Biden Faces Mounting Criticism As The Taliban Takes Control Of Afghanistan

President Biden addressed the nation Monday afternoon to outline new goals for America's military mission in Afghanistan, as dramatic scenes of the Taliban's takeover of Kabul prompted harsh criticism of the president's withdrawal plan. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
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[@lisaburger4389]

Make all the jokes you want…. They screwed up and left tens of thousands to die!!!

[@JESUSISLORDforever888]

And they left our equipment over there to do it!!!!

[@proffesionalretard]

Left their allies there too, cheers for that Biden 🇬🇧

[@godisaliveglobalismisdead8819]

@@proffesionalretard keep being our allies friend. The American people are doing good everything we can to get the rightfully elected president back in the Oval Office without having a full out civil war

[@robertcarroll7802]

We should've never been over there. We have zero clues about running a country on the other side of the planet...or for that matter the one on this side of the planet!

[@jesusloza8260]

@Rick Threat you want more money spent and more blood spilled? Nah stfu. We did everything we could for 20 YEARS!!!! we arent their keepers. They have to defend themselves and if they cant which they have shown, then their fate lies in their own hands now.

[@binusan4201]

Just one question. Why would you pull out military before you evacuate the civilians ? Amazing the extent these guys go to to defend such a catastrophic blunder.

[@angielovelace888]

It's a mental illness and they call themselves entertaining

[@Arthog627]

And everyone blames Trump for it lmao

[@loganpharis6747]

From what I know that's just standard procedure when American pulls out of a country

[@gordonmurray5962]

The Taliban came in so fast it was every man for himself. And since the military had all the airplanes, the civilians-too dumb to know they were in a war zone-were on their own.

[@lehammsamm]

Cause republicans love to say they pulled out when they in fact didn't.

[@thebabyshpee6508]

Imagine if this happened during the Trump administration. Colbert will literally be having a seizure on the ground.

[@elloowu6293]

That's because Afghanistan would be on fire, countless us soldiers lost and Trump would be on Twitter bragging how awesome he was as fox news kicked his asshole. It'd be depressing ontop of Trump making it embarrassing. As usual

[@agelesskarate]

@@elloowu6293 too bad it’s Biden. Can’t blame trump this time.

[@ElonMasks]

@@agelesskarate ikr

[@b33p3rz]

@@agelesskarate Except he can because the 5000 fighters released were released by the trump administration in february 2020, including the man that literally replaced the aghanistan president.

[@elloowu6293]

@@agelesskarate why give Trump credit for getting us out of Afghanistan? Biden is amazing for ending that 20 year useless war

[@sylvestermader-dancak9632]

He doesn’t care about the people who died, he just cares about trying to make fun of the right. He’s glad this happened because now he thinks he can use this. He’s the most soulless clown I have ever seen.

[@asermpoyi4357]

Hard to make that argument when he was making jokes about Biden and his administration throughout

[@dumpstajuice5372]

@@asermpoyi4357 as he tried to blame Trump for something Biden did. Trump didn't botch the withdrawal... Biden did. Biden is the president and had the power to plan it all out. Not Trump.

[@asermpoyi4357]

@@dumpstajuice5372 Did you even watch the clip? At 3:50 he says “the White House shanked the withdrawal”. He only mentions Trump when he’s talking about the part he played in creating the crisis. That’s what I think is the biggest issue with this whole Afghanistan thing. Because Biden’s to blame for the withdrawal (especially when it comes to leaving American citizens and eligible refugees) you can’t realistically blame him for the past 20 years of bad planning.

[@dumpstajuice5372]

@@asermpoyi4357 "Creating the crisis" yeah okay bud. Trump didn't have any power when Biden decided to bring them back. Biden could have ignored it or actually followed the advice of the commanding officers who knew more information and actual experience. Many generals US and UK have come forth and said he ignored their suggestions and went with his own plan. Biden is the President not Trump. Biden chose to pull out and he did a shit job. No blaming the past 20 years for the fuck up he did in 4 days. He left OUR people to the enemy. I don't know about you but I served in the Marine Corps. What he did is inexcusable. He even didn't give them the proper respect when the bodies were brought back. He deserves a Court Marsal not an impeachment.

[@asermpoyi4357]

@@dumpstajuice5372 First off, thank you for your service. Second off, the Trump administration already put plans in motion to remove U.S. troops from Afghanistan. They signed a deal with the Taliban in February 2020 to have all troops out in 14 months. If this withdrawal had gone by smoothly, republicans (like Trump was in the clip) would’ve been taking credit. If not, they would’ve blamed Biden like they are now. You don’t get to pick and choose what information is relevant when it comes to understanding the whole situation.

[@jahoyhoy9097]

This isn't even funny. It's just depressing.

[@slydog1080]

Actually their plan is to kill as many Democrats as they can so they won't have to share any of the stolen money with them. Most of the murders are other Democrats in Democrat run cities. That is obviously why "Defund The Police" is popular. Their leaders have bought protection for themselves. What will happen when they take the Woke peoples cell phones and hand them a pick and shovel ?

[@Hirohito_iLoveYou]

Indeed the situation is depressing and Colbert hasn’t even been funny since the Daily Show

[@parkermcbride8431]

It shouldn't be funny and YOU should be horrified

[@MrDhartz]

This is comedy in 2021

[@rodneyboehner3007]

That's Stephen Colbert for you. He's never been funny.

[@mostdavestdave69]

We left billions in military equipment too. Basically funded the siege again. (Edit: billions not millions.)

[@moawn1051]

Your Govt funded future attacks on US assests with American weapons

[@MietoK]

Which country to invade next? This must affect stocks of military companies as cannot quite now sell equipment to Afghanistan anymore ;(

[@Yaboidavey]

Helicopters, tanks, thermal scoped rifles, heartbeat sensors, and entire freaking bases. The taliban has never dreamed of being so very well equipped. And now China is brokering deals with them for minerals and oil..... so they have money coming in. They have never been stronger, nor has any extremist Islamic group.

[@1upmydog]

$83 to $88 billion dollars of military equipment, not millions.

[@Nclake5485]

Millions???

[@GabrielUngacta]

Wasnt this the guy who said Biden winning election "Felt like America was great, again."??

[@devinlent1556]

A year ago, so what? Even CNN disliked how the withdrawal went don't have so much hubris in youself.

[@Zaiqahal]

Still better than Trump. That's what we on the left have always said.

[@frankbeato3447]

Exactly. But they will defend their choice at all cost

[@GabrielUngacta]

@@frankbeato3447 that sounds like what a Trump supporter would do.

[@frankbeato3447]

@@GabrielUngacta point proven. Let's go Brandon

[@PK-lr8mh]

I can see the difference, how you criticize Biden vs how you criticized Trump.

[@bestyoutubechannel6563]

Fr tho

[@nikhilanandgopal1287]

I’m disappointed in this and you Stephen. I can’t imagine you would be so light if Trump made the same decision.

[@johnm249]

Colbert is a liberal democrap. LIAR Joe Biden blames President Trump for Afghanistan failure of he and the democrap party. The #TRUTH# of the deal President TRUMP made with the Taliban which is recorded by all the democrap spies just like the Ukraine Impeachment scam the democraps pulled on President Trump was recorded. Sean Hannity show August 18, 2021. You can hear this on Apple podcast: This TRUE recording has President TRUMP telling Taliban "If a single US citizen is harmed what I did to the Caliphate you saw that right? Will be nothing compared to what I do to you. With great specificity President TRUMP said "do you understand completely what I am saying to you? And that message was communicated and clearly believed and the Taliban did not lift a finger towards Donald Trump. Conservative social media alternatives: gab, parler, frankspeech, rumble

[@kingaskeladd5052]

Trump literally started negotiations with the Taliban. It was his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan back in 2020. Do you have a memory of a goldfish? Both Trump and Biden share the blame for this shitshow.

