Comments by "" (@pwillis1589) on "Afghanistan situation 'greatest failure' of Western democracies in recent memory: Alan Jones" video.

  1.  @paulb4241  Do you know what those conditions were? I do let's see if you get them right.
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  2.  @onisti2635  Just a minor factcheck here. Can you please reference the paragraph in the four page document that President Trump signed with the Taliban in Feb 20 for the withdrawal of all US forces by May 21 where it says "we will blow you to bits if you try anything" I can't find it. It is published on the State Department website. Thanks.
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  3.  @onisti2635  I'm just a little confused by your logic, but just suppose for a minute the Taliban broke their part of the withdrawal agreement, what makes you think that any offensive action by the US would achieve anything more than the previous 20 years of action?
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  4.  @onisti2635  All I asked was for some actual facts to be used when forming a conclusion, I'm certainly not tying to change anyone's mind. I make no judgement on Trumps decision to withdraw out of Afghanistan and at this point while I admit the optics are not good no Americans have been injured or killed in the rush to leave Afghanistan in the last week or so I'm not so sure what Biden has done that is so bad in your opinion. You are the one hopelessly mired in parochial politics not me.
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  5.  @onisti2635  And in that comment you show the level of the utter stupidity of parochial politics in the US now.
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  6. Why does Trump get a free pass? Trump signed the withdrawal agreement with the enemy.
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  7.  @conservative8989  Yes agreed. I just think the situation needs to be put in the factual historical context.
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  8.  @conservative8989  To be fair the original comment called for Biden to be put before the courts, now I understand the nonsensical nature of the that comment as a sitting President can't be prosecuted before a court they can only be impeached and then judged by the senate, however the point being was Biden needs to be punished for the withdrawal from Afghanistan only makes sense if you punish the previous three presidents as well.
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  9.  @conservative8989  Things have gotten confused here, my comment was to El Chapo's original comment about Biden being punished. I agree with you I don't think Biden has done enything particularly wrong.
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  10. You do realise President Trump signed the withdrawal deal with the Taliban in Doha February last year. Yeah that's right he signed a deal with the enemy not even the Afgan government. No surprise it has gone pear shaped.
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  11.  @granabiss_  I'm sure in your head you thought your analogy was clever or insightful.
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  12.  @granabiss_  Yes and I understand the vague if somewhat vacuous reference to a 1980s TV sitcom. Hilarious. I'm sure everyone is rolling over in laughter in the isles. Do you get much work as a comedian? You should stick to it, because you have little to contribute to an adult conversation about geo-politics.
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  13. You do understand Trump made the stairs Biden fell down. Trump signed the deal with the enemy to withdraw all US forces by May 21. He even boasted about how it couldn't be changed. So the US foreign policy failure in Afghanistan rests on President Trumps shoulders as much as BIden or Obama or Bush. They all share the blame. I mean how knowledgeable are you on the subject? Does your memory only go back the last 2 minutes? or are you completely blind to to even the mildest of criticism of Trump.
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  14.  @onisti2635  A press conference is proof of nothing, I have no doubt he made that statement that was not my question. If you are using press conferences as a means of reliability and truth then how do you rationalise Trumps press conference where he promised to build a wall on the Mexican border and have Mexico pay for it, neither of which he managed to do. He tried but he failed, by your logic why would you trust him to bomb or attack the Taliban. Seems a pretty flawed argument to me. I bet you I could go back through Trumps press conferences and find numerous statements he made that he didn't complete. I could do the same for Biden or any politician for that matter. Do you actually have any factual points to make or just parochial opinion?
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  15.  @paulb4241  I might also add that in 2020 Trump reduced US forces from 16000 to 2500 virtually guaranteeing the situation now.
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  16.  @paulb4241  And finally we agree. I have been a soldier for 35 years and this is my first lost war, so forgive me for being a bit snarky and short. I completely respect your opinion.
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  17.  @MOTORCYCLES-ANDGUNS  Your nonsensical rant is the perfect example of the stupidity of parochial American politics.
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  18.  @ara2805  Every comment or reply I made can be independently verified as factual you moronic clown.
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  19.  @ara2805  That's it, that's all you have, your justification for calling me stupid is the crowds Trump attracted to his campaign rallies. LMFAO. It is well documented that large groups from those rallies would follow Trump around, there is news footage of them being interviewed at multiple rallies. That's not to take anything away from Trump he sure puts on a good show. I'm not defending Biden 81 million people voted for him, all states conducted independent audits of those results and in some cases counted the votes three times. Trumps own Department of Justice conducted an investigation and declared it the most free and fair election in US history and the 90 odd cases brought before the courts including the US Supreme Court were all tossed out.
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  20.  @ara2805  All you need to do is look on the State Department website and it gives you the exact details of the withdrawal agreement signed with the Taliban in Feb 20 in Doha. Trump then did a deal with the Afgan government to release 5000 Taliban prisoners for the release of 1000 Afgan soldiers. Trump reduced the US military in Afghanistan from 16000 down to 2500 during his term. None of this is even in debate it is all common knowledge, what exactly are you in denial about?
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  21.  @ara2805  You didn't even read it, no where in the four page agreement signed in Doha Feb 20, does it mention American or Afghan alllies it only explicitly mentions the withdrawal of US forces, there was nothing in Trumps plan, I repeat nothing about withdrawing US citizens. The government doesn't even know how many US citizens are there. So when you realised your ignorance and had made a complete fool of yourself on a public platform you reduce your argument to personal abuse, that was super clever. I made no defence of the part the Biden administration performance has played. Worst of all using the death of US soldiers to make a point, that is just low life cowardly grub like act. 64 US soldiers died in Afghanistan 2017-20 the four years of the Trump administration how many of those do you blame on Trump?
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  22.  @ara2805  I have replied three times with an attached link and each time youtube or Skynews has deleted the reply. So go to the Wikipedia entry for Doha agreement and in the first paragraph there is a reference link to state department. I have no idea why this is being done, but it is their platform and channel so they can do what they like.
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  23.  @ara2805  I understand the easy option is to just brush it away as an inconvenient fact, and I have tried twice again see if it works this time, I am not doing this to be annoying or make a point, merely to be educational.
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  24.  @ara2805  Biden is far from being the most popular president ever as his electoral collage vote was the same as Trumps. Reagan, Nixon, and Roosevelt all had significantly larger wins than Trump or Biden. Georgia had three recounts and was certified by the Republican run state legislative. I'm not a Democrat. The reason the total vote in Georgia swung around was postal votes were not allowed by law to be counted until 7 am on the 3rd and postal votes totalled more than in person votes so they took longer to count. Finally yes Bidens popularity is running at something like -4 is of no concern for me as I'm not a Democrat. He will have his four years and may or may not get re-elected. It will be interesting if Trump runs again. What I find interesting is in the 2016 election when Clinton lost to Trump there was no hissyfit by the Democrats about losing considering the electoral college vote was the same , Clinton conceded and we all moved on, even in the very close 2000 election which was down to 900 votes in Florida once the courts made the decision Gore conceded and the country moved on. Is it you feel you are entitled to your choice because of some sort of idea that only your opinion counts, because that's not how a democracy works.
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  25. How does Trump get a free pass, I mean he sighed the withdrawal deal with the enemy.
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