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Afghanistan
Rubio: Outcome of war in Afghanistan is 'going to be a terrible thing,' Taliban will 'take over'
2021-04-15
[JUSTTHENEWS] Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio
...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida...
 told Just the News that the outcome of the war in Afghanistan is going to be a "terrible thing," predicting that the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
 will take over the country.Rubio, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was reacting to the Biden administration's reported plans to announce a withdrawal from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021.

"What they've announced is that they're going to stick with President Trump's decision with regards to Afghanistan," Rubio said on Tuesday. "Look, the outcome is going to be a terrible thing. The Taliban, I believe, will eventually take over the country, as they were in charge before, and it's not going to be a good outcome.

"The flip side of it is that I'm not sure what the pathway to a better future in the near term was, and, you know, given all the other needs we're facing around the world, you know, once President Trump made that decision, I think the die was cast in that regard."



Posted by:Fred

#13  Unless we are willing to unleash the slaughter we did on Germany and Japan in WWII... we will never win.

Get out and let them kill each other. If a Bin Laden starts rising again, kill him then stay out.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-04-15 20:46  

#12  What about Pakistan? The two have to be "fixed" (whatever that means!) at the same time as the Pashtuns straddle the border.
Posted by: magpie   2021-04-15 19:24  

#11  Geo. Voinovich, Jr? Did Rubio start crying?

"going to be a terrible thing" -So? And not for our troops it's not...shoulda been outta there years and years ago.
Posted by: Clem   2021-04-15 16:30  

#10  who cares? if they want to live like that, let them. if they harbor terrorists, strike there. they dont want to live like us. stop forcing it. 20 with nothing to show for it but debt and death.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2021-04-15 13:50  

#9  Rubio needs to tell us how many decades are necessary. We've tried 20 years without making a deep dent in their mindset, would another 20 satisfy Rubio? 40? or should we make Afghanistan a state so we could threaten to withdraw highway funds if they don't stop fighting?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2021-04-15 12:53  

#8  Next time - skip the nation building. Bounce the rubble twice, then go home.
It's the will of Alan!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-04-15 12:41  

#7  So what! Crater the airports, blow the bridges and let them live like they want.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2021-04-15 11:52  

#6  let them have it
Posted by: Chris   2021-04-15 10:42  

#5  /\....large parking lots.

"Parking lots" in Pakistan. That should do it.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-04-15 09:55  

#4  Well, next time make their base of operation a very large parking lot.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-04-15 09:52  

#3  We won. Let's go home now.
Posted by: Threreth Clomolet4461   2021-04-15 04:00  

#2  It is already a 'terrible thing'.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-04-15 02:56  

#1  George Voinovich Jr.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2021-04-15 02:05  

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