[@lewis3238]

@@kingaskeladd5052 It was Trump's plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, correct. But when he was voted out of office 2500 troops were still in Afghanistan. It was Biden's plan to evacuate all 2500 troops before civilians which has turned into an absolute shit show. Now we've sent twice that number of troops back to Afghanistan to do what should have been done in the first place. Keep it real, Biden fucked up.

[@seigeengine]

That's irrelevant. Actually address the issue.

[@nikhilanandgopal1287]

The point isn’t Trump vs Biden right now guys, it’s 1. I’m surprised that Colbert is not taking a critical view of this 2. How are we holding Joe accountable and ensuring we help the Afghan people Trump lost, suck it up, we have bigger fish to fry.

[@KingOfMadCows]

We wasted at least $2 trillion in Afghanistan and another $2 trillion in Iraq. Money that could have been used in the recovery of the 08 financial crisis, fund education, fund medical care, combat the pandemic, combat climate change, or just pay the full cost of raising 14 million children from birth to the age of 18.

[@youarnb]

And that's not including the interest repayments which will actually total over $6 trillion...

[@DrejaAndi]

But doing things that actually help us are very costly and add to the deficit! And how will the corrupt get rich without war?

[@KingOfMadCows]

@@youarnb it's definitely way more. It doesn't include the lifetime care cost for veterans of the wars. Not to mention costs that didn't go into the books or were marked for something else.

[@collinkeyser6827]

Not To Mention How Many Soldiers' Lives Were Wasted.

[@peachesandpoets]

In fairness, with GOP obstruction Obama wouldn't have been able to use that money for anything but defence anyway... But yes.

[@lostmypocket1333]

A wonderful example of why he was never able to do the real news.

[@SilliusBuns]

Uhhhh, he's a comedian. He has never attempted to do "the real news". How dumb can all you fake outrage people be?

[@blackfragility6575]

@@SilliusBuns "Fake outrage people" you talking about Colbert?

[@nicolasceresoli9121]

@@SilliusBuns Comedians are supposed to take the piss out of everyone. Colbert is being more of an annoying biased militant than a comedian. Even Seth McFarlane in his liberal stance would still take the piss out of other liberals like he did in his Family Guy show several times.

[@Bob-mp9uj]

"The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful war". - Julian Assange Somebody please thumb me.

[@nossenkanter]

Credit to Orwell for saying the same exact thing decades earlier.

[@sarahpickett416]

It's amazing how the u.s. can spend trillion of dollars on a war and won't spend that money in helping the American people, and homeless veterans

[@angiedelacruz4981]

Indeed

[@benzaiten933]

yup, won't invest in public school forcing teachers to buy supplies with their meager salaries, won't provide for the elderly and sick, won't maintain roads and infrastructure and most certainly will.not.pay. for reparations to Blacks. but wasting trillions in a lost cause and military contractors is totally a-ok!

[@starlight27277]

You are right, they helping the Taliban with trillions of dollars weapons and ammunition for free, and American tax payers payed for it.

[@angiedelacruz4981]

@@benzaiten933 not to mention the lives of our men and women in uniform.

[@viswajitbala7924]

Spent trillions on EQUIPING the Afghanistan Army. They screwed it up...

[@gayahithwen]

Should've listened to the UN 20 years ago... because this is literally what they said back then. That getting involved was unlikely to create anything but more resentment. But. Here we are.

[@brucemacmillan7128]

Dude... The US was attacked almost 20 years ago by jihadists who were being hosted by the Taliban. What did you expect? That the US should send them a letter of reprimand? Impose feeble sanctions on them? Let's get real here.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

You can say that again >:-(

[@RJM56]

​@@brucemacmillan7128 What purpose did the allied invasion serve (including my country that we protested at the time). Afghanistan is back to where is was 20 years ago. The jihadist leader was the product of a regime that still rules in one US ally and was found in another.

[@tammyjantzen9004]

We just stayed too long. We went there to take down AL Queda and we did, successfully. But then we stayed. That was the mistake. We stayed after our mission was completed.

[@Jeffero28]

@@tammyjantzen9004 military industrial complex. Ok not a tinfoil hatter but follow the money. Lots of defense contractors stood to gain a lot of money by the US staying in Afghanistan.

[@dalejackson7688]

I'll never tune into Stephen Colbert's content again. Nuff said.

[@sastrinidis]

It was tough to hear Colbert's jokes over the cries of the Afghan people.

[@chrishansen9731]

Mention "Pizzagate" and Colbert will piss his pants

[@SchnellTim]

@@chrishansen9731 'cause it's fake news.

[@SchnellTim]

Do you care about the Afghan people? Would you be ok with those who helped the US military coming here as refugees?

[@AmarnathpPp]

How is that its even possible for people to laugh hearing this america is messed up beyond all measure

[@AA-re8jd]

@@SchnellTim Lol, you still think its fake!!!! Man the brainwashing is real

[@rk-wy8pu]

If trump does this: Colbert makes 10 episodes smashing him. Biden does it : let's make jokes

[@adhonoremtroll7198]

Colbert is not only a puppet, but also a traitor

[@zazethe6553]

The Trump administration agreed to an initial reduction from 13,000 to 8,600 troops by July 2020, followed by a full withdrawal by 1 May 2021 if the Taliban kept its commitments.[7] The Biden administration, however, said the US would not begin withdrawing until 1 May and would complete the withdrawal before 11 September.[8][9] On 8 July, Biden specified a US withdrawal deadline of 31 August.[10]

[@GrandAdmiralThrawn.7th_Fleet]

Exactly, he's extremely biased. The whole "see you after the play" thing...was indeed too soon. Putting all jokes aside however, get serious Stephen. Look at the disaster you voted for...you helped set the stage for THIS mess. Edit: Although I think he is taking Biden's many, many, MANY blunders and mistakes more seriously at this point as he's making fun of him more as well and calling him out on his wrong decisions. Ya know, he might just be coming to terms with his mistakes...possibly.

[@nomanghiasy4982]

Can’t believe I was a fan of this man and this show. This was just disgusting.

[@parkermcbride8431]

Same, gross, I hope others have the same revelation

[@irianrahman45]

Yeah utterly political filled with trump-bashing and Biden’s buttkissing . Unbearable

[@guptabhishek]

Yeah man, used to watch every single episode. Then it lost humour and any shred of honesty. Never thought I'd even unsubscribe

[@jjzucc]

Same here too.. I used to love this guy... he makes me wanna puke now

[@MikeJones-oe3do]

@@irianrahman45 he was kissing Biden’s ass for months, watch the video of him interviewing Biden and his wife, unbelievable ass kissing.

[@jokebiden3556]

The withdrawal is not the problem, it is the way the evacuation was disastrously executed.

[@justyngordon510]

Wow… people are finally coming to the realization of how incompetent our president truly is.

[@cmr053]

You’re right Donny was and is totally incompetent.

[@cottonballs185]

@@cmr053 He's not The President

[@TheNocturnalLogician]

Actually, it's a failure on the part of Bush, Obama, and Trump. Biden made the right call. Was it rushed? Yes. Could things have been done differently? Sure. But, honestly, the US was in the Middle East for 10-12 years too long. Plus, Trump took credit for starting the withdrawing of troops. Also, you should look into what Trump REALLY did regarding Afghanistan and the Taliban.

