likeaforest@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTrump Just Lost a War for America — No One's Done That Since Nixonwww.dailykos.comexternal-linkmessage-square124linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareHeikki2@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThe way I interpret this is single-handedly lost the war. Afghanistan was over 4 presidents (Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden). The sloppy withdrawal by Biden was die to no planning and a treaty signed by Trump to do so by 2/29/2020.
minus-squarebthest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoIf that’s the case, then Nixon didn’t single handily lose the Vietnam War either. But let’s be real. The Democrat president who inherits this war in 2028 will be the one blamed for loosing it.
minus-squareBouteilleBrune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago The sloppy withdrawal by Biden was a treaty signed by Trump to do so by 2/29/2020.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoTrump is the one who unconditionally surrendered Afghanistan. It’s on him.
The way I interpret this is single-handedly lost the war. Afghanistan was over 4 presidents (Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden). The sloppy withdrawal by Biden was die to no planning and a treaty signed by Trump to do so by 2/29/2020.
If that’s the case, then Nixon didn’t single handily lose the Vietnam War either.
But let’s be real. The Democrat president who inherits this war in 2028 will be the one blamed for loosing it.
Trump is the one who unconditionally surrendered Afghanistan. It’s on him.