Over the past months there has been a wealth of ‘brilliant’ ideas floated by His Lord High Dipstick and now we have one of his best…..
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced plans to station U.S. troops back in Afghanistan. The president, who campaigned on minimizing U.S. involvement in foreign entanglements, said he is in talks with the Taliban to regain control of Bagram air base.
The announcement came as Trump criticized the Biden administration’s 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, which ended America’s longest war, during a press conference. Trump, arguing that he would have pulled out while retaining Bagram, described his efforts “to get it back,” without providing much detail.
“That could be a little breaking news,” Trump said. “We’re trying to get it back, because they need things from us. We want that base back.”
The president suggested that the Afghan air base, originally constructed by the Soviet Union in the 1950s, would serve a strategic purpose for Washington against China.
Without evidence, Trump alleged that “it’s an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons.” In recent months, he has repeatedly mused about the air base—claiming falsely that it is occupied or “controlled” by Beijing, and baselessly asserting its close proximity to Chinese nuclear weapons plants.
(newrepublic.com)
It’s unclear how the Taliban will respond to Trump’s proposal to reoccupy part of Afghanistan. Last week, Washington made a prisoner exchange deal with the Taliban that is part of a larger effort to normalize US-Afghan relations.
Seriously?
Is this really a good idea?
How long will it be before fresh attacks on Americans commences?
Anyone else see the folly in this thoughtless plan?
The biggest question is….WHY?
That war lasted 20+ years do we really want to chance another 20 for some vague bullshit?
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Oh, great. Just what we need. In the time we were in Afghanistan 2,500 US soldiers lost their lives, we spent $2.3 TRILLION, and we accomplished absolutely nothing. In fact one could argue that our intervention made things much, much worse than if we’d just stayed the hell out and let them deal with their own problems.
And now he wants to go back in????
What do you expect? He’s an idiot.
LOL
If this were a few years ago I would say he is smoking crack but he does not have the brains for that. chuq
Somewhere in this mess surely someone is thinking, Why are we going back? To what purpose? Only if we send him too.
Judy…I do not think any advisers has the balls to say that. chuq
I’ll bet they’re thinking though…=)
His closest allies will kiss butt all the way….but it looks like some conservs are starting to question Donny chuq
It’s around 2,500 air miles from Kabul to Beijing, and Beijing is probably not where China’s nuclear arsenal is stored. Given that China must have air defences of some kind, the chance of flying successful military operations that distance is slim, to say the least. My guess is that the US is still coveting Afghanistan’s huge mineral wealth, and this is some roundabout way to try to get it.
Best wishes, Pete.
My thoughts as well….it is an excuse like most of the China stuff…..chuq