[@justyngordon510]

@@TheNocturnalLogician you would’ve cried for his impeachment again if he ever said, “I was never told that, that I can recall” after being told by top military officials. But accountability to Democrats means blame republicans

[@TheNocturnalLogician]

@@justyngordon510 I actually never followed the impeachments, cause I knew the corrupt powers at play would acquit him. They need to remove ALL politicians from office, then start from scratch, vetting against extreme views, from the left AND the right. The system hasn't worked for decades, namely since the 50s and 60s, right around the time JFK was assassinated. LBJ had no interest in continuing the policy changes that JFK was working on, and Nixon was one of the worst pieces of trash to be elected. Partly due to him, cannabis remained on the Schedule 1 list. He and his administration KNEW that it had been scientifically proven that it has none of the ill-effects that were so often touted in the media of the past 60 years. Additionally, Reagan was a terrible president, too. But people focus too much on the "now" and what happens during their lifetime. The US never should have sold/supplied weapons in the Middle East in the first place, which started back around George HW Bush and Reagan, though who knows just how far back it extends.

[@vdiitd]

Don't blame Biden alone for this mess. This mess was in making for last 20 years.

[@kingsmokey9944]

Who we should blame ?? Let me guess Trump?.Biden is one who is responsible for that mess he's president end of story .

[@TheOGClassicMan]

@Homeless Forstr Still shouldn't be blamed on him...it's Bush's fault to begin with...and it was shitshow from there. This mess would've happened with anyone else. They weren't as prepared as they had thought and they were taken over.

[@TheOGClassicMan]

@@kingsmokey9944 Incorrect. It's Bush...Obama and Trump's fault...They all were president and they all fueled this...

[@transcendentalidiot3321]

Lol...this mess has been happening since ancient times. Ancient Persia, Alexander the Great, the Arabs, the Mongols, the British, the Russians, and now the United States all have pretty much learned that Afghanistan is a very bad place for foreign armies. We should have learned from history and never set up shop there in the first place. I, for one, am glad we're out and hope we never go back.

[@rw3423]

And region have been fighting for century,

[@MrKbuland]

Sorry Colbert. This was a fail.

[@icke-berlin]

Why?

[@joshallen5316]

@@icke-berlin what do you mean why? He made fun of trumps son when Biden’s sons a joke. He made fun of trump for pulling out troops when it’s not about pulling out the troops. It’s about how poorly Biden did it. He’s deflecting how horrible Biden and the democrats are running this country Instead of being honest, stopping the trump bs, and saying how horrible this president is

[@Daydy2222]

@@icke-berlinIf Trump were in office, this mess would have never happened. We would have pulled our people out with dignity. The issue has never been about whether we pull out, but how! Biden is unbelievably incompetent.

[@maallos334mi8]

@@icke-berlin The real answer is this is just too depressing a topic, but he tries to entertain anyway.

[@ECLECTOb]

@@Daydy2222 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@ashutoshsrivastava3618]

NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT STEPHAN IS AN EXCELLENT SUPPORTER OF DEMOCRATS HOW BEAUTIFULLY YOU SHIFTED THE BLAME ON SOMEONE OUT OF POWER AND SAVED THE BBIDEN BY SAYING WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN WILL HAPPEN ANYWAYS. ATLEAST ALL ALLIES AND SUPPORTERS OF USA SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF AFGHANISTAN BEFORE COMPLETE WITHDWAL.

[@ethanbrogger7487]

The comparison of the taliban to trump supporters is actually insane

[@shawnhagen6871]

It’s hard to laugh at something so tragic

[@woundedsanity]

true. i bet even harder to make actually funny jokes about

[@greggrobinson5116]

I don't think anyone's laughing at the tragedy. It's the abject buffoonery behind it.

[@owencroslin3032]

Don't laugh, you voted for this

[@jaydee6837]

Democrats

[@debann2864]

I don’t think it was meant to be funny.

[@pantheraonca7414]

My generation had to face defeat in 'Nam. Now another generation has to do it again. We should never send our children in harms way for short term folly.

[@ruraladventurer1884]

Vietnam was a complicated mess and we did not succeed in stopping the spread of communism but we were by no means "defeated".

[@silverybound]

Maybe this time the US will learn what peace through prosperity actually means.

[@newquinn22]

@@ruraladventurer1884 the vietnamese people got the government they chose and fought for, you lost, plain snd simple.

[@ELVEVERX]

@@ruraladventurer1884 No you were

[@peterl3417]

@@ruraladventurer1884 We were not defeated, we signed Paris piece agreement with the North but our idiot Congress voted to cut military and financial help to the South Vietnam which resulted in its collapse, when you have no ammo and maintenance materials, you army is absolutely useless, Ho Chi Minh used this opportunity to capture the South 2 years later in May 1975 which resulted in a humiliating Fall of Saigon. That was a total shame tbh

[@jacobsanford4973]

There s a reason i quit watching The Late Show when Letterman left. The jokes are all directly pointed at the Right and just the same typical liberal media

[@InsomniacTC]

"Well Joe you are a better man than I..." Always nice to know that late night tv stars can still bust a move whilst their countrymen are trapped in a terrorist held land Keep it up Stephen...

[@abhipsabehera3742]

Are you listening to yourself? This is sick

[@davidk7544]

I listed to me, I watched and listened to this monologue several times, and it appears all but 3 commenters did not comprehend what was said.

[@user-sn4fc7bc5j]

I get this is supposed to be a comedy show, but I can't believe there were jokes made about this. This isn't a joke.

[@irianrahman45]

Just political buttkissing shit

[@mrj8940]

Your country is sold. USA is desparate need for media supports the truth but not left and right

[@michaeloakley3165]

Wow, I stopped watching the various late night hosts years ago when I realized they were giving up humor for partisan attacks hidden under bad jokes. Just seeing this now and it's frankly quite horrifying to see someone make so light of a country falling apart and our role in it.

[@kingshaw6576]

Afghans will not forget about any of this.

[@vincehoffman8773]

I bet he would think it was real funny if he was one of the people stranded in Afghanistan.

[@Cool_Calm_Cam]

Rep. Barbara Lee was *the only* congressperson in 2001 to vote against authorizing use of force in Afghanistan. Quote, "We must be careful not to embark on an open-ended war with neither an exit strategy nor a focused target. We cannot repeat past mistakes." *1 voice* out of *over 400.* That's how unanimous our elected officials were on *all sides* of the political spectrum about invading a nation that was literally not at all to blame for the 9/11 attacks.

[@rasaecnai]

Every one was pro war then. I remember Steve Nash expressing his disagreement with the war, and other basketball stars criticized him for having such an opinion (he is canadian). 911 sentiments was used by Cheney and Bush to warmonger and invade Iraq to steal oil and give money to arm manufacturers. Trillions lost (this while America cant seem to afford healthcare and education for its own people), thousand of lives gone, middle east destabilized, ISIS created, and Cheney/Bush just walked away without accountability.

[@angelataylor5241]

I remember as well. This sh*t's gotta change. We can do better than this. We really gotta vote for politicians with integrity. I'm so sick of seeing so many who bow to the rich and their wants. "I want Afghanistan", I want impoverished workers in the U.S. and make them sick and under educated" etc. God! I'm so sick of the crap they do for money!

[@stephenwells6434]

Technically, Afghanistan WAS partly to blame for 9/11. The hijackers may have been Saudis, but they were based in Afghanistan and had the Taliban's protection. Iraq was the country that America invaded for no reason.

[@larapalma3744]

Omg

[@ARandomStan]

you know the situation is fcked up when you hear "and when we come back we are gonna lighten up with some news about covid"

[@bulletprooftiger1879]

The US withdrawal will result in greater peace in Afghanistan regardless of how inhumane the Taliban is. There's no more war and there will not be a civil war anytime soon. The Afghan military is entirely dismantled. I hope the Taliban succeed in providing economic growth and safety to the people of Afghanistan. I also hope the women and girls of Afghanistan are safe.

