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Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by EndBuhariNow(m): 10:04am On Aug 22, 2021
Joe Biden is just a clown ... this has shown Americans that they have a fearful clown as president
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by NairaMaster1(m): 10:05am On Aug 22, 2021
wirinet:


Use your comprehension skills to explain how the imbecilic term in the article referred to Joe Biden.

Sorry, I touched your god.
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by drnoel: 10:05am On Aug 22, 2021
ecolime:
In other words, Biden is a slowpoke cry

The world misses the Presidents President.- J.T Trump

No actually, the person he was referring to was Trump. Being that he Trump was the one that opened that can of worms
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by humilitypays(m): 10:08am On Aug 22, 2021
NoFucksToGive:
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Mumu she said they lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers when they lost 3000 soldiers while over 20k Taliban were killed

Mumu people
is 3000 soldiers not thousands of soldiers


You just want to argue for arguing sake, no tangible reason for disagreement, grow up
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by Blavas(m): 10:10am On Aug 22, 2021
The withdrawal decision was a sick on.you can't abondon people who helped u against the Taliban's to their fate.the afghans have always fought against the talibans
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by YellowbaMoslem: 10:12am On Aug 22, 2021
[quote author=Shimran post=105053799]
Many ways of counterattack!
You claimed to know everything in Islam.
And the west hated it most. They have the power and everything to tackle Islam.
Unfortunately, Islam has that Being who is its Protector.
The west are compassionate unlike the Muslim world. They don't have any intention to tackle Islam, they believe in Freedom of worship unlike you guys that have sworn to implement Sharia and relegate other people's religion. That's how bad Islam is.. it's only Muslims that always wants to tackle other people's religion.

Never will a Muslim support the killing of any human being (irrespective of his belief)
I can't deny the fact of some muslim doing such but let be objective. Nowhere such Muslim can prove their action.

Surah 3:151: “We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve (all non-Muslims) ...”


Surah 9:5: “Then kill the disbelievers (non-Muslims) wherever you find them, capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush ...”


And why are Muslims killing people that changes from Islam to another religion in the name of apostasy?

Have you heard Christians kill their own for changing to Islam?

You can't defend the fact that Islam has failed humanity, but you can't think and see out of the box because you are not that woke.
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by chukxie(m): 10:14am On Aug 22, 2021
Sensational headline by the Op.
This is what Tony Blair was quoted as saying "He said the decision was made "in obedience to an imbecilic slogan about ending 'the forever wars'".
Tony Blair, the incompetent one who sheepishly followed George Bush into the Iraqi war! The same wan.ker under whose command hundreds of British soldiers died in a meaningless war in Iraq! Please!

P.S: Nigerians are commenting on American/ Taliban affairs as though their lives depended on it. Meanwhile Buhari is busy rubbing cow dung on their heads with nobody doing shit about it.

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Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by techWriter1: 10:14am On Aug 22, 2021
In other phrases, Biden is a dawdler The country loses the presidencies President.- J.T Trump

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Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by FakeUnity: 10:17am On Aug 22, 2021
Whenever Tony Blair opens his mouth, you can see sleazy, corrupt, immoral and luciferian garbage flying out of his mouth.

Tony blair is so sleazy, he can cut a deal with the devil himself for a few wads of pound sterling. This guy has been secretly meeting with nigerian politicians (especially the northern muslim mullahs) and taking money from them in corrupt deals in exchange for 'lobbying' programs. Yet opens his rotten mouth to pontificate?

If Tony Blair was still the prime minister of Britain when Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was there, he would have handed him over to Sheik buhari's terrorist government in exchange for money.

Tony Blair is a criminal and evil man who should rot in oblivion. He is the Second worst British PM in history after the infamous Harold Wilson.

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Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by KingOdart(m): 10:18am On Aug 22, 2021
Biglittlelois:
The U.S went there because of Bin Laden, they've successfully killed him, what else do you want from them? They should keep fighting a war which the Afghans are not willing to fight for themselves? They lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers, trillions of dollars, let the U.K do same if they think it is that easy.

American forces only lost 2400 soldiers
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by otokx(m): 10:20am On Aug 22, 2021
The only slowpoke here is Tony Blair, a man who should be behind bars for war crimes.

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Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by WaffenSS(m): 10:22am On Aug 22, 2021
GardenOfGod:
Do you think former President Tump would have been this embarrassing to the world?
Your guess is as good as mine.

Trump has been an embarrassment since he was an embryo.

Besides, this debacle is as much his as Biden's.

Trump parleyed with the Taliban and committed the US to the withdrawal.

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Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by WaffenSS(m): 10:24am On Aug 22, 2021
Uyi168:
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Future American presidents will be thanking Biden for this bold move, no matter how botched it seems.

Future American president's commitment to anyone will be taken with a pinch of salt.

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Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by LordReed(m): 10:24am On Aug 22, 2021
naptu2:
Donald Trump slammed the withdrawal at a rally in Alabama a few hours ago. He said that it made the withdrawal from Vietnam look like a masterstroke. He said that the withdrawal was the most humiliating defeat in US histroy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxpzV1pohYI

LMAO! Trump was the one who signed the deal for the withdrawal. SMH.
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by Uyi168: 10:24am On Aug 22, 2021
WaffenSS:


Future American president's commitment to anyone will be taken with a pinch of salt.

