Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Fall of Afghan

It is hard not to gasp at the astonishing ending of the 20-year Afghanistan War. So Biden decided to exit this never ending war, and bold enough to actually make this happen. Look it is senseless to spend huge amount of money and risk American lives for an endless conflict. It is stupid to get into one in the first place. We should blame the guy who started this who does not have an exit plan. Well his successors do not have exit plans either.

Any war conflicts must have a clear objective and should be swift and decisive. I thought world leaders know a thing or two about such basic principle as written in the classic "The Art of War" In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns

But look, you just can't walk out like this.

Look Afghan president (I don't even care your name), you can't just abandon your country like this.

Look Afghan forces, you can't just let the Talibans take over (again) without even a fight. The fact that they don't even fight back means they want to be ruled by the Talibans again and perfectly fine for your girls to be their slaves.

How can the world's mightiest power be humiliatedly defeated like this. How can we trust the US to be able to fight anybody? "We stand with ____" you say? Do you have any actual ability. I am afraid you are an actual "paper tiger".

Is there any success after World War II? Vietnam: lost, Korean: stalemate... (well yes there is, ok you can look it up here).

Yes, we need to leave, but we needed a good plan to leave. Should have avoid an exit scene even worse than Saigon. They grossly underestimated the Talibans and the Afghan's abilities here. Any thoughts about what to do after we leave? Would they plan another 9/11 like event for us? While it really sucks to be in a quagmire, how about jump out... and jump into a fierly burning fire. But would Trump do it better if he actually get another term? He set an even earlier date.

The future is grim as Covid still around and now we have more terrorists around as if the world not have enough problems already.