[@DresdenShuffle]

@@bulletprooftiger1879 Yeah that ain’t happening. The women will be treated like shit like they were before. If I were a woman over there and I couldn’t escape the country I’d just off myself. Saves being raped and abused.

[@hannahdyson7129]

Why should we be trying to make ourselves feel better ?

[@grantvr6]

as human beings we have messed up this planet. We are incapable of peace and harmony. Somebody's always gotta be right. 😢

[@johan.ohgren]

@@bulletprooftiger1879 Safe? The Taliban kills women for wanting to have their own life. Women in Afghanistan is burning their educational diplomas because their afraid to be killed. The Taliban is oppressive, the people will never have peace with them in power, only hiding in fear.

[@stanleyhudson2587]

🔴 I tough this was a comedy show and not a political show.

[@Lord_Baphomet_]

I’m not a religious person but it’s a miracle that Stephen is standing up straight after he lost his spine. #JesusSaves

[@davidk7544]

"I'm not a religious person but JESUSSAVES". Would Jesus call the president spineless?

[@Monicagellerazz]

I really want to laugh at this so bad, but I couldn’t stop thinking of children and women over there living with fear.

[@smallgroup6858]

Biden can become the most failed and embarrassing president in the history of the United States. Biden uttered lies full of lies. Saying that no one can unify Afghanistan, the Taliban destroyed the Afghan government and founded the country as soon as the US military left. To make America a joke, Biden should be late to resign from the presidency. You will become the pillar of shame in American history. Bernie Sanders is much stronger than you. For the promise of the people, Trump is much stronger than you. You are the least reliable president of the United States. Sooner or later, all the people and the media who conceal your crime and punishment for you will be punished. Use a Chinese idiom to describe Biden. The good thing is that Biden can't support Ah Dou, and the bad thing is that Biden can't support the wall with mud. Biden is a liar, a sinner to an American ally. If the United States was handed over to Trump, he would not do so badly in the Middle East.

[@rocktorrocks]

Same, I usually like Stephen’s monologues…but it’s heart breaking hearing what many of those people are going through. It doesn’t seem appropriate or feel right to find humor in any of this.

[@223Drone]

@@smallgroup6858 Repeating the exact same comment over and over again won't make it true because the truth doesn't work like that.

[@Monicagellerazz]

@@smallgroup6858 4:40 did you watch the video? If trump this if trump that, you guys need to open your eyes and ears too, I am not taking any side with any president, if they failed us we need to count them.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Absolutely. It's true. I do blame t$$$$ more, and not just because he's such a PoS (I'm not a Democrat before anyone thinks it, I'm not American. I vote for a party in my country which opposed both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, both times their reasons were accurate). The reason I blame t$$$$ more is for his big-headed, fat-mouthed, unprepared "my way or the highway" attitude to foreign policy. He screwed up the start of the withdrawal, leaving - as with everything else he did - Biden to clean up his mess.

[@user-vo8lm4le9o]

I could not laugh at his jokes today. It's scary out there

[@DiscordBeing]

This was really awkward with an audience.

[@newmanoutdoors1564]

Because he shouldnt be making jokes about it he has no class .

[@mygiguser]

You know the laughing audience is just a recording.

[@monteciagreen1050]

Oh really? It was not scary when we ran a drone program that killed 10 civilians for every "militant" taken down? When we allied with a govt that operated with the help of warlords who owned child sex slaves? When we ran a sham puppet show in the name of freedom, which was just a cover up for opium racketeering and stealing their mineral wealth? If anything, the Afghans just won their war of independence from us oppressors. We were no better than Taliban.

[@Rihardololz]

For Globalist its grand show and we are their enterteiment.

[@alitiner9967]

It made me sad to watch this. I even feel some embarrassment that I used to like and recommend this show to people.

[@casienwhey]

The Afghans were willing to fight for their future. The past few years, it's been mainly Afghans who were doing the fighting (and dying). Americans had a support role for things like air support. Unfortunately, they had a corrupt government that did not support their troops or their sacrifices. We could have maintained the status quo with little relative cost with about 3,000 troops. Do you think America is safer or more at risk now that the same government who harbored terrorists who planned 9-11 is back in control? None of this had to happen. We let it happen.

[@prachisharma444]

7:26 Imagine comparing Taliban with your own country's citizens.

[@godisaliveglobalismisdead8819]

Exactly. Unbelievable people listen to anything this guy says

[@MrSandman982]

I mean Trump supporters were beheading people in the streets, raping women, killing liberals, firing bullets into crowds, beating and forcing women to cover---wait what's that..they weren't? That is just the Taliban? Steven Colbert is just a douche? Well okay then.

[@nikosvault]

@@charlesgrey5607 they did kill people. Brian D. Sicknick They were monsters. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIith4ClmpyCj5I

[@GrandAdmThrawn]

blm/antifa have more in common with the taliban but he won't attack his allies

[@hejla4524]

Softening people up for the clamp down on the opposition coming soon.

[@taivo1172]

As a Vietnamese who have both of my grandparents served for the U.S during vietnam war ( 1 was killed in prison, 1 lost everything after the war ), it hurts so much every time I think about the fall of Sai Gon.

[@HT-fg4om]

3 que xo la

[@narvul]

I'm sorry to say that this war was also pointless and useless.

[@Julia-xf5ps]

I am so sorry for your loss, thank you for speaking out. 💜

[@GreatBigBoat]

I wonder what the families of the recently murdered American citizens would think of your laughter? I wonder if they think your "harsh criticism" here has any value?

[@crimsonstrykr]

10:44 this aged like sour milk

[@velocitytransport9599]

None of this was joke material.

[@beetlejuice4693]

The joke is Biden

[@tyleraltom6026]

Colbert: not funny

[@MikeStar-su1hr]

Because it's reality lol

[@rodclark5831]

@@beetlejuice4693 Trump's meaningless BS work began and led to this, Bush - handshake kisses in the rose garden. Russia Dems and Republicans all FAIL against Taliban who live there. whilst Saudi Arabia is he seat of 911, you bombed the shit out of the wrong country, Republic of Oil. yet still the oil companies are manipulating gas prices while Billions of subsidies through the Government and Military.,

[@undefined2909]

Especially when this guy was on his knees a minute ago kissing every democratic ass.

[@vcwloves9864]

I read an article about a veteran saying the one good thing that resulted from us being in Afghanistan...something along the lines of..."Those 20 years allowed for a generation of women to taste freedom, go to school and learn to read. Now that the Taliban is ruling again, at least they can teach their children or cousins behind closed doors." Man...my eyes are tearing up again as I write this.

[@cgmeyo]

You know when Afghan women had a "taste of freedom"? In the 80s, under a communist gov, before the US trained and armed what would later become the Taliban. Fuck that guy, this war was never about freedom and certainly not about women & girls, he can think whatever if it helps him sleep at night but at the end of the day, everyone with basic knowledge of the history of Afghanistan know its a lie.

[@lyingdogfaceponysoldier6976]

@@cgmeyo the people that run biden run the taliban. This may be a giant hostage crisis.

[@hra2290]

Aww that is so sad, my heart breaks for the Afghan people

[@daniel5913]

@@cgmeyo In the last few decades Communism has killed over 100,000,000 of its own people with China at the top with over 65,000,000 deaths and Russia next at 30,000,000.

[@SandrockCustom]

@@cgmeyo Point to the map and show me the "free" communist country. I'll wait...

