People in Afghanistan don’t have a national identity like the US does, or Europe. They’re a tribal type culture. It was stupid for those idiots in DC to think they were going to build a strong national identity in people who don’t have that in their culture or history. Add in that the government we propped up was corrupt, and the warlords that run localities are corrupt, why would they fight for that? You can bet that many of them already had deals made with the taliban to lay down their weapons & run away in exchange for money. When I was in Iraq helping train their army, it was the exact same thing. The generals, politicians and career bureaucrats are just too arrogant to learn from history.
this was pretty much the consensus during my time in college. I have since graduated, but during the time I attended both the faculty and the students held to the above belief. no matte how long we stayed it would go back to where it was before we got there, after we were gone. I have no problem with leaving and believe we should have done so years ago, specifically --after Bin Laden was killed. But I feel the way we have left, or are leaving is wrong and shameful.
As to the Afghan women and children. Those who wanted to leave should have been given the opportunity to do so. I do not believe they would have all wanted to come to the U.S. or Europe. I believe some would have wanted to go to Australia, Canada, and even some muslim predominate countries, that is not quite as anti-female as Afghanistan will be when the Taliban take over. You gentlemen who have young daughters or granddaughters. Would you be willing to have them picked up and "married" to a man they didn't know who was 40, 45 years old ?
As to the question ask earlier "where are the female voices that are usually heard" . i.e. the Supreme Court confirmation fiasco, the retiring New York gov, past presidents, bill Cosby, etc, etc. The answer to this is simple, in my opinion. It is not convenient for them!! However, in the last few days some female Hollywood types have spoke out against what is happening there, without saying the name Biden in their speeches ( social media )
My brother has discontinued watching or listening to the news and has become a bit withdrawn. My grandfather who went through this after he returned from Viet Nam, is spending time with him. A lot of fishing and farm work. Every fence has been repaired, every "honey do" on my mother and grandmother list has been done. Their pain is real. This is new to me, but I am today going to call and ask if there are any female veterans that perhaps needs a young, pain in the butt, female around to help take their mind off all of this.
