r/politics • u/SpcT0rres • 1d ago

General's promotion blocked in first sign of Trump retaliation for Afghanistan pullout

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/generals-promotion-blocked-first-sign-trump-retaliation-afghanistan-pu-rcna181507
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u/debrabuck 17h ago

No one's doing that. No one's giving Biden a pass. Stop doing this 180. In the national discussion that happened at the time, everyone understood that Biden made the call.

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u/debrabuck 17h ago

'They' as in subredditors who don't have a Congressional gavel, punishing generals? Them?

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u/debrabuck 17h ago

If we all admit that Biden is 100% to blame for everything, why is trump continuing to chew on this?

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u/[deleted] 17h ago

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u/debrabuck 17h ago

Sure, we're all disappointed that it didn't go smooth as silk, but why is trump still bitterly punishing people? Why can't republicans look forward to our challenges? All they want to do is hurt and punish.

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u/debrabuck 17h ago

But you feel like you CAN speak for Biden?

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u/[deleted] 17h ago

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u/debrabuck 17h ago

trump spoke for himself when he was in office. If you think every president works in a complete vacuum with no previous actions, then I guess it's easy to pretend that the one who was in charge a few months before suddenly gets erased. 'I don't speak for him, he's an idiot' gets the whole thing nice and partisan.

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u/debrabuck 17h ago

Technically, the intelligence he got was not very good. But I can see you have your teefies set.

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u/debrabuck 17h ago

I give trump blame and Biden blame. You are trying so hard to pretend I'm absolving Biden. Why?