[@-Keyboard-Warrior.]

The reason this particular upload is 5 times more disliked than the other videos I saw, is that everyone in their heart knows... even if this was necessary, there 'MUST HAVE BEEN a better way of doing this otherwise America never had the right to be there in the first place!

[@tatsavitar7281]

Absurd people laughing at plight of innocent women and children which they caused eventually. Shame to the virtual super power.

[@leszekbarcikowski3213]

This is terribly light-hearted and un-empathetic, and with so much bias.

[@badlongon525]

You're too late for the party 😂

[@dominikdrug2953]

Very well put.

[@j.s.3297]

He was praising this clown so religiously.

[@davidk7544]

I think you are looking for PBS or the Beeb. You're watching a comedy late night talk show.

[@whodatking26]

@@davidk7544 The same comedian that would literally cry tears on his show when Trump was president....hmmmmm

[@liukin95]

If this all happened after Trump's watch, Stephen would've had a segment on him every minute of the hour! He really is giving Biden a free pass on this and it shows!

[@tm435]

Naturally!!!

[@kaomatic]

every channel would be showing non stop footage of the horrors but it’s Biden, king of the corporate puppets

[@NikolasAmodeo]

Biden gets a pass on everything. Because you can’t be critical towards the left-someone might actually start having an intelligent thought otherwise.

[@aidenw207]

They all pledge allegiance to the Democratic Party, not to human rights.

[@DMAN123223]

What? This was 20 year long disaster, the last year under Biden didn't make all the difference. If he didn't go hard enough on anyone, it'd be Bush and Obama who he didn't mention.

[@ingenear]

The hell had the US to do in Afghanistan in the first place?

[@jamiesmith4293]

It's too soon to joke about Lincoln 150+ years later, but not too soon to joke about a tragedy still happening.

[@BoringTroublemaker]

If you didn’t expect this to happen, you haven’t been paying attention.

[@aproxamillionwasps474]

Lol some of us are just trying to get through another day, man.

[@smallgroup6858]

Biden can become the most failed and embarrassing president in the history of the United States. Biden uttered lies full of lies. Saying that no one can unify Afghanistan, the Taliban destroyed the Afghan government and founded the country as soon as the US military left. To make America a joke, Biden should be late to resign from the presidency. You will become the pillar of shame in American history. Bernie Sanders is much stronger than you. For the promise of the people, Trump is much stronger than you. You are the least reliable president of the United States. Sooner or later, all the people and the media who conceal your crime and punishment for you will be punished. Use a Chinese idiom to describe Biden. The good thing is that Biden can't support Ah Dou, and the bad thing is that Biden can't support the wall with mud. Biden is a liar, the crime of an American ally.

[@QuantumPineapple]

@@davidrelelike learning to spell correctly

[@uthmanbaksh3530]

This was totally gonna happen, just didn't expect it to happen this fast.

[@danwelterweight4137]

@@smallgroup6858 What you are saying is not true. The war in Afghanistan went to the gutter when The Bush administration decided to divert the resources necessary to win the war in 2002 and 2003 from Afghanistan to invade Iraq. I heard a former CIA officer who was on the ground in Afghanistan say.. He said that back in 2002 the US had the Taliban on the run. They were almost completely disbanded. Their fighters had gone months without pay, thousands had been killed. They were completely desmoralized and were spiritually defeated. The Northern alliance which was an Afghan alliance that actually was willing to fight and die against the Taliban was mercilessly on their tail. All their leaders were either been killed, captured or fled away to Pakistan and were living in hiding and wanted to negotiate a peaceful settlement with the US. They had completely disintegrated as a fighting force. He said when the US diverted all the resources, soldiers and men to invade Iraq that gave the Taliban time to recover its strength. They reorganized, got experienced commanders with battle harden experience, began collecting money from Opium poppy farmers and traders, began to recruit new men, accumulated more and more weapons and slowly and slowly began to regain their strength and roam freely around the country. He said if the US had sent those 120 000 troops to Afghanistan back in 2002 that it used to invade Iraq the Taliban would have been finished as a fighting force.

[@marichunacor5076]

This man thinks everything is a joke, did he have a compassion to his own people or the women and children in Afghanistan.

[@slydog1080]

He was at Epstein Island--pictures and video. Now you see what he is scared of. Colbert

[@captlanc]

@@slydog1080 Disagree with his points for all you want, have content instead of unrelated made up lies.

[@thewolf-sb3mq]

American's will always be americans

[@rajrai2872]

Point to be noted actually u don’t know the difference between satire & jokes.Do Google it for ur good knowledge.

[@dorisbrown1921]

This man is a joke.

[@randomxstory]

So we are laughing at tragedies now?

[@warrenginmartini]

You know how awfully bad it is when the cheerleaders are mocking you.

[@kpmurphy2738]

Steve has become the clown he once clowned.

[@stevenrichards1539]

He has a PH in his name, please try not to associate him with us Stevens....

[@kpmurphy2738]

@@stevenrichards1539 Sorry.

[@hm09235nd]

did u see the clown video of him? :O

[@kpmurphy2738]

@@hm09235nd Just watch this video...all that is missing is the red wig, nose and floppy shoes.

[@OFFICIALFUNUSBAND]

yeah he was so funny! Did not watch for a while, used to think he was very funny.

[@edwardallenthree]

There is one thing we can do for Afghanistan now. We can accept refugees, and negotiate and provide safe passage for them. It is our moral obligation and sacred duty.

[@Tislyfe]

Good luck with that. We Afghans are fodder for the west😒

[@cyberhikikomori5326]

@Matheus D’Souza Thanks to Bush & Cheney who started the war; Obama who continued it even after Bin Laden was dead; Trump who hastened exiting without considering turnover & Biden who bungled the exit. As an outsider looking in, the whole war is a bipartisan fiasco.

[@SailingSeignior]

@@cyberhikikomori5326 “…A bipartisan fiasco” It really is like Vietnam.

[@SandyMachoManRavage]

Not with the cretins that crawled out from under their rocks the past few years ...

[@katalac]

@@cyberhikikomori5326 thanks to USA for butting their heads in where it was not wanted in the first place and needs to stay out

[@CoronIslandFreediver]

Alot of people dying in Afghanistan right now. This is sad.

[@sirsleepsalot6811]

Clicked on this just to immediately go see everyone shit on Colbert in the comments haha. Am not disappointed

[@rainbowruler6453]

Nah, man, this doesn’t feel right. I can’t sit in the comfort of my own home while others (women and children) suffer and just laugh about it. Your anger fuels me.

[@shirothehero0609]

No. It's absolutely disgusting. How quick they turn. Anyone who helped any westerner is literally running for their life. Women are terrified of being punished for freedoms they were given and this douche is talking about the salad bar. God damn this makes me sick.

[@jesiuothello4384]

Hello American people I want to deliver this message, Joe Biden is a Spicopata related to the illuminati elite, What is happening in Afghanistan is terrible, please American people unite and put a stoppage to this Spicopata Joe Biden, the Illuminati Elite wants a third war world and conflicts are being generated for this plan. Likewise, I want all the peoples to be against the politicians, surely there is a president who supports this evil plan. American people I have good news: We are on time, We are united, We are aware. And much more.

[@donnalee2310]

I agree. Sad to say but it says something about many American people that they can sit there and laugh at his stupid jokes. This was a very tough video to watch.

[@CB-zt6qs]

Some countries need to take responsibility tor their future after 20 years of aid. Have you ever encouraged someone to go to AA and when they get there they leave because they're not ready? Same thing. If they were ready to run their country, they would.

