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Originally Posted by FlameOn
Aside from Biden's completely the lack of foresight on how fast the corrupt Afghan government would collapsed which is Biden's fault, the terms of the withdrawal treaty and pullout of Western personnel on the ground is entirely on the GOP and Trump. They are already updating and removing all their statements praising Trump for the withdrawal decision in preparation for the gaslighting.
Pompeo himself getting roasted by Fox News on this. It has all of the relevant clips with Pompeo, GOP, and Trump boasting about the withdrawal treaty. https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-ho...drawal-1619498
Lets be a little fair on where the blame lies for each issue. |
Trump treaty for withdrawl was for May, so the GOP cannot act like their hands are clean on this either.
That being said, there is no question that Biden, and a bunch of western nations botched this...While this is a massive intelligence failure, the buck stops at the president.
The biggest question for me is whether anything was done between May and now to prepare for this withdraw ... from the face of it, it does not seem like it...
As mentioned, there was a small force of advisors in Afghanistan, not that different than what still exists in Iraq...whether having them remain and thereby breaking that treaty with Taliban would have been worth it, is a fair question to ask.
Regardless, the scenes at the airport make me sick...Hopefully, they can do something to help these people.