I don't agree the US should be at war with Afghanistan, but last time I checked Trump was the one that decided to pull them out of there... Biden ultimately opted to commit to the withdrawal plan. Ironically, while hastily done this is one of the things I think was good action by Trump and later Biden.
"Last year, Trump negotiated an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw all U.S. forces by May 1 of 2021. That's less than two months away. Not represented in that agreement were members of the Afghan government. They're now negotiating with the Taliban. Meanwhile, President Biden, having inherited the Trump deal, faces some tough choices, as my guest, Dexter Filkins, explains in his new piece in The New Yorker. If Biden succeeds in pulling out troops, he will end a forever war. But with U.S. troops gone, civil war could flare up, the Taliban could take over and the war Americans fought could be deemed a failure."
As for why Trump is suddenly pushing to go back (to do ?) and criticising the decision to withdraw? I'm stumped... but fair to say it's absurd.
I don't want to come across too debatey here but not all of his crimes were book-keeping errors either. His full track record of cases are listed here. Date back to 70's - starting with discrimination cases against black renters. From 1980's he's been accused of 25 sexual assaults (not all were found to be just allegations either). From these cases, one includes the alleged rape of a 13 year old girl (1994, individual's identity was protected). Rape (and later defamation) of Jean Carrol is another:
"a jury found Trump was liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her by falsely denying it, which impacted on her reputation.
Trump was not found liable for rape but rather for sexual abuse. However, when Trump later filed a countersuit against Carroll, the judge dismissed it and said Carroll’s rape accusation was “substantially true”. In total, Carroll was awarded $88 million in damages."
Accused of sexually assaulting a reporter (2005), the stormy daniels one, the 'grab them by the pussy' thing... and that's just a shortlist of his notable sexual assault incidents.
He defrauded students through Trump University (university determined to be a scam). Other unproven but concerning cases too such as Mueller's investigation (2016) that found some of Trump's associates colluded with Russia to interfere with the 2016 election campaign (Trump himself didn't end up with a conviction). Charged with trying to overturn Georgia election results, the capital riot case too.
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On Palestine, I really don't want to delve too much into that (I can talk about it for days and will probably veer off into topics unrelated to this thread). I don't want to insult you in saying this, but I think you are currently quite misinformed / a little naive as to what's happened over the last 80 years in that region (modern day situation largely impacted by last 20-30). Here's an old video with Netanyahu as a starter. In it he also discusses how he sees the US being easily moved / easy to manipulate and thinks they won't oppose continued escalation.
I also am a bit taken back by the comment of countries being weak by calling out indiscriminate bombing of Gazans as a genocide (it's also now officially been classed as such). It can't possibly have been weak to out genocide by the Khmer Rouge (cambodia), Hutu militias (Rwanda genocide) and Nazis. Israel even bombed Hamas diplomatic negotiators in Qatar to shut down recent peace / diplomatic efforts. (this is a major theme over the duration of the conflict, particularly during Netanyahu's reign). I personally think it is much weaker to sit idly by and echo everything the US says when they are heavily influenced by AIPAC, religious narratives (rapture) and motives to keep the Middle East a destabilised mess. That said, US has flipped back and forth at different points in time, but they are currently doubling down.
If you are keen to look into the Israel-Palestine conflict (particularly from recent years) the below short documentary (30 min) shows the situation for Palestinian's under Israeli occupation in the West Bank. This predates oct 7, 2023 and touches on military settlements / displacement / violence / apartheid that's featured increasingly throughout the conflict. This one is actually by Sky News, believe it or not... Countless other documentaries that delve more into the full history post ww2-current; if you're interested let me know im happy to share them.
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