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Want to see GOP hypocrisy in full bloom?

Aug 27, 2004
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https://www.salon.com/2021/08/16/rn...l-for-us-troops-to-withdraw-from-afghanistan/

e Republican National Committee was caught attempting to quietly erase history on Sunday when a page on GOP.com praising former President Donald Trump's "historic peace agreement with the Taliban" was deleted as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban.

The Washington Post's Dave Weigel first noticed the apparent takedown, which an RNC spokesperson later billed as a routine update to the website.

"How quickly can the politics around Afghanistan change? Here's a section on the RNC's website in June; click it now, and you get a 404 error." Weigel added alongside an image of the dated page.


Hours later, RNC spokesperson Mike Reed said the site's page was missing due to the GOP operation launching a new website and the old content not being carried over.

"This is so dishonest," Reed tweeted. "We launched a new website last week… some of the old posts haven't been carried over yet. Go look… all blog/research pieces from years ago aren't there. But good try attempting to divert attention from the folks actually in charge of this disaster."

Additionally, on Sunday evening, Trump called for Biden to "resign in disgrace" over his role in withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.

"It is time for Joe Biden to resign in disgrace for what he has allowed to happen to Afghanistan, along with the tremendous surge in COVID, the Border catastrophe, the destruction of energy independence, and our crippled economy," Trump declared in a statement. "It shouldn't be a big deal, because he wasn't elected legitimately in the first place!"

Notably, as the situation quickly unravels in Afghanistan, many Republicans are already flipping on positions about withdrawing troops from the region held only months ago.


On Monday afternoon, President Joe Biden, amid backlash from both the political right and left, is slated to address the nation from the White House regarding the Taliban taking control of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. As United States personnel attempted to make a last-ditch effort to evacuate Kabul on Sunday, Afghan refugees could be seen being tossed off the side of a US aircraft as they tried to cling onto the side upon takeoff.



ZACHARY PETRIZZO​

 
Heard a former 30+ year military vet on KMOX this afternoon, he said anyone who thought negotiating with the Taliban was going to work was where the blame started and ended. All administrations. What a mess.
 
Both Obama and Trump tried to bribe …I mean negotiate with the Taliban. That is nothing new or unknown to most who pay attention . Standard procedure as long as we maintained a small troop presence and support for the Afghan army the country would of been somewhat stable.
Pulling out and running away is a disgusting and cowardly decision. But not a surprising one.
 
Heard a former 30+ year military vet on KMOX this afternoon, he said anyone who thought negotiating with the Taliban was going to work was where the blame started and ended. All administrations. What a mess.
What was our mission there and when should it end? It was NEVER to stay there forever to keep their girls in school and their women treated like humans. THAT is up to the Afghan army and they ran like a scared rabbit the minute said we were leaving. If 20 years isn't enough what is? How could our intelligence people know the Afghan army would just lay down the weapons we gave them and walk away so easily? Why should we keep ANY American troops in a place like that?
 
What was our mission there and when should it end? It was NEVER to stay there forever to keep their girls in school and their women treated like humans. THAT is up to the Afghan army and they ran like a scared rabbit the minute said we were leaving. If 20 years isn't enough what is? How could our intelligence people know the Afghan army would just lay down the weapons we gave them and walk away so easily? Why should we keep ANY American troops in a place like that?

He said pretty much along those very lines in that when we went there 20 years ago it was to fight terrorism and responding to 9/11. And that should have been it.

The whole thing make you realize we won the lottery on when/where we were born
 
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