There was no good solution to this situation. Biden seemed to have bad info from the Pentagon about how much time American troops and civilians had to withdraw. The Pentagon and the military industrial blob have a vested interest in keeping the war going. The Republicans don't care about the Afghