Isn't that what led the US into the Vietnam war?, honoring a former treaty the US had entered into? From what I remember of Afghanistan the Taliban threatened all out attack if Trump deadline was not met.
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Questions And/Or Misunderstandings.
- Thread starter esmith
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Isn't that what led the US into the Vietnam war?, honoring a former treaty the US had entered into? From what I remember of Afghanistan the Taliban threatened all out attack if Trump deadline was not met.
esmith
Veteran Member
Yes, the Afgan army would have folded when U.S. forces left the country.
However, nothing says that additional U.S. and allied forces could not have been brought in until all U.S.citizens, allied citizens, and vetted Afghans were evacuated.
It is possible that the Tailban would have honored their agreement not to attack foreign forces U.S., Taliban Sign Historic Agreement—Now Comes the Hard Part
Ponder This
Well-Known Member
I suspect Trump would not have withdrawn from Afghanistan, because the Taliban ended peace negotiations with the Afghan government and initiated attacks against it!
There was also U.S. intelligence of Taliban activity throughout Afghanistan in the months prior to Biden's withdrawal. Biden himself had a phone call with Ghani in which Ghani told Biden that not everything was okay but Biden suggested that Ghani just act as if everything was okay.
So it seems to me that there was a real failure on the part of Biden to listen to what was actually going on and respond appropriately.
Friend of Mara
Active Member
Why were there still foreign citizens still in Afganistan on the day we left? The date was fully known. Is it because an evacuation order wasn't given? And for what reason was an evacuation order not given? Do you think Trump would have given an evacuation order?
The reason there were still US citizens there is mostly because they were under the impression that Afghanistan wouldn't have fallen as quickly as it did. To give an evacuation order would have openly stated that the US had no faith in the project they built in the country. That is not a disgrace I think anyone in any upper brass would have done.
Kooky
Freedom from Sanity
And everyone of you guys would have liked that outcome? How long would you have liked the occupation to have continued?
Four more years? Five? Ten? Another twenty?
What if the Taliban finally managed to throw the US out by force, is that an outcome you would have preferred to the current one?
This is a serious question. None of the people complaining about the withdrawal seem to have been able to name in concrete terms an outcome they would have preferred.