How Twitter Reacted to Trump and His Afghan Policy Announcement

President Donald Trump announced an updated Afghan policy today in which he has backtracked from his promise to quickly end US wars across the globe. Apart from clearing way for more deployment of troops in the region he also criticized Pakistan for providing safe haven to “agents of chaos” and has expressed his desire for India to help more.

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The development is among top trends on twitter and this is how twitterati have responded to the announcement.

Colin Kahl‏ wondered how the strategy would help and why it makes little sense.

https://twitter.com/ColinKahl/status/899806873695793152

https://twitter.com/ColinKahl/status/899807412307320832

David Rothkopf was a little more philosophical while explaining what he was able to comprehend.

A strategy without a strategy, a change without change, a commitment without a commitment, principled realism without principles or realism.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) August 22, 2017

Someone just had to be skeptical.

https://twitter.com/ShujaRabbani/status/899876836326469633

So Donald Jr. and Eric are headed to Afghanistan. Good for them. They can fight on behalf of the country that is paying their bills.

— Banksta 🐈 (@banksta62) August 22, 2017

If you guys look up there you will see my plan with regards to Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/TAdJiZLGGT

— E5QUIRE (@e5quire) August 22, 2017

Fakhr-e-Alam perhaps makes more sense than anyone else.

US wants to fix Afghanistan, wants India to help & Pak to do more but what bout Afghanis are they not required to fix themselves & their own

— Fakhr-e-Alam (@falamb3) August 22, 2017

Abdul Basit actually summed up the whole debate from Pakistan’s perspective.

Asking for more India's involvement in Afghanistan is a sure recipe for more disaster. 1/2

— Abdul Basit (@abasitpak1) August 22, 2017

US is either clueless or deliberately complicating matters in Afghanistan. 2/2

— Abdul Basit (@abasitpak1) August 22, 2017

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