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Originally Posted by FlameOn
For sure but most Western intelligence reports were saying the Afghan government wouldn't last the year once US troops pulled out. Just turns out Afghan military units weren't going to fight to the last man and slowly die just so Western interests could pulled out their remaining assets when Trump hobbled all of their support in the treaty.
Breaking the treaty would likely have required a large scale redeployment of US troops again, not sure Biden could have sold that to Congress. It wouldn't have made a difference anyway in the long run, other than a more orderly evacuation of allies on the ground.
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Agreed... There would have been negative consequences if they broke that treaty as well, so I don't think that would have been viable either...
Reminds me of the Tsunami in Japan, watching it unfold, you knew that was going to be a massive tragedy unfolding before your eyes....
Just horrible to watch it happening before our eyes...