.@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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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow
the US media: all Republican bad faith, all the time
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @justinbaragona
Thank you for asking the pointed questions we want answers to.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
However long it takes to do what exactly ??
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
#BidenBringsTroopsHome
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
In the end he says "indefinitely"? 😳
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
How much $$$ is US making in returns?
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
We allow, & continue 2 vote 4, politicians who support th US political contract machine. We did very little real work n Afghanistan; we fed huge graft. Could we do whats right? Should we? Of course. But can we overcome th dirty business? Perhaps we r not American enough 4 that.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
F*ck these war mongering ghouls. Stop giving these psychopaths an audience
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
Send Eli over.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow
The Taliban only put up with “a few thousand forces” because we were on our way out. If we didn’t get out, they would have started attacking the troops requiring another huge troop buildup.
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