Washington's aim in Afghanistan is preventing it from becoming a hub for terrorists who want to attack the US — it's with these words that Donald Trump sent social media into a full on meltdown.
While journalists, politicians and other users went from yet again ridiculing the US president's speech…
Trump said he "Studied Afghanistan in great detail"…
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) August 22, 2017
Which means someone showed him where Afghanistan was on a map…
Three times.
…to throwing back to his previous "popular" political moves.
Trump says Afghanistan and Pakistan pose the worst terrorist threat to America. Interesting his travel ban applies to neither country.
— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) 22 августа 2017 г.
Caption this photo👇
— Shuja Rabbani (@ShujaRabbani) 22 августа 2017 г.
Trump: There goes my strategy on Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/cjkhPxbKSN
While Trump went as far as to call upon Pakistan to "do more" on the issue — it's the country's star-politician Imran Khan who slapped the call, reminding of just how much Islamabad has already done.
We fought 2 wars in Afghanistan at the US behest paying heavy human and economic costs both times. We sacrificed 70000 Pak lives in US WOT https://t.co/la4x0M9nTW
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) 22 августа 2017 г.
Many users expressed doubt in Trump’s decision as commander in chief suggesting that his military decision raises many political and security concerns. Some questioned POTUS' abilities of making "sound military decisions" when it comes to Afghanistan.
Do you trust Donald Trump as commander in chief to make sound militarily decisions with our troops in Afghanistan?
— Simar (@sahluwal) 21 августа 2017 г.
Asking for more India's involvement in Afghanistan is a sure recipe for more disaster. 1/2
— Abdul Basit (@abasitpak1) 22 августа 2017 г.
While there were others who pointed out that the US president did not give out any concrete details of this new strategy.
3 prerequisites for any Trump policy announcement (e.g. Afghanistan):
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) 22 августа 2017 г.
1. Never admit Obama did anything right.
2. Say 'win.'
3. No numbers.
You can't announce a strategy that relies on complicated diplomacy with Pakistan/India/Afghanistan when you're firing all the diplomats.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) 22 августа 2017 г.
Then there was of course the reminder by one user that Afghanistan had not bombed or waged war against the US. Osama bin Ladin was a Saudi national. Hence, this animosity toward Afghanistan was somewhat unclear for this social media user.
Casual reminder that Afghanistan has bombed and attacked the US exactly zero times.
— d ford (@derekrford) 22 августа 2017 г.
What trump pretty much said: American troops are staying in Afghanistan, no specifics, adding more troops, no specifics on numbers. End.
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) 22 августа 2017 г.
Afghanistan has long experienced significant political, social and security-related instability, as terrorist organizations, including Daesh and Taliban, continue to stage attacks against civilian and military targets.
The United States and its allies launched a military operation in Afghanistan in 2001 following the 9/11 terror attacks. The mission in Afghanistan ended on December 28, 2014. On January 1, 2015, NATO announced its new mission in the country, called Resolute Support, to train and assist Afghan security forces.
