>>>>>CNN 1206 EST today There have been at least two explosions near a gate at Kabul's airport that "resulted in a number of US & civilian casualties," the Pentagon says.
>>>>>UK Defense Ministry says no UK military or government casualties were reported following blasts
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>>>>I knew Biden would be bad. But not this bad, and not this quickly.
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>>>I am also not happy with the situation. But Biden (and Trump as well!) inherited something having no good exit option. Going after Al-Queda after 9/11 was justified (IMO) and at least a political necessity. Bush invading Iraq changed the theme for the whole area and depending on military rebuilding gov was wrong tool to use IMO. Errors made early on are often hard to repair and costly, but pressure after 9/11 was high...
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>>As I said before, Joe was in senate leadership at the time and fully supported the whole mid-east debacle, so it's fitting that he take the heat as it unravels.
>>The death count in this Afghan withdrawal is dwarfed by the number of innocent people slaughtered by the US in these wars.
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>As usual, reported out of proportion. Remember the head count for Vietnam? Few dozen thousand vs couple of million, but media space was the other way round.

Indeed, but those US GI's - most of them draftees - still gave their lives or their capabilities in that senseless war at huge costs to themselves and their families and we have to honor them and their memories even as we mourn the millions of innocent people who died there.
Yes we killed millions over there and there will be an accounting for that but walking through a VA hospital here in the US and talking to the maimed Vietnam guys will give you an idea of that war's cost here - it's awful.
I often think that if Dante were alive now he'd conjure up a new Bolgia for people who start or encourage conflicts with risks to others but with no risks to themselves.
The great poet would have had a name for them I'm sure ... mine is bleeped out.
I like to think that he'd have raised the temperature there several magnitudes.