[@neobirtha7729]

What are you gonna do about it? Eat more hotdogs and cheese fries to quench your anxiety? Lol

[@davidisrael9799]

Oh how the mighty have fallen. If the Colbert Report version of Stephen Colbert could see him now, he'd so fucking embarrassed.

[@maniswil2]

I think about this all the time. I used to watch that show religiously. Watching what happened with Stewart come on was a good idea of how it would play out. He's a corporate comedian now. It's sad.

[@bigkahuna678]

Uh, I hate to tell you, but the Colbert report was a parody of a right wing conservative news broadcasting. It was comedy. Supposed to be funny. Get it? I think you’re the one taking the fall on this comment.

[@dleet86]

@@bigkahuna678 A lot of this show taken as jokes was just facts. Absurdity is funny, and hurts when it's real.

[@michaelw234]

Bruh everyone knew it was satire. I lean right and I can enjoy a well constructed joke or parade of right wing people. He wasn’t a scum fuck like this tho. He was a COMEDIAN not a news pundit

[@nickolsondepiolenc5843]

Why are there an audience laughter. Colbert is just plainly talking. Can't tell if he's joking at all.

[@leoking5152]

It's because it is No Crowd in the background...Remember it's A covid pandemic...Its all sound produce recordings from A professional sound engineer audience applauder...To make us think it's a show with an actual audience....They never show the crowd at all....Just the band and Him...😉

[@anuragkumar-dm1er]

I so much loved this guy and thought he really had an objective view. Shame that he is defending the indefensible and cracking jokes on top of it makes it so gross.

[@Liamnerfdude1]

I knew he was full of it from 2015.

[@deadgirlwalking6454]

"Yeah the Taliban is bad, but January 6th rioters are just as bad." - Stephen Colbert, probably

[@inveele]

It is true

[@lolstalgic9602]

@@inveele I’m a conservative, buddy. Are you literally saying I’m as bad as the goddamn Taliban?

[@flavio7180]

@@inveele Total bullshit.

[@kingaskeladd5052]

@@lolstalgic9602 I dunno, Tucker Carlson seems to like the Taliban a little more now

[@martinmichalek]

he's so embarrassing in how hard he simps for dems and acts like January 6 was 9/11

[@Lexyboogie]

This here is a perfect example of why the world hates us. We turn everything into a joke. There’s nothing funny about this colossal 20 year waste of life, time, and money.

[@_aje]

We didn't just waste time. We caused this. Sadam was rutheless towards the taliban. By killing him we created a much bigger problem, started by Bush, continued by Obama and Trump, and now royally screwed up by Biden.

[@shobalmani1]

…And messing around in someone else’s country. That’s what an Afgani local said to the news, “ We are happy white people are leaving “. Osama bin Laden orchestrated an attack on USA, catch him kill him wrap up the war.

[@RA-xn4vb]

The best thing US can do it to mind its own business instead of creating wars in other countries. You have enough problems : crimes, violence, racism, poverty on which you should have invested that "money and effort"

[@tylerperkinson1677]

I'm an American Leftie, which probably makes me center-right most places. None of this is funny, there is nothing for a studio audience to be laughing at here. I don't regret my shift to the American Left years ago, but it doesn't stop me from criticizing the American Left. And, I think that's perfectly healthy, and American as fuck. I don't like the audience's laughter, and I don't like much of the Lefts disparagement and laughter at the American Right. The are frustrating, for sure, and scary and dangerous at times. But they're still Americans, and it doesn't do a lot of good to laugh at them indiscriminately. And it doesn't speak AT ALL WELL of the Left to act like real life situations are something to be laughed at. I see too much of it.

[@Intrepid_Crusader1096]

@@_aje Your confusing Iraq with Afghanistan. Saddam was the dictator of Iraq. The Taliban controlled Afghanistan. Those are two separate countries. Both invaded by the US, but for different reasons. Saddam and the Taliban have nothing to do with eachother.

[@ENGCSHemangVerma]

I don't get it. How can the West laugh at a major geopolitical issue they created?

[@andrew.r.lukasik]

This is pathetic and painful to watch.

[@kenttm42]

Bravo Stephen, bravo. Our mistake was training and arming the Afghan army. We should have trained and armed the Afghan women.

[@Terra_Lopez]

Ha! Now that's a good idea. They would be motivated to fight, wouldn't they? And 20 years of that might even help to change the culture a little bit -- as the new normal. Love your idea.

[@yajeskaran4061]

Agreed!

[@StockyDude]

You know, I used to think that was wrong, but now I think it’s right. Most combat situations these days do not transition to hand-to-hand combat, where men would have an advantage. They would have been in defensive postures, so they would not need to do much running forward. Plus, they would have kept their combat aircraft - another advantage.

[@ray0tj]

Isn't it weird the people who get paid the big bucks for it can't come up with the best and simplest solution to the problem, but we ''simple folk'' can.

[@craven5328]

I've also thought about this, and I wonder if there were still cultural elements involved in preventing women from enlisting. I recently read a great Washington Post article from back in 2019, that goes into the details of what the public was told about the readiness of the army, and the actualy state of affairs. To me, two drivers of the collapse stood out: 1) "Virulent corruption" at nearly every level, from government officials lying about the.number of troops so they can pocket surplus US funds destined for salaries, to officers actually stealing the wages of their subordinates, to subordinates stealing fuel from armored vehicles to sell on the black market (there may be a link between the two). 2) Shocking levels of illiteracy and lack of education. Only 2 in 10 recruits could do any reading or writing. Knowledge of basic anatomy so absent, that medics struggled with concepts such as applying a tourniquet /pressure to a wound. It horrendous what is happening. I hope there is more investigation into why the public was lied to on so many occasions about the Afgahan army's likelihood of success.

[@arcangeloiurato]

Sure, you could say Biden’s right when he says it’s time to leave, and that we can’t teach the Afghans to have the “Will” to fight. But what Colbert failed to point was that Biden was dodging the fact that he failed to confiscate the weapons from the Taliban which we gave them. We could’ve destroyed the embassy while keeping minimal soldiers in the country until they could leave for good. It wasn’t a question of if we needed to leave, but how we were going to leave. That part, Biden failed on.

[@morphor]

Unfortunately a lot of the time the Military Industrial Complex and deep state uses the whole gamut of terms and excuses to manufacture consent through propaganda of corporate media that despite we didn't leave in the best possible way, we actually left at all.

[@noneofyourbeez3425]

why does it matter how it looks like? The US has done the damage, the US should own this failure. I think it is cheap to crap on the Afghan army. Waht are they supposed to do? "We have to resist and DIE just long enough until the Americans are save at home and can say "it was up to them to win this fight".

[@obiwanshinobi87]

And how would you go on about confiscating those weapons from the Taliban?.... If they can't even find them in that terrain.. You think the Taliban would just go to the cities and drop off all those guns?

[@badkarma11b]

@Ro Baas we armed the Taliban 40 years ago, mostly with Soviet weapons smuggled through Pakistan. Then we armed them again when they took over all the Afghan Army depots once they were captured.

[@brendonrookes1151]

@@obiwanshinobi87 by not abandoning a milatery base with wall the high tech gear ?

[@Gravely5059]

Man, is Joey B. Colbert's secret lover? Steve is definitely blowing him in this monolog.

[@PK-lr8mh]

It is not about the withdrawal but the process of withdrawal

[@terilw]

We could’ve stayed in Afghanistan for another 50 years, and still nothing would be resolved.

[@biggtrux]

Sadly true.

[@drextrey]

Thats why you don't go into other people's country, and invade them for oil. Anyway, it's business as usual, they do it for the war money and the oil, the citizens can all die for all their care.

