” Many of the most critical voices you’re hearing right now are the same people who got us into war & who think we should stay forever. Some are bought and paid for by the defense industry. So let me say unequivocally : President Biden made the right decision to withdraw our troops.” Senator Elizabeth Warren 8/23/21
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The usual suspects are putting all the blame on Biden. It is stunning to see the Fox News talking heads show sympathy for the Afghans who aided US troops and now seek asylum in the USA. Do they know theses people are Muslims?
Indeed — and refugees to boot.
It’s funny how seamlessly — literally one from one statement to the next in a broadcast dialog — the Fox anchors slide from “Joe Biden should have stayed” to “Joe Biden mishandled the evacuation plan”.
When the ham-handed and racist blundering of the G. W. Bush administration created ISIS and tens of thousands of refugees fleeing ISIS in the region, Fox and the GOP were absolutely adamant that none of them could land here. They slammed and locked the humanitarian door.
As night follows day, Fox will lambast Joe Biden and the Democrats for offering Afghan refugees a safe haven.
Lucas Kunce, a retired marine major running for Senate as a Democrat in Missouri, fought in both Afghanistan and Iraq and was against extending the deadline.
Like Senator Warren, Major Kunce points out that the people who called for an extension are the same people who kept us there for 20 years.
Major Kunce said : ” When I hear people say just one more month, one more year, he thinks one more marine, and I am sorry, you had your 20 years, 2500 American service members, and your $2.3T to build something up, and what you built up collapsed in just two weeks…”