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Yorkie Mom

(16,420 posts) Wed Aug 18, 2021, 01:04 PM Aug 2021

Biden was my first choice as POTUS from the beninning. [View all]

I thought he was the right person for the job at the time.

I still believe this, but I can admit he fucked up this exit in Afghanistan. He is the president who decided how this would go down, and he screwed it up.

I refuse to hide my head in the sand and pretend otherwise. Yeah, this hurts.

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Biden was my first choice as POTUS from the beninning. [View all] Yorkie Mom Aug 2021 OP

Trump gutted the State Dept and the Pentagon BlueLucy Aug 2021 #1

No he didn't reality1 Aug 2021 #2

+1 jrthin Aug 2021 #4

When the Afghan government told the U.S. NOT to evacuate anyone because it would create JohnSJ Aug 2021 #19

Afghan government is corrupt just like republicans rockfordfile Aug 2021 #43

Exactly JohnSJ Aug 2021 #53

+1000000000 Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #55

There wouldn't have been a need for a "fucked up" exit... luv2fly Aug 2021 #3

The war lords put up more resistance gab13by13 Aug 2021 #7

Biden wasn't my first choice but I'm very comradebillyboy Aug 2021 #5

I agree the buck stops with the CIC gab13by13 Aug 2021 #6

What did he do wrong, what should have been done differently reality1 Aug 2021 #10

I'm very progressive as well and voted for the moderate Yorkie Mom Aug 2021 #13

I believe General Milley will be speaking today, and taking questions JohnSJ Aug 2021 #22

I don't feel that way. pwb Aug 2021 #8

Rose colored glasses are beautiful. Yorkie Mom Aug 2021 #15

Have you been to War? pwb Aug 2021 #20

So you supported the lies from Bushco and fox news over the years? rockfordfile Aug 2021 #45

This. Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #27

Yeah, they should blown kisses to us on the way out. Baked Potato Aug 2021 #9

I believe history is going to be the judge, as it always is. I agree that the withdrawal seems to dameatball Aug 2021 #11

Regardless of how we feel we're getting lambasted in the press. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2021 #12

Yes, we are. Yorkie Mom Aug 2021 #14

I'm not going to pile on Joe. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2021 #17

My paramount concern is the welfare of the Democratic party. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2021 #69

and the only thing the Biden administration is focused on is evacuating those that need to be JohnSJ Aug 2021 #23

I could careless rockfordfile Aug 2021 #61

I care if it cost us politically DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2021 #63

sky is NOT falling reality1 Aug 2021 #16

I don't think people are "turning on Joe." Yorkie Mom Aug 2021 #24

I hope so reality1 Aug 2021 #34

believe this post is a kind of 'turning on' Biden. We need to support our leaders... Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #57

Strongly agree. Nt Baked Potato Aug 2021 #72

I still support Joe Biden. Yorkie Mom Aug 2021 #73

I doubt this could be done at all without a "mess" treestar Aug 2021 #66

I don't think the failure of a 20-year, 2 trillion dollar attempt at ill-advised nation-building Aristus Aug 2021 #18

I'll agree with that. Yorkie Mom Aug 2021 #25

Just curious of your opinion what he should have done. nt GoodRaisin Aug 2021 #21

Maybe have a plan to Yorkie Mom Aug 2021 #26

Military side is secure reality1 Aug 2021 #33

According to what I read and what I heard from family members, the Taliban is not Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #50

I can understand people wanting that as part of a withdrawal plan. GoodRaisin Aug 2021 #36

Those people should've got out last year. rockfordfile Aug 2021 #46

That is a right wing source...Wall Street Journal... Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #52

Thank you. Caliman73 Aug 2021 #58

Agree. I think he's trying to rectify it, and will. But trying Hoyt Aug 2021 #28

First of all TFG made a deal with the Taliban after the election to cause trouble IMHO...so he Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #48

No. Bushco and the media are to blame. The same goes for trump. rockfordfile Aug 2021 #49

Actually, I do like Biden. That's why I'm shocked he messed this up. george war bush had been gone Hoyt Aug 2021 #51

The media just wants to shift blame because they're knee deep in it for supporting the lies. rockfordfile Aug 2021 #65

This is now. Biden is President, not bush, trump, Obama, Clinton, etc. Hoyt Aug 2021 #67

Yeah and the President is finally getting us out. rockfordfile Aug 2021 #70

He wasn't my first choice or my fifth choice Bettie Aug 2021 #29

don't we always grab defeat from victory? samsingh Aug 2021 #32

So, what would you have had him do? Bettie Aug 2021 #35

Thank you Bettie...so true. Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #38

plan an orderly exit with our allies and those on the ground -get those who helped us out first samsingh Aug 2021 #41

Why didn't those people leave a year ago? trump set a exit for May rockfordfile Aug 2021 #56

How do you know your interlocutor doesn't support our president? DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2021 #64

Surely that was planned treestar Aug 2021 #68

It was the bushco that lied us into that country. So yes he's to blame and the media at that time rockfordfile Aug 2021 #54

Watching tens of thousands of Afghan's getting slaughtered samsingh Aug 2021 #30

Watching hundreds of our young men and women in uniform slaughtered is no picnic either. Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #39

i understand there were no soldiers killed in Afghanistan in the last 18 months. samsingh Aug 2021 #40

If we stayed there...more young men and women would die. We had an agreement with the Taliban Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #59

Hello Americans died there. rockfordfile Aug 2021 #71

I'll be honest. Mine was Sanders... ananda Aug 2021 #31

I don't think he screwed it up. The Media frenzy is ridiculous. I was always for Joe and Continue Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #37

No he didn't rockfordfile Aug 2021 #42

Biden was NOT my first choice. WarGamer Aug 2021 #44

I think you are watching too much MSM. honest.abe Aug 2021 #47

+1000 Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #60

Precisely and methodically how should it "go down?" LanternWaste Aug 2021 #62

thank you Skittles Aug 2021 #74

Ridiculous ARandomPerson Aug 2021 #75

I was a day one contributor to Joe and met him at two fundraisers LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2021 #76