save American troops lives, right?

Ah, No...to help China gain access to treasure.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/dip...eeping-force-afghanistan-after-us-troops
The chicoms are "concerned terrorist groups will prosper if there is a lack of stability in the region", experts say.

Sure........ the fact that Afghanistan is one of the most resource rich countries in the region, if not the world, has nothing to do with chicom interest...it's just security!?
https://www.livescience.com/47682-rare-earth-minerals-found-under-afghanistan.html

.......and don't forget, sleepy Joe owes them nothing for enriching his family, it was juuuuust biidness......(and I have ocean front property for sale in Two Dot, Mt. ....real cheap.....)

Same old pile of bull sheit, just a new swarm of flies.

I predict that within 3 months of a total pull out, Afghanistan will partner with china to hunt down the taliban. That means china will have direct access to their rare earth minerals and gas fields in the northern part of the country.

America paid for the survey that found the deposits and locations right after we went in to "help" rid the country of the Taliban. Someone in Washington has known this for years and did nothing to utilize those deposits. Now, you can bet China will get 1st opportunity at them. I have personally seen one Chinese copper mine camp in southern Ghazni province. A province that has a huge amount of Taliban activity.

kwg

I think you nailed it. They are leaps and bounds ahead of us, especially now that we have a thief and a whore in the white house.

Perhaps the Taliban will win...

I suspect the chicoms wouldn't be too interested in winning hearts and minds..

I hope the Chinese go all in on Afghanistan ! It hope they roll a million troops into the chithole and exterminate the Islamist vermin. Then all the jihadis can go attack the Chinese all over the world. There’s nothing we need in Afghanistan and we don’t have the stomach for what it takes to rule Afghanistan but the Chinese have zero regard for non Chinese life and very little regard for their own people’s lives.