?)
| 0 LikesGood opinion column! We agree that now the priority is the evacuation of the people...
| 5 LikesPresident Biden blames to everybody, but only History can point against the real culprit. Is he a new Pontius Pilatus?
| 5 LikesThe President cannot duck responsibility for a calamitous withdrawal.
| 9 LikesA heavy stone into the water!
| 4 LikesThe withdrawal of Afghanistan was managed without a consistent plan.
| 2 LikesYes, the Afghan government collapsed due to its own corruption.
| 0 LikesYou are right.
| 0 LikesThis is a shameful situation pushed by the America leaders.
| 3 LikesThe suggestion of a "rescue plan" looks possible only if the President reverse his plans immediately.
| 0 LikesYou .are right
| 0 LikesThe current moment in Afghanistan reminds the Saigon last days in the end of the Vietnam war.
| 2 LikesYou are right.
| 0 LikesAOC is also the Bernie Sanders.
| 3 LikesAfghanistan never deserved that American soldiers die for this miserable "gang" of corrupt leaders.
| 5 LikesYou are right.
| 0 LikesYes, it is a sad story!
| 0 LikesGood point! At this moment, a lot of Americans are busy in the personal things and they lost the dimension of the issue: Taiwan under the Chinese boots!
| 2 LikesIt is evident that China is preparing the Taiwan invasion. Only blind politicians don't see the Chinese actions.
| 4 LikesMedia enjoys talking about race...
| 1 LikesThe census data and the “street” are showing that the America’s white population shrank.
| 0 LikesYou are right. They are "fanatical ".
| 0 LikesFor those people, women are a low category of human being.
| 0 LikesBut in the case of Afghanistan, the own government didn't help... Germany, Japan and Korea acting totally different from the Afghan government.
| 0 LikesMaybe?
| 1 LikesDramatic stories!
| 0 LikesHe is a political dead man.
| 3 LikesThe best he could do!
| 0 LikesInteresting opinion about a conflictive issue.
| 0 LikesEverybody talks, but in the facts, nobody knows how to go away from the pandemic.
| 1 LikesI think so...
| 0 LikesI agree with you.
| 3 LikesWe have not wait to the last minute in the case of Taiwan. The time to act is now!!!
| 5 LikesIt is good that you approve this initiative.
| 0 LikesI feel worries for Taiwan too!
| 1 LikesDuring the last decades, how many public leaders have treated the young women as sexual prey? And some of these young women used this bad behavior to achieve personal benefits. No all them are innocent.
| 6 LikesFrequently, the athletes have a short life cycle in the cusp. And when they cannot compete in the stars world, they have to return to the ground.
| 1 LikesYou are right!
| 0 LikesCovid's dictatorship!
| 1 LikesInteresting thinking.
| 0 LikesYes, it was " an impossible task."
| 1 LikesYou are right!
| 0 LikesBeijing is thinking that in the case of a military war with the United States and/or its partners, it must be independent in the technology sector.
| 1 LikesBeijing is trying to reduce its dependency from the West in all the strategic sectors of the economy.
| 1 LikesDefinitively, the President has to protect the border.... We don't need more imported viruses.
| 4 LikesCDC is acting very irresponsible in the public information.
| 8 LikesWe - the taxpayers - don't have to pay the debts of the graduates who didn't analyze before the possible capacity of pay their debts.
| 10 LikesGreat observation "I learned quickly that if I couldn't afford something, I didn't buy it. When I bought my home, I made sure I could afford the monthly payment and had money in case of an emergency." You are completely right!
| 0 LikesIn summary, Simone Biles is not a sample for our teenagers. She is only a "new product" of the social media to generate media businesses
| 0 LikesIn front the intrusive action of China, we need to protect our industries, yes or yes!
| 0 LikesIf the tariffs help to develop a national strong industry, they will be welcome! We have to stop the dependence from China.
| 6 LikesSocial media generate huge businesses talking about "heroes" that they are not more "heroes".
| 0 LikesWe don't have to leave dreaming fantasies.
| 0 Likes"....become a thoughtful and mature adult."!!! This has to be the last normal goal of a teenager
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