I don't believe for a second that Trump or Biden thought the Afghan army would hold up. We helped them build an army that was reliant on us and our contractors. I think Trump was convinced the Taliban would hold tight until we got out so it is a bit rich to see people from the Trump admin on TV worried about the women in the country.
Biden pulled out troops as the Taliban was moving their way across the country. That seems very shortsighted and I'm supposed to believe the DoD recommended that. Um no way.
I'm actually more interested in knowing why the Taliban didn't just sit around until we got out. I have to assume it was the optics of us running. Either way this pull out is on Biden. he proudly took credit for the plan. Harris proudly jumped on the bandwagon for credit. No one should be acting like this wasn't his doing.
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