Afghanistan is terrible. But this war was lost years ago. Once you go into a country and depose the leadership, there, there is a brief window in which you can act, to ensure that they will never again come to power. We let that wind close. Then, instead of withdrawing responsibly, Donald Trump arranged a deal that helped him and him a…
Afghanistan is terrible. But this war was lost years ago. Once you go into a country and depose the leadership, there, there is a brief window in which you can act, to ensure that they will never again come to power. We let that wind close. Then, instead of withdrawing responsibly, Donald Trump arranged a deal that helped him and him alone: A ceasefire through the 2020 election, followed by capitulation to the Taliban.
It was a lose-lose for Biden. His pullout was a dumpster fire, but, as Maj. Winchester observed upon leaving the 4077, "What better way to leave a garbage dump?" It was never going to be pretty. And the obligation had to be honored. And I'm also quite certain he knew about the impending Ukraine crisis. One way or the other, we had to be out. And it's a tragedy.
Afghanistan is terrible. But this war was lost years ago. Once you go into a country and depose the leadership, there, there is a brief window in which you can act, to ensure that they will never again come to power. We let that wind close. Then, instead of withdrawing responsibly, Donald Trump arranged a deal that helped him and him alone: A ceasefire through the 2020 election, followed by capitulation to the Taliban.
It was a lose-lose for Biden. His pullout was a dumpster fire, but, as Maj. Winchester observed upon leaving the 4077, "What better way to leave a garbage dump?" It was never going to be pretty. And the obligation had to be honored. And I'm also quite certain he knew about the impending Ukraine crisis. One way or the other, we had to be out. And it's a tragedy.