[@jamesbedichek6106]

@@drextreyOversimplified and cynical

[@SeansModelBuilds]

And Europe has tried for millenia with no effect.

[@randomguyontheinternet8345]

It actually worked in Iraq just didn’t work in afganistan. But the execution of it was poor to begin with.

[@Company-59]

But it didn’t have to be that heartbreaking and humbling. It could have been organized better. Evacuate the personnel and people in danger before leaving the country. Don’t leave your military equipment behind for the taliban to use. Don’t free taliban fighters. And and and. It’s business as usual. Thinking ahead was never this country’s strength.

[@weizhao2641]

Sadly its not possible when Afghanistan security force and people in Kabul are in delusion and think they can push Taliban back to mountains. Even the day before Taliban enter the city, ppl in Kabul be like we can win this with or without US military aid.

[@DresdenShuffle]

It’s the US, when have they ever cared about doing a proper evacuation of a country? They get their soldiers out and leave, that’s all they care about. Look at all the shit they left behind. They’re like that couch surfing asshole friend who stays with you for a week, uses all your food and dirties up your house but makes sure to pack up his shit he cares about before leaving you with a trashed couch and house.

[@Meriale46]

First of all, did you pay attention to the details? We were there for 20 years... the U.S paid to train their military, we gave them everything they needed to fight for themselves. Even paid their salaries, Trump started pulling troops as early as 2017 slowly and we went from 15,000 troops to 2,500 in 3 1/2 years... that was slowly pulling out. I think they thought well ahead of this situation. You can give the right tools to the wrong people and this is the result. Their own Government fled the country, their military had no one to command them on what to do. The Taliban took over in 10 days. So you tell me Einstien, how would you handle a 10-day siege with just 2,500 American troops to fight with? Maybe you're not the one thinking things through. It's not our responsibility to continue to police another country at the expense of American lives.

[@lanceroparaca1413]

@@Meriale46 they knew It since Trump negotiated with the Taliban in Doha.

[@Company-59]

@@Meriale46 Sorry, this is BS. Why did we go in in the first place? That was the same short sighted decision. It had a lot to do with Russia, at that time. And having a better organized pulling-out project would have saved potentially thousands and thousand of afghan lives, without putting our boys and girls in more danger. Read Machiavelli?

[@tompappas2217]

I was told if I laugh at any point in this video it will cure my cancer. Well it was nice knowing all of you.

[@thestainless6289]

This is disgusting.

[@nonofyabidnez5737]

Hilarious how people pretend like they care about Afghani people all of the sudden. The warmongers and warprofiteers are out in full force.

[@KingBobXVI]

The left has been fighting for fast asylum access for Afghani translators and other citizens who worked with the US military in their country for years. I hope that can get fast-tracked now, but I guarantee Republicans in Congress will block it if they can.

[@prof.scheere6933]

@@KingBobXVI the republicans are all evil but at least are dying from their own stupidity

[@alex35agm]

Most Americans can't identify the United States on a map never mind Afganistan.

[@greenlime1997]

Well at the very least the Afghan military was perfectly capable of defending their country from the Taliban, but thanks to their incompetence the women and girls living in the country are now at the mercy of the Taliban

[@scottbecker4367]

There are a lot of people who didn't ask for this war and have been saying we shouldn't have been there for 20 years.

[@yodadoesart]

Sad and Scary that anyone would find humor in this. What are we about anymore?

[@Micaia]

Exactly. I couldn’t even watch over a minute of this ignorance.

[@chrischrishiott8843]

Yeah what are people thinking this shit is sick!!! Why in the world would this be funny i mean idc whos fault it is we sent people over there to die for no reason!!!

[@BGtypiu1850]

Some things are jokes but it’s way too soon to make a joke about this give it some time

[@kerryfoerster1767]

If you can’t find humor in something, you are to blame.

[@itisi2615]

@@kerryfoerster1767 It's getting harder by the minute seeing humor in this sick and perverted world. We are not all on enhancing substances.

[@GabrielUngacta]

Pulling out was the right thing. How he pulled out was dead wrong.

[@HCSR2]

Yikes. Government fucks up royally and he's still going orange man bad?

[@54tisfaction]

"We paid their salaries." Well, to be fair, that could possibly explain why they quit when their employer quit.

[@cuzr702]

Apparently a lot of them have gone without pay for over 6 months.

[@christinanelson]

Maybe they should have enlisted women to more than 1.6% of the Afgan army. Those who had something to lose may have stayed and fought.

[@Sparkle835]

Excellent point 🎯

[@hannahdyson7129]

@@christinanelson Why would you want to put women in jeopardy? Imagine what they would have done to them had they captured them ?

[@tcla3854]

@@hannahdyson7129 excuse me but women have proven to be excellent in combat.

[@Luis-ng4fb]

Colbert never surprising how much of a sellout you are, laughing about this? already?

[@kitrichardson2165]

here’s a great Bernie Sanders liberal talking about how Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon and Trevor Noah and many others are complete sell outs. If this were 1940s Germany they would all be working for Goebbels: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnSvhKV3ebdqg8k

[@user-be5kj1bw3d]

@@wdcurry111 Good thing there aren't any actual Christians in your cargo cult then, isn't it?

[@georgew7405]

We miss you Trump 😔

[@rafaelguasp1141]

Who fucking cares. Hes making people laugh with good intentions.

[@bryancooper5495]

Colbert , Kimmel and Trevor Noah made thier ratings off trump. I'm not sure how anyone of them can have sex with thier wife's after the last 2 years.

[@reggiebenson9172]

Never heard of this guy before, but wow! Who told him he was a comedian? Were they drunk? Flip Wilson, now there was a comedian!

[@BboyCreeper999]

If this was trump he would be saying the opposite

[@johndavis6119]

We trained the Taliban to fight the Soviets. They learned their lessons well and used our training against us. They went into hiding and came out when called. They are not dumb.

[@zachpisciotta5170]

Well said

[@davidthedeaf]

That is very over simplified.

[@jordie4423]

This is what you get with the liberals in charge

[@Me-on1tq]

I agree w u 4sure..first of all I put many comments and they're erasing my comment..my question is why if Afghanistan was the reason behind 911..we are bringing 30,000 afghanis home? That doesn't make sense to me..Afghanistan is an Islamic militant country..its a problem

[@artembentsionov]

@@jordie4423 are you saying that with T**** in charge this wouldn’t have happened? He was all for pulling out of Afghanistan. The end result would’ve been exactly the same, except he would’ve found a way to blame Obama for everything

[@RicoBurghFan]

The only obligation we have now is to the translators and others who greatly assisted our troops. We need to fast track asylum for them and any Afghani civilians who are threatened.

[@danielhostetler9493]

That's never gonna happen. Most of them will be dead within the month.

[@otakuman706]

Its a shame that this is extremely unlikely to happen. I would guess a couple might make it, but just as we've seen in the past I would say they will likely be left there to their fate. Its a real shame, and makes others less likely to help us out in similar ways due to this kinda crap. Smh

[@Mark-ok8ss]

@Julius Lama Bad shit may happen but it will come to your house first 🤣

[@danielhostetler9493]

@Julius Lama I'm curious, is it embarrassing to not only be incredibly stupid but to prove it so quickly with such clarity? I think I'll call you Nostradumbass.

