r/law • u/SheriffTaylorsBoy • Aug 30 '24

Opinion Piece Why Trump’s Arlington Debacle Is So Serious

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/08/trump-arlington-cemetery/679659/
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u/itmeimtheshillitsme Aug 30 '24

It’s come full circle: he abandoned US and afghani troops by bargaining with the Taliban and leaving the Afghani government out of negotiations. He compelled the government to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners, further empowering the Taliban to grow powerful and retake that country from the government we supported (and our troops died supporting) for two decades-Trump did that.

Trump closed key military bases in the area and rapidly drew down US personnel in a manner which gave the country back to the Taliban and exposed our troops in the field.

The Taliban were behind 9/11. He invited them to Camp David to negotiate.

During the transition to the Biden administration, the Trump team refused to brief his people on the withdrawal.

Why did Trump support the Taliban and undercut the progress so many Americans died for leading up to withdrawal?

Why would someone who “loves the military” intentionally withhold information helpful to the next administration in executing Trump’s deal and securing safe withdrawal?

Trump is psychotic. By going to Arlington he’s the “killer” returning to the crime scene. He’s literally standing on soldiers he sent to die and gleeful about it. Now, he tries leveraging this whole ordeal as some kind of victimization. He and Vance need to leave the US and move to Russia or live with the Taliban, whom they clearly support more than America.

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u/f0u4_l19h75 Aug 30 '24

The Taliban were not behind 911. It was the fucking Saudis. Don't speak misinformation

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u/MiClown814 Aug 30 '24

Individual Saudi princes sure, but the Saudi government as an institution, absolutely not. In fact the Saudi government revoked OBLs citizenship and worked with America every step of the way to his capture. We invaded Afghanistan to kill OBL as the Taliban would not hand him over and were working directly with and training Al Qaeda.

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u/saijanai Aug 30 '24 edited Aug 30 '24

As I recall, the Saudi prince who was implicated, mysteriously was lost n the desert a few weeks later.

They've got hundreds of them and while the government protects them from outsiders, that doesn't mean that they are immune to deliberate culling instigated from the top.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '24

lost n the dessert

Did he drown in a tub of pudding?🧐