.
True though.

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Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by WaffenSS(m): 10:26am On Aug 22, 2021
mayormick:
Hmm.....seriously, do we all really expect the Americans to stay forever at Afghanistan? What of the American soldiers losing their lives daily, are they also not entitle to their lives. Honestly, Afghanistan is a sovereign state and if after twenty solid years of america presense Talibans still have these much say and activenesss, then something is definitely wrong somewhere. What I know is one way or the other, the american soldiers will definitely leave one day except maybe we are thinking Afghanistan should be rule by American indefinitely.

American war has always been defined by politics back home.

No country has as much a phobia of its troops returning in body bags than America.

Soldiers know what they signed up for: to give their lives for a cause if needs be.

Americans want to have their cake and eat it. They want to change the world, most often with brute force through wars, but they don't want to lose a single soldier.

What a paradox.

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Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by LordReed(m): 10:26am On Aug 22, 2021
WaffenSS:


Future American president's commitment to anyone will be taken with a pinch of salt.


Yes they should no longer be committing to such on-ground interventions, its time to change their foreign policy.
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by WaffenSS(m): 10:29am On Aug 22, 2021
LordReed:


Yes they should no longer be committing to such on-ground interventions, its time to change their foreign policy.

But their entire foreign policy, shrouded in the false veil of universal freedom, is to perpetuate their global dominance.

They cannot contain Iran, China, Russia, North Korea, and global terrorism with an isolationist policy.

America First has always been about a strong foreign policy of American global influence
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by Laurene: 10:37am On Aug 22, 2021
Dobodobo04:
Blair has a point. Biden should have considered the cost of the bare minimum of troops present vs the benefits.

If no allied soldiers has died in 18 months and keeping troops there is at manageable cost, then I won’t have pulled out troops. I would have just considered it as an American outpost, just like they have in Germany, Japan, etc.

But in defence of Biden, moronic Trump started the negotiations with the Taliban and Biden simply honoured the agreement.

In a way, America needs to get out and let Afghanistan stand on its two feet. Like how does Blair defend an Afghan government that can’t put up a resistance, despite the amount of trillions of military aid and training it has had?

Also, the Afghan people who willingly open the gates for Taliban, how do u explain that as well?

My only concern is if Taliban allow foreign Jihadist like Isis and Al Qaeda in, then it’s not worth pulling out.

I’m slightly optimistic because Taliban and western governments are talking. Also, Qatar is KEY. Qatar served as intermediary and western government can always use Qatar’s influence on Taliban to reign in on them. If in few months, Taliban don’t act crazy and somehow stabilise the country, then Biden is a genius.
keyboard warrior grin grin... Mumu... Your opinion ends and dies on this page. Now run back to your shìt hole in ijebu ode.
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by Laurene: 10:42am On Aug 22, 2021
goldman777:
Donald trump was an egoistic madman but he did his naming right Joe Biden is really a sleepy Joe ranting nonsense when the security of America as a nation is vunerable to the terrorist anti American Talibans
grin grin grin grin... Cussing from now to eternity won't uplift the current woeful poverty-ridden state of your generation to come. Trump is living fine and better than your entire dynasty can ever think of. grin grin tongue tongue tongue
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by MisfitHPG: 10:43am On Aug 22, 2021
inoki247:
shebi dem gt Military dey should send British troops there nd goan use dem du Sacrifice....
your ignorance stinks on imbecilic spit,do you know who the british special forces (SAS)are?
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by Empiree: 10:43am On Aug 22, 2021
sanpipita:
Men who created this mess are opening their mouths to talk lol
The only sensible comment so far. Blair that should have been in jail over a decade ago is still talking. Just imagine he's Africa, he would have been in ICC.

And our Nigeria counterparts here are dumb.
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by LordReed(m): 10:46am On Aug 22, 2021
WaffenSS:


But their entire foreign policy, shrouded in the false veil of universal freedom, is to perpetuate their global dominance.

They cannot contain Iran, China, Russia, North Korea, and global terrorism with an isolationist policy.

America First has always been about a strong foreign policy of American global influence

China is gaining influence globally and especially in developing nations yet they have yet to lead any on-ground invasion. Global influence no longer requires on-ground troop interventions, it has not been effective for the US since after the Korean war. The reason the favoured currency of international exchange is the dollar is not because of on-ground troop interventions. I am not saying they should adopt isolationist policies, again using China as example their previous isolationist policies had to be modified so that they could participate in the global community. The US has to modify its foreign policies in the same vein and adopt new tactics to maintain their influence.
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by sanpipita(m): 10:54am On Aug 22, 2021
Empiree:
The only sensible comment so far. Blair that should have been in jail over a decade ago is still talking. Just imagine he's Africa, he would have been in ICC.

And our Nigeria counterparts here are dumb.

