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yaesu

(8,622 posts)
Mon Aug 16, 2021, 02:11 PM Aug 2021

I bet Putin is celebrating today knowing that his agent orange, tRump, fulfilled one of his missions

by creating the perfect storm making our departure from Afghanistan as painful & demeaning as possible. I do believe President Biden will use his true leadership skills to get through this the best we can. I just hope that as a country we have finally learned that you can never successfully occupy a country no matter how good or bad your intentions are.

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I bet Putin is celebrating today knowing that his agent orange, tRump, fulfilled one of his missions (Original Post) yaesu Aug 2021 OP
2/15/1989: Soviet Troops Leave Afghanistan dalton99a Aug 2021 #1
As someone posted in a thread I was in yesterday, and I didn't understand the significance of mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 #2
In 2024 Joe Biden will rightfully take credit for ending comradebillyboy Aug 2021 #3
And be wary of who you hand your own country over to. Budi Aug 2021 #4
MF45 actually fulfilled a lot of missions Putin wanted FoxNewsSucks Aug 2021 #5
Despite the unreliable intelligence reports, Mme. Defarge Aug 2021 #6
Actually tRUMP, his enablers, supporters, cultists and right wingers everywhere are what abqtommy Aug 2021 #7

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,970 posts)
2. As someone posted in a thread I was in yesterday, and I didn't understand the significance of
Mon Aug 16, 2021, 02:17 PM
Aug 2021

the remark, as I had not yet, at that point in the day, sat down to watch "Charlie Wilson's War" again,

"we'll see."

comradebillyboy

(10,876 posts)
3. In 2024 Joe Biden will rightfully take credit for ending
Mon Aug 16, 2021, 02:23 PM
Aug 2021

a long, costly and unpopular war. The fact that the ending was messy will be forgotten since only the tiny neo-con fringe wanted to stay. The Beltway press will have moved on to another shiny object by then.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
4. And be wary of who you hand your own country over to.
Mon Aug 16, 2021, 02:26 PM
Aug 2021

Trump was selected, by hook or by crook, for a reason.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,343 posts)
5. MF45 actually fulfilled a lot of missions Putin wanted
Mon Aug 16, 2021, 02:48 PM
Aug 2021

Look at the condition of the country today compared to the way Obama left it.

And some of MF45's minions like DeJoy are still there causing damage.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
7. Actually tRUMP, his enablers, supporters, cultists and right wingers everywhere are what
Mon Aug 16, 2021, 04:28 PM
Aug 2021

puts that smirk on sPUTIN's Fascist Face.

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