Samir said most college-educated Afghans he knows, and those who worked in the country’s former government, don’t like Joe Biden because of how he handled the withdrawal of US troops in 2021. “They left us and our lives in danger,” he said.

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    9 months ago

    What kind of manipulative headline is that?

    Trump negotiated the details of the withdrawal, he just made it happen outside of his window.

    Biden, just followed through with the agreement Trump had already made.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    She decorated her dining table green, to celebrate spring, and made haft mewa, an Afghan dish prepared with seven different dried fruits and nuts, which her husband loves.

    Zuhra, who asked to be identified only by her first name for fear of reprisal for speaking to the press, arrived in southern California in November 2022, a little more than a year after the US’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

    Beatrice Kihagi, Tiyya’s family services specialist, explains that having community support makes the challenges of living in one of the most expensive parts of the US more manageable.

    He worked on agriculture and infrastructure projects for USAid, the United States Agency for International Development, across the southern province of Uruzgan.

    As the US weighs who should occupy the White House come January 2025, Samir said most college-educated Afghans he knows, and those who worked in the country’s former government, don’t like Joe Biden because of how he handled the withdrawal of US troops in 2021.

    Samir said he’s concerned about illegal immigration and worries that people without the proper paperwork – something he waited for – will have a more difficult journey settling in the US, and that they will compete for resources he depends on.


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    WTF

    Trump was the one that signed the agreement that led to the withdrawal, and that led to it being done in such a rushed and fucked-up fashion. He actually bragged about Biden being unable to legally stop the pull-out (not that that means it’s true, but in this case there was a lot of truth to what Trump was saying). It was always going to be a shit show, but Trump’s agreements before he left office led to it being more of a disaster than it needed to be.

    Are these Afghans who live in the United States Muslim? Or Arab? If so, they might have a real hard time under Trump’s second term. Are they citizens, or just residents? I mean, I can fully agree with “yo the US military fucked us” as their complaint, but “and that’s why we want a second Trump term” as a solution is like punching yourself in the dick because your pants don’t fit the way you want them to. It’s not directly related, it’s unlikely to help, and it’s likely to cause additional problems.