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Re:You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible,... by zaphar on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @04:58PM (#30265373)
All the stage setting for them Kyiv on Trump's watch. If Trump had won a second term it would still have happened. We ascribe entirely too much power to the office of the President sometimes.
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Re:You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible,... by tlear on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @08:56PM (#30267677)
And stage for that was set by those laughable red lines in Syria. Remember that?

US resolve is non existent that much is true. It has little to do with Trump or Biden for that matter. When Obama let Assad use gas Putin took notice, everything else comes from that.

About Afghanistan.. it was not the withdrawal it was the laughable way it was done. Abandoning Bagram.. what dumbfuck thought of that? We DO know what idiot approved it though.

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Re:You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible,... by ipaddr on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @05:25PM (#30265728)
It is clear Russia is taking advantage of Biden's fear of military action. China, North Korea, Iran all have been more aggressive. The outcome in Afghanistan gave everyone the impression America will back down. Trump kept everyone off balance.
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Re:You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible,... by anInternetCat on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @06:10PM (#30266189)
> The outcome in Afghanistan gave everyone the impression America will back down. Trump kept everyone off balance.

You mean the outcome of the withdrawal plan that Trump agreed to? Biden was damned if he did and damned if he didn't:

- The US is weak for withdrawing

- The US doesn't stick to its agreements

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Re:You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible,... by ars on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @06:20PM (#30266289)
That's a false dilema. Biden wasn't criticized for withdrawing from Afghanistan, he was criticized for doing a bad job at withdrawing.
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Re:You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible,... by causi on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @07:45AM (#30271959)
What should he have done differently to have done a good job?
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Re:You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible,... by mythrwy on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @11:08AM (#30274303)
Kept Bagram air base until the evacuation was complete for starters.

Not droning innocent civilians and then fibbing on the way out would have been nice as well.

Maybe not left so much heavy equipment and arms?

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