.@mehdirhasan: Why should thousands of US troops stay in Afghanistan indefinitely, or even a few more months, to fight an unwinnable war with the Taliban on behalf of people who aren't interested in fighting it? @EliLake: Because a stalemate is preferable to a Taliban takeover.
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Mehdi: "Why should we believe [the generals] when they now try and corner a fourth president into staying for 'just a few more years! Victory is just around the corner!'?" Eli: "Well, I didn't say victory. I said stalemate."
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Mehdi: “Just to be clear for our viewers, Eli: Were you saying that we should be there for another 20 years, or for how long?” Eli: “However long it takes...”

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Mike Pompeo less than a month ago July 16 2021. He had confidence in Afghanistan forces breitbart.com/news/pompeo-af…
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Billions of dollars a month indefinitely is too high of a price to pay!
Russia was paying bounties to Taliban for the lives of American soldiers. This guy isn't living in reality. It was a quagmire, and corruption was rampant.
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Eli is a neocon , he has been concern trolling about Afghan civilians while he advocating for indefinite occupation. There are a lot of these hacks around
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I rest my case. Fvckin' lunatics.
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But it's not a small footprint. It's taxpayer $billions every year that goes to bribing Afghan leaders, it's financially supporting the Taliban to pretend they've gone away, it's an opportunity 4 corrupt people like Bush, Cheney, Trump/Putin, Pompeo to lie to the American public.
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Boot up, sign up, man up @EliLake ....if you want young men to risk their lives indefinitely in a far off land, then grow a pair and join them.
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Is he willing to send his children and grandchildren? I guessing not.
No thanks, my life isn't expendable and I'm already disabled from serving...tell big boy to go serve there himself.
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Literally had this convo with Eli the other day 🤦🏾‍♂️
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