Getting the people out before the troops, which would have ended our conflict. You know, that victory.
Now there is China and Russia feeling embolden with how weak we looked.
Our allies, no doubt, will be second guessing this administration and probably wishing Trump was leading this country.
US Allies rejoiced when Trump was gone... Trump was a complete disaster...
Afghanistan Withdrawal plan was a disaster when Trump signed up to it. Trump wanted no troops left in Afghanistan by Christmas... What would this looked like with no troops left in Kabul... Biden was dealt a very poor hand by Trump and his options were very limited...
McMaster was right, Trump conceded and reduced the troops to far too low level before the US Citizens and Friendlies were taken out. Biden made a few mistakes in not upping the number of troops but he was just hoping that the Afghan Army would hold out. They didn't, that was a miscalculation but Biden had the Taliban not closing the airport, which they could have done at anytime.
They evacuated 120k people in the last few weeks which was well done and well done to the troops for that.
Biden was playing with fire during the evacuation... He was relying on the goodwill of the Taliban or escalate a new war... He avoided a new war with the Taliban.
We thing every US citizen who wanted to come home got home. To leave troops there any longer would have caused more casualties and hostile Taliban 9this would have been a nightmare).
As for US friendlies who wanted to goto America... Stephen Miller caused a massive problem in state and had got it down that only one person was processing visas. He has been proud of his work and didn't believe US should have to take them. In 2020 US took just 495 friendlies and 610 in total. The aaveraage for years before was about a 1000. So after signing the withdrawal agreement they reduced it not increased it...
Biden increased it, by enough before August? Probably not. But to get lectures from Trump supporters about how they were abandoned is straight dishonest. The blood of US friendlies was mainly due the Trump Administration deliberately trying to stop them coming. Biden guilt here is just not reversing that terrible policy and put in structures quick enough.
Trump supporters should at least admit to what they did to US friendlies rather than trying to score political points for Biden not fixing their mess quick enough..
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