Just got a news flash that Taliban entered the capitol city and is awaiting a peaceful transfer of power. Thanks Washington.

I see they just released everyone from Bagram prison.

That must be a real kick in the face to any veteran that served there.God Bless them all....

Innocents are going to be slaughtered. It more than irritates me that we're lead by incompetents.

I know a couple. Think I will call them today.

I lost a cousin there almost 20 years ago. Was in the Air Force. First snipers bullet hit his vest and knocked him over backwards. Second round hit at the bottom of it, went under it and entered his body.

People give me cross-eyed looks when I say limited war is wrong. If we send young men into combat they should not be sorting good guys from bad. Destroy the country. If WWII is any indication, when cities are leveled and people are starving, they dont want to fight anymore. Help them get back on their feet and you have an ally.

Of just flood their border with Mexicans for a dozen years. That seems to be effective.

Hobbie, I called a friend that lives near the border. He told me there are Africans ans Middle Easterners crossing. Some central Americans and Mexicans but tens of thousands from other continents. They get get to Mexico and head north. Mexico is fine with it so long as they dont stay.

Sounds like things may get exciting in the big cities in the future.

Good thing we spent all that time, money and lives there.

Trying to impose political order on a people not yet ready for it is a hopeless endeavor. The only thing they respect is brutal domination and we won't do that or allow a gov't we support to do that. The Taliban is happy to supply what we will not.

For 20 years we trained the Afghan national forces but we trained them to be dependent on our intelligence, air support, discipline, and command & control. Working with us they were successful at holding the Taliban at bay. Meanwhile, the Taliban was learning how to deal with Afghan national forces supplied with American support. Then we took away our support and wondered why the Afghan national forces collapsed so quickly. Sounds a lot like our exit from South Vietnam to me.

Check for obstruction in the exhaust, like an old dirt dauber nest.

Wars go on and on not because we can’t win but they are run by temporary residents of the White House that have other agendas.

I have a friend here in Maine who is a supervisor with the Border Patrol. They've sent him to the southern border two or three times a year for the past four or five years to lend a hand. I know it's anecdotal and just one man's opinion, but he says things are far worse than anything you'll ever see on TV. He's more frustrated with the media than anyone here ever could be. They're liars and propagandists for the left.

I don't know which is more impressive, this or the ISIS takeover during the administration of 44. What's even more impressive with 46 in the reigns is the speedy takeover of our country through our open southern boarder.

Where will we be sending troops next?

Peaceful
...yeah

Similar to Viet Nam from my take just that there were 10 times as many lost in less years and when we brought the Hmong who fought with us over from the refugee camps in Thailand they have been treated very poorly for the most part. Yes it is tragic that we have failed but for those of us that fought in Nam we have lived with this for 50 years. We will see how those who fought in Afghanistan will feel 30-40 years from now.

Bryce

Not our problem. It's too bad we spent so many lives and so much money there for the last 20 years.

At this rate all the big cities in the US.

We know it want be on the southern border.