Nigerians don't understand genesis of these issues they only react to current matters as the unfold, most Trump lovers here don't even know it's Trump that signed the withdrawal deal with Taliban and even released Taliban fighters
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by Krismas(m): 11:05am On Aug 22, 2021
musicwriter:
Tony Blair is fighting for his legacy in an unnecessary war he started. Note that he's the type of person that would've had more African slaves and never wanted slavery to end. As I speak, he belongs to a clique of white thinkers that believes it was a huge mistake (like he believes of Afghanistan) to allow former British colonies to gain independence. He's among an elitist white think tank working on re-enslaving their former colonies. Check out details on www.africason.com. Look for the article, it's time to abolish the commonwealth of nations
coolCommonwealth is as useless as appendix

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Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by Belawy(m): 11:06am On Aug 22, 2021
YellowbaMoslem:
American soldiers can't be risking their lives to keep Afghanistan a circular state.

The way Taliban overtook kabul shows that Afghan Forces are covertly In support of Talibans, it was so easy.

Let them keep killing women and raping underage girls that have not even started seeing their menstruation in the name of Islam.

Can anything good ever come out of Islam?

MumuHamed (Chaos be upon his name) wherever you are (you are in hell fire anyway) may Demons continue to punish you for bringing this Ebola of a religion to mankind.
You are such big fool and slowpoke
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by mayormick(m): 11:07am On Aug 22, 2021
WaffenSS:


American war has always been defined by politics back home.

No country has as much a phobia of its troops returning in body bags than America.

Soldiers know what they signed up for: to give their lives for a cause if needs be.

Americans want to have their cake and eat it. They want to change the world, most often with brute force through wars, but they don't want to lose a single soldier.

What a paradox.
Yea you have a point though

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Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by efficiencie(m): 11:07am On Aug 22, 2021
Biglittlelois:
The U.S went there because of Bin Laden, they've successfully killed him, what else do you want from them? They should keep fighting a war which the Afghans are not willing to fight for themselves? They lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers, trillions of dollars, let the U.K do same if they think it is that easy.

You can read right? In 18 months they have not lost a single soldier and whilst most agree that a withdrawal from Afghanistan is inevitable but withdrawing the way Biden did is the height of stupidity or outright madness...who pulls out their military before pulling out civilians? Who does that? Only a monumental idiot does that. Biden was so idiotic he was informed by his generals about the possible fall of the Afghan army but he refused to heed their Intel. Now the Taliban has access to the latest weaponry of the US. If in less than 300 days in office Biden can cause this much damage to the US and the world, then we can expect the US to go up in flames by the end of Joe Biden's presidency! Countries like Taiwan and Japan are likely already considering options other than depending on their ally US, why, because an Idiot-in-Chief is in the oval office.
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by Empiree: 11:08am On Aug 22, 2021
sanpipita:


Nigerians don't understand genesis of these issues they only react to current matters as the unfold, most Trump lovers here don't even know it's Trump that signed the withdrawal deal with Taliban and even released Taliban fighters
they are educated illiterates. Their sense of reasoning is clouded by religion or anti certain religious group.

The invaders had their agenda and they know exactly what they are doing but our Africa brothers never learned.
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by RodgersAkpafu: 11:10am On Aug 22, 2021
Smooyis:
Trump would have shown more courage and resistance against the talibans. I miss him in a way.
Trump is a party to this mess in the first place

Keeping troops at 2500and anoincing a definite date of withdrawal was imbecilic
There was no way the withdrawal wont be messed up
Its Afghanistan
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by SmartyPants(m): 11:11am On Aug 22, 2021
mayormick:
Hmm.....seriously, do we all really expect the Americans to stay forever at Afghanistan? What of the American soldiers losing their lives daily, are they also not entitle to their lives. Honestly, Afghanistan is a sovereign state and if after twenty solid years of america presense Talibans still have these much say and activenesss, then something is definitely wrong somewhere. What I know is one way or the other, the american soldiers will definitely leave one day except maybe we are thinking Afghanistan should be rule by American indefinitely.

Allied troops have lost no lives in 18 months
Re: Tony Blair Describes The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan As "Imbecilic" by RodgersAkpafu: 11:15am On Aug 22, 2021
efficiencie:


You can read right? In 18 months they have not lost a single soldier and whilst most agree that a withdrawal from Afghanistan is inevitable but withdrawing the way Biden did is the height of stupidity or outright madness...who pulls out their military before pulling out civilians? Who does that? Only a monumental idiot does that. Biden was so idiotic he was informed by his generals about the possible fall of the Afghan army but he refused to heed their Intel. Now the Taliban has access to the latest weaponry of the US. If in less than 300 days in office Biden can cause this much damage to the US and the world, then we can expect the US to go up in flames by the end of Joe Biden's presidency! Countries like Taiwan and Japan are likely already considering options other than depending on their ally US, why, because an Idiot-in-Chief is in the oval office.
You trumptards dont reason

Biden own intelligence agencies misled him
Saying that the Afghan army can hold out for a couple of months (Which I bet they did deliberately to spite em)
If they did hold
This mess wont be on the table

When you invest billions training an "army"
You expect them to hold the ground
Their refusal to hold the ground is what has led to this desperate frenzy to pack out

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