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turbinetree

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Sun Oct 22, 2023, 11:29 AM Oct 2023

Liz Cheney calls Afghanistan withdrawal 'biggest mistake' since 9/11 despite Iraq war [View all]

By David Edwards
Published October 22, 2023 9:41AM ET

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) called President Joe Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan "the biggest mistake" the U.S. has made since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

During a Sunday interview on CNN, host Jake Tapper asked Cheney "what lessons we've learned" that could help Israel in its war with Hamas.

"Well, look, I think probably the biggest mistake that we made post-9/11 was President Biden's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan the way that he did," Cheney said. "I think the biggest lesson that we've learned, and frankly, after 9/11, the fact that the steps we took for over 20 years now have prevented another mass casualty terrorist attack at the hands of Islamic terrorists, is something that we all ought to be very clear about and we ought to remember."

https://www.rawstory.com/liz-cheney-afghanistan-mistake/

Hey Cheney do you remember this .....fact check..... and has a victim of 9/11, who was sitting a classroom reading a childrens book about a goat and who was vice-president.....and if you have the means just type in your good old fishing daddy and 9/11 and see what he said .......

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/29/frank-mckenzie-doha-agreement-trump-taliban

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I know this isn't a popular opinion here but I don't go along with the pack just because and I completely GuppyGal Oct 2023 #1
We kept trying to help the Afghanis set up a government. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #4
The women in the US fought for our right to MOMFUDSKI Oct 2023 #7
It just shows we have little influence when it comes JI7 Oct 2023 #8
We propped that country up for twenty years calguy Oct 2023 #13
I completely agree with you. TSExile Oct 2023 #38
And this is the person who some are suggesting as a R SotH candidate.... royable Oct 2023 #2
IIRC the terms of the pullout were set by the trump admin, kinda tying the Biden admin's hands. brush Oct 2023 #31
They hate women. TSExile Oct 2023 #37
Just plain old MOMFUDSKI Oct 2023 #3
Her daddy planned the invasion of Iraq and made a bundle on his stocks because of it. Attilatheblond Oct 2023 #5
"But you knew I was a scorpion when you met me" Xavier Breath Oct 2023 #6
Liz Cheney's Dad is a big blind spot and liability to her gulliver Oct 2023 #9
While better than your average Rethug. I wouldn't vote for her for dogcatcher. walkingman Oct 2023 #10
I'm voting Biden, but Cheney would at least be a sane opponent gulliver Oct 2023 #12
Agreed. For me that would mean at least pre-Reagan. Nixon looks like a saint these days. walkingman Oct 2023 #18
No, she is just a neocon like they are JI7 Oct 2023 #16
Right...we can barely get her party to fund Ukraine without Afghanistan hanging over our head BeyondGeography Oct 2023 #11
Iraq did not attack us on 9-11. Darth Cheney killed millions of people to steal the natural resource of their country. onecaliberal Oct 2023 #14
Amen! mvd Oct 2023 #39
Daddy's war snowybirdie Oct 2023 #15
And some people here floated her for SOTH? Arthur_Frain Oct 2023 #17
Liz, do you remember who negotiated the terms of the withdrawal? gratuitous Oct 2023 #19
I didn't Delphinus Oct 2023 #22
It wasn't Biden! Delphinus Oct 2023 #20
+ 1 million!!! no_hypocrisy Oct 2023 #21
This is oversimplifying it AkFemDem Oct 2023 #34
Her dad once said all Presidents go to war with SocialDemocrat61 Oct 2023 #23
Believe you meant "Her dad once said" KS Toronado Oct 2023 #25
Fuck you, Liz Hong Kong Cavalier Oct 2023 #24
Didn't the orange blobfather negotiate this deal with Afghanistan? Lunabell Oct 2023 #26
Everything is Bidens fault liberal N proud Oct 2023 #28
Yep. This is the orange blobfather's fault. Lunabell Oct 2023 #29
On Iraq, she is just protecting a legacy liberal N proud Oct 2023 #27
Liz, were you for or against withdrawal at the time? keithbvadu2 Oct 2023 #30
And for years... people here slobber on Liz Cheney JUST because she hates Trump... WarGamer Oct 2023 #32
Neo-cons can be even worse than MAGA's at times Polybius Oct 2023 #33
I read Richard Clarke's book Tree Lady Oct 2023 #35
She has been saying this since 2021 AkFemDem Oct 2023 #36
she was on face the nation too orleans Oct 2023 #40
She never served but wants your kids to die Johonny Oct 2023 #41
we COULD have been out of afghanistan in the early 2000s....... Takket Oct 2023 #42
20 years wasn't enough? How about 30 years--time we spent in Viet Nam collecting dead soldiers. 40? Kennah Oct 2023 #43
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