[@ceikaiyiacheeksthedirector2920]

@Julius Lama lol the worse is yet to come? I believe you missed the crazy Trump saga which help kick started the pandemic

[@dancenelia]

Would someone out there educate the American people that we are not a democracy, we are a constitutional republic. BIG DIFFERENCE

[@turdferguson1603]

This man hasn't worked a day in his life

[@leggomyeigonosensei]

Many people ask “What was it all for?” Here is what the Afghan war accomplished: 1. Helped restore the damaged egos of the Americans who were demoralized when the buildings fell down. 2. Funneled 57% of the U.S. discretionary budget into the retirement accounts of the defense industry execs and their shareholders. 3. Drove a wedge between the Afghan people, creating 2 factions for a civil war, hence destroying their country and putting a bulls-eye on the heads of those who helped the occupying forces. 4. Postponed Al Qaeda’s terrorist training and planning for 20 years.

[@davedon260]

You guys have really very short memory!? Really you don’t why the USA went into Afghanistan?

[@ansontsui8582]

Ironically, guess which country started this whole war?

[@isaac_ayling]

@Crimson Queen Remilia true. That budget could easily be used with nasa to help take us to mars and rapidly advance technology to help us fight global warming here

[@strongbrain3128]

5. Kept Russia and China off the hook in the last 20 years.

[@blobgooll9395]

One thing you geniuses forget is that the USA turned thousands of terrorists into dust. And while you all worry about Afghan factions, just remember that Atta had only 1 ball and his mom was half swine

[@zajlaug4022]

It's just so sad how innocent people affected by the ideology of warfare. My heart and pray goes to those people who are just try to survive this shit war.

[@LaVictoireRosee]

Instead of giving out your heart and praying, you could actually collect money and help sponsor an Afghan family affected my the Taliban that your government helped create under Jimmy Carter.

[@reyrefaeli3204]

more like the ideology of religion.

[@phillbucs]

@@LaVictoireRosee You are correct that the American goverment did indeed help create the Taliban under ther Carter administration. What you are neglecting to add to that statement is: Similar to todays events, the U.S. military intervenes in Afghanistan affairs to prevent another country or group from counm,

[@LaVictoireRosee]

@pinkdostoyevsky I'm Canadian, we have a sponsorship program. A minimum of 5 people can come together, raise funds and petition the government of Canada to sponsor a family in crisis. The UN and NATO vets them and they are flown to our city. We are tasked with organizing their new home, securing jobs and language training. It helps with the transition process as well to have local Canadians ease them into their new homes and be their new family and friends.

[@bretwein3793]

The war is over and the victors are implementing their rule.

[@g-moneyooo7492]

The Lincoln joke was pretty good hahah

[@JohnDoe-qn6dt]

Like honestly watching this clown with funny hair standing on stage joking with rich people about the horrors caused in the world(by the rich people) reminds me exactly of the hunger games. This shit is sick.

[@MrTripplenipple]

I know right.

[@SilliusBuns]

You obviously didn't watch it.

[@JohnDoe-qn6dt]

@@SilliusBuns What did I miss?

[@GingerGingie]

I'm worried for the women in Afghanistan, and all the young girls. I'm reminded again to be thankful for the freedoms my children and I have.

[@megan893]

Agreed. That's all I've been able to think about today

[@claudia1423]

Women tortured, made sex slaves to Taliban 'warriors', little girls terrified while questioned about education. Good news: several 🇨🇦 military planes with rescued families landed safely in Toronto. They'll be resettled with support for trauma & adjustment to a new society. I'm moving to a nursing home due to declining health, donating everything from spoons to curtains to our cherry dining table to a family coming to my city. It replaces much of my sadness with the thankfulness you feel.

[@ronnierowe1312]

They will not all be rescued there are already reported rapes and kidnappings!

[@nymgrace1227]

All freedoms are fought for with blood and treasure. The freedoms of the USA were thus obtained from the founders !, the war for independence and the civil war, then the civil rights struggle. Freedom you or your forefathers earned will be appreciated. If your freedom wasn’t earned, they you will not appreciate it. The people of Afghanistan deserve the government they hav earned

[@hannahdyson7129]

@@nymgrace1227 The US won because France backed you. You really are navie If the US was invaded I doubt you would fight

[@iancurtis1152]

A measured criticism of Biden, I can only imagine his criticism if Trump was still Pres.

[@iancurtis1152]

@Reet Law where would Biden be on the imbecile graph compared to Trump?

[@samwisegamgee9550]

@@iancurtis1152 They have no standard. It's all about your tribe

[@davidlindsay9564]

@Reet Law Trump wouldn't have screwed this up. Trump may do things wrong and you don't like his personality, but this is a freaking disaster and its all on Biden. Trumps policies were fine. Trump may be a lot of things, but Joe is a freaking joke all the way, he is the imbecile.

[@davidlindsay9564]

He puts the screws to Eric but says nothing about Hunter, and that dig at Desantis says it all....

[@newhope4me]

Would have been way different!!

[@emptythrone75]

Remember when everybody mocked Taliban for the past 20 years, laugh long who laugh last.

[@ashantorahmanmirza8403]

Right 😀👌

[@montuedge]

This time...you know in your heart of hearts

[@charlieledbetter42]

Also, I’m deeply uncomfortable with the idea that this was inevitable. If you have 20 years and trillions of dollars, I got the feeling that if you prioritize the needs of people rather than defense contractors, you might not get all these people killed.

[@Alex-vq9vj]

@@ericp_ski yeah, and if *someone with an orange make-up fetish* hadn't negotiated with the Taliban and released 5.000 Taliban terrorists from prison! Oh, you tried to ignore that part?! Look at the photos of Mike Pompeo with the Taliban leader in FALL 2020. Are you by chance also one of those morons thinking their sperm will be worth millions? 😂😂😂

[@Jay-cp9kd]

@@Alex-vq9vj Oh yeah this is Trumps fault right? And so are skyrocketing gas prices, the flood of infected illegals tap dancing across the wide open border too right?? Zero American casualties in almost a year there.. Why? They knew they would’ve been held accountable to the deal that they made if they started engaging when the “mean orange man who offended the triggered left” was in office. However, the dementia patient in chief didn’t even take the time to first evacuate our people, (AND AT LEAST SOME OF OUR WEAPONRY!) and scrub all of the sensitive intel on our hard drives etc.. Because democrats just had to rush, and try and use the 20th anniversary of the worst attack on US soil, as some PR charade. Well I don’t think that’s happening anymore lol And now our enemies know that they don’t have to fear the softest joke of a “president” to ever hold the office….

[@Alex-vq9vj]

@@ericp_ski Allergic against facts, are you? 🤦🏻‍♀️ Keep dancing around your dementia-riddled fat golden calf and ignore reality and logic.

[@SEmme-ov6yy]

I still support the withdrawal. The us had no business being there in the first place

[@mahaffer71]

@@Alex-vq9vj Biden left thousands of American citizens behind while leaving the Taliban approx $10 billion dollars worth of military equipment. Stop deflecting with your obvious blind hatred of trump. This is all biden. 8 months in and any plan trump had Biden can change it he is the PRESIDENT. GJ deflecting Puppet Colbert Women in schools rose from 6% in 2003 to 39% in 2017 Women's life expectancy grew from just 56yrs in 2001 to 66 in 2017. Watch how quickly that goes reverse. Lesson learned. Don't give help when its not want and there is nothing in return. We should have let russia have there way with them. Wasted a good Rambo movie on them.

[@villesanti1]

Wow, making light of the suffering and murder of the people of Afghanistan it has to be a new low for this hack.

[@patwaddington]

Yeah I thought that was so fucking tacky

[@billbillson5082]

It’s pretty bad especially as women are getting gunned down like they did today.

[@richardtyler3498]

Atleast we don't have mean tweets though.

[@kjh5317]

Nelson Villegas You said it. Exactly right.

[@ukm37]

Let this be a lesson to you people who let celebrities influence you.

[@nagolyaj2]

Absolutely tasteless