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Birchest β€” 5 years ago(November 14, 2020 04:04 PM)

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-withdrawal-memo-chris-miller-2020-11
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper was hesitant to withdraw additional US troops from Afghanistan, sending a classified memo about his worries to the White House earlier this month, according to a Washington Post report published Friday evening.
The Defense Department did not immediately return a request for comment.
Trump campaigned on withdrawing US troops from combat operations overseas, tweeting that US forces in Afghanistan would be "home by Christmas!"
News of Esper's reported memo comes as his temporary successor, acting defense secretary Chris Miller, issued a Friday memo for Defense Department employees saying, "it's time to come home," from the war against Al Qaida.
Miller's memo, obtained by McClatchy's Washington, DC bureau, explained that "we are not a people of perpetual war β€” it is the antithesis of everything for which we stand and for which our ancestors fought."
"All wars must end," it added.
Donald Trump was the peace candidate. You guys voted for more war.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/topic/22229/https-www-businessinsider-com-us-withdrawal-memo-chris-miller-2020-11RSS for NodeTue, 12 May 2026 16:59:07 GMTSat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to https://www.businessinsider.com/us-withdrawal-memo-chris-miller-2020-11 on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:22 GMT]]>zealous corn β€” 5 years ago(November 16, 2020 10:14 PM)

Sure. We all believe that all war must end, but it's never going to happen because men love wars. (until they're actually fighting for real).

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/234210https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/234210Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to https://www.businessinsider.com/us-withdrawal-memo-chris-miller-2020-11 on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:22 GMT]]>𝐸𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒢𝑅𝑒𝓃𝑒—𝒫𝓇𝒾𝒸𝑒 βœ¨πŸ’«πŸ’œπŸ’«βœ¨ β€” 5 years ago(November 16, 2020 02:04 PM)

The peace candidate who sics the military on protesters and encourages the kidnapping of the governor of Michigan? That peace candidate?
Oh How braindead the righties have become.
"You had me at Elk Tartare"
-Erin Wotherspoon

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/234209https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/234209Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to https://www.businessinsider.com/us-withdrawal-memo-chris-miller-2020-11 on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:22 GMT]]>Cerridwen β€” 5 years ago(November 16, 2020 01:14 PM)

Going the
Ender's Game
route to winning wars, I see.
Hark! Harold the angel sings.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/234208https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/234208Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to https://www.businessinsider.com/us-withdrawal-memo-chris-miller-2020-11 on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:22 GMT]]>MortSahlFan β€” 5 years ago(November 16, 2020 12:24 PM)

right-winged Democrats (99% of Democrats) forget he voted for every single war, every bad trade deal… He votes with the right-winged on EVERY important issue.
Trump had a bi-partisan bill on his desk (Sanders-Lee) to end the Yemeni genocide. He vetoed it.
https://www.patreon.com/LoyalOpposition

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/234207https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/234207Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to https://www.businessinsider.com/us-withdrawal-memo-chris-miller-2020-11 on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:21 GMT]]>Poingou3 β€” 5 years ago(November 16, 2020 10:54 AM)

Worth remembering: Trump was a vocal opponent of the Iraq War, Joe Biden voted for it.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/234206https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/234206Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to https://www.businessinsider.com/us-withdrawal-memo-chris-miller-2020-11 on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:21 GMT]]>Supa Soulja β€” 5 years ago(November 15, 2020 08:56 PM)

Trump had 4 years to end the Afghanistan War. If he really wanted to, he could have done it. This is just Trump trying to set himself up for another run.

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