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WATCH LIVE: President Biden Speaks About Ending the War in Afghanistan

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piratedan8/31/2021 12:54:55 pm PDT

re: #9 Charles Johnson

I think Joe is floating the idea that while we suspected that the Afghan Government and Law Enforcement and Military structure that we supported was suspect, we assumed that some kind of self-interest would be evident as the people in charge and with the weapons and training would fight for themselves and their loved ones. Apparently we (the US, its allies, the media) were completely wrong about that as the structures built were more facades than anything else based on how their leadership took their cues from what the 45 Administration put in motion and the 46 carried out.

I still have to remind myself that there’s an element here where the Afghans had an opportunity to support the framework that we gave them to become real partners, build a real government but neither had the fortitude or desire to do so. A good part of that could be on us as to who we chose to elevate and work with… did we just find people compliant who would take our money and steal half of it and smile and nod or was there really no desire to establish a modern government with real democratic values by those who were involved in this proxy government?