{"id":324228,"date":"2021-08-14T03:02:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T00:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-aug-14-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-08-14T03:02:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T00:02:06","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-aug-14-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-aug-14-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Aug. 14, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Aug. 14, 2021<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/President-Biden.7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p><strong>The Issue: The Taliban\u2019s resurgence in Afghanistan after President Biden began to pull out American troops.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As much as I do not agree with anything President Biden does, I do not blame him for what is h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening in Afghanistan (\u201cBiden\u2019s Saigon,\u201d Aug. 13).<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump wanted to do the same thing, and if you remember, the Democrats restricted his decision to remove our troops.<\/p>\n<p>How many years are we supposed to be there? How many years of training does Afghanistan\u2019s military need to learn how to defend itself? It was time to go. In fact, it was time years ago.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rick Millman<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Key West, Fla.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We begin to pull out after 20 years in Afghanistan and as soon as we do, the Taliban takes over.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban was in control 20 years ago, before we came in. So what did we do there? What was the point of it all if we changed nothing? How much life was lost for seemingly no change?<\/p>\n<p>Does this set the stage for a return in 20 years, leaving Afghanistan in shambles, no better than it was when we entered?<\/p>\n<p>We either need to step in and do what\u2019s right, or butt out. We do no one any favors by half-doing things. <\/p>\n<p><em>Steve Preziosa<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Deptford, NJ<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s not put all the blame on Sleepy Joe, the commander-in-chief, as he heads to Camp David for the weekend to avoid the press.<\/p>\n<p>The names of all those from US intelligence and the American military members who thought that the war in Afghanistan was going to end up any differently should be published. The fact that many of them still have jobs is criminal.<\/p>\n<p>I watched video of the mooks from Afghan Security Forces marching around over 15 years ago and could\u2019ve told you their heart wasn\u2019t in it.<\/p>\n<p>They couldn\u2019t defend themselves, and they didn\u2019t want to. The Afghan women, who finally got a taste of freedom because of America, should have been armed. They would have fared better.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jake McNicholas<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Whitestone<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I feel that this administration lacks common sense.<\/p>\n<p>Now we watch as the people who have helped us are slaughtered or raped. Find the Taliban and wipe them out with extreme prejudice.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rob Spieler, Montrose<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Vietnam, Iraq and now Afghanistan \u2014 does anyone else see a familiar pattern here?<\/p>\n<p>We fight a war with insurgents, and the enemy waits patiently for us to grow weary of expending blood and money. They know if they hold out, we will quit and go home.<\/p>\n<p>We need to stop nation-building in tribal countries that live a millennium in the past. When we pulled out of Iraq too early, the ISIS \u201cJV team\u201d morphed into first-string all pros.<\/p>\n<p>Taliban terrorists can\u2019t be negotiated with or bribed. By this Sept. 11, we will likely see the last chopper lifting off from the roof of our former Kabul embassy.<\/p>\n<p>The horror we will see afterward will be on us for persuading these people to be our friends and promising to help defend them. <\/p>\n<p><em>Bob Porch<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Marlton, NJ<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If Trump were still in office during the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, he would have returned with guns blazing for such aggression.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Taliban, being well-aware that Biden would be a weak president, waited like a pack of jackals for Trump to leave office.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has once again shown a lack of courage and intelligence and will attempt to buy his way out of this bloodbath, rather than standing up to the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>He has already washed his hands of any responsibility and, in effect, abandoned not only the women and children of Afghanistan, but the many young Americans who sacrificed their lives defending freedom.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nicholas Maffei<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yonkers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I think Biden needs to keep in mind what the philosopher George Santayana once said: \u201cThose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I hope that the evacuation in Afghanistan is not foreshadowing another lousy deal with Iran.<\/p>\n<p><em>Martin Garfinkle<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Staten Island<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? Send your thoughts (along with your full name and city of residence) to letters@nypost.com. Letters are subject to editing for clarity, length, accuracy and style.<\/strong>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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As much as I do not agree with anything President Biden does, I do not blame him for what is happening in Afghanistan (\u201cBiden\u2019s Saigon,\u201d Aug. 13). Former President Donald Trump&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":324229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/President-Biden.7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[114188,72315,991,72133,72318,72597],"class_list":["post-324228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-8-13-21","tag-afghanistan","tag-joe-biden","tag-letters-to-the-editor","tag-taliban","tag-terrorism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}