Originally Posted by
LV426
OK.
Let's start with the fact that the Afghanistan withdrawal was a deal Trump struck with the Taliban in February 2020.
So in February 2020, Trump committed the US to fully withdraw from Afghanistan by May 1, 2021.
Between February 2020 and January 20th, 2021, Trump evacuated exactly ZERO civilians, translators, officials, envoys, advocates, or activists, and had only withdrawn about 1/4 of the troops we had in Afghanistan, and none of the equipment left either.
So Trump had done NOTHING between February 2020 and January 2021 to fulfill the commitment HE MADE IN OUR NAME with the Taliban.
So by the time Biden comes into office, he has less than four months to withdraw everyone from Afghanistan.
FOUR MONTHS.
So in March 2021, Biden negotiated an extension with the Taliban to agree to leave Afghanistan by August 1st, 2021.
Biden wanted to leave later, but it was the Taliban who wanted us out on the timeline Trump committed us to, but then did no preparation to meet.
So it wasn't Biden who fucked up the Afghan withdrawal...it was already fucked before he even took office.
So let's debate.
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