Posts by Rocketman123

so, there's been a lot of talk on social media, blaming trump for the current crisis that began at the weekend.. it's a load of bullsh!t from deluded people who are desperate to blame anyone but joe biden, the idiot they voted for or at least wanted to win last november.. there is only one person, just one person, to blame: joe biden.. he has the heavy burden of making tough presidential decisions.. and after this debacle, it's reasonable to ask if he's up to making such decisions..

Rocketman123

Here is an in depth recent article to how and when the withdraw of the US got started back in 2020, there are legal documents to look at as well.

I think the election followed by the change of government and the Covid virus problem took focus away from the situation in Afghanistan

https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/

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The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is completely Joe Biden's fault, nobody else's

by LoveUniHateExams in

so, there's been a lot of talk on social media, blaming trump for the current crisis that began at the weekend.. it's a load of bullsh!t from deluded people who are desperate to blame anyone but joe biden, the idiot they voted for or at least wanted to win last november.. there is only one person, just one person, to blame: joe biden.. he has the heavy burden of making tough presidential decisions.. and after this debacle, it's reasonable to ask if he's up to making such decisions..

Rocketman123

Seems like the only organization that was well prepared in anticipation of the US pull out was the Taliban itself ???

The background problem the US had is how much more cost $$$ and lives were they willing to make or in the US's best interests to act as a police force against the Taliban possible activity within the county ?

The will to block out the Taliban was simply not there by many in the Afghan government officials with its created military heads.

That preparedness was not implemented to a level which was needed and the ending result is what happened.

Maybe the years there by the US will not be total loss, perhaps the Taliban has evolved toward not being such a brutal oppressive organization ?

I guess we will find out in the months to come.

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Need help...Resurrection JW beliefs from the 50'6 and 60's.

by Snoozy in

was talking with a gal that is most likely going back to the religion after 20 or 30 years.

we got into a discussion about having babies after "armageddon ".

she was talking about being normal ( she is practically bedridden but only in her 50's.

Rocketman123

Pretty hard to argue with a wanting delusion

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Why is there a large cat in this picture?

by slimboyfat in

i wonder if anyone can explain this.

ezekiel 34:25 says .

and i will make a covenant of peace with them, and i will rid the land of vicious wild beasts, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forests.. the land is said to be rid of vicious wild beasts, so why does the watchtower picture in the new pure worship book show a large predatory cat on the tree in this picture?

Rocketman123

Black panthers are warm cuddly creatures

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Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

by fulltimestudent in

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in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

will the taliban behave differently this time ?

Rocketman123

Thanks fulltimestudent

The question remains did the US really accept and foreknow this was the way how things would were going to transpire ?

Intelligence ?

Where was Nato ?

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Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

by fulltimestudent in

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in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

will the taliban behave differently this time ?

Rocketman123

I'd like to know where and what happened to the Afghan government military force , there haven't been much fighting by this force ?

Did they put on their civilian cloths and leave the country ?

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“Well at least he doesn’t make mean tweets”

by minimus in

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i asked a tennis friend this morning what he thought about what’s going on in afghanistan and he said it was terrible.

he was a military man and identifies as a middle of the road republican.

he supported most of trump’s policies but voted for biden because he couldn’t take trump’s mean tweets.

Rocketman123

I'd like to know where and what happened to the Afghan government military force , there haven't been much fighting by this force ?

Did they put on their civilian cloths and leave the country ?

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Splane's "Apostate" talk transcript

by FFGhost in

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for any who can't (like me) muster the masochism necessary to sit through an 18-or-so hour commentary on a 30 minute talk from a certain famous/infamous commentator, here is a link to a transcript from splane's saturday afternoon "apostate" talk:.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/ot7z2e/splanes_apostate_rant_transcription/.

there are many topics worthy of consideration, but this particular section really stood out to me:.

Rocketman123

And some who aren’t really apostates can cause just as much trouble as the apostates do by their negative talk and criticism. - David Splane

If someone criticizes or makes negative talk about the activity or established rules of conduct made by the organization isn't that theoretically being an apostate ?

Well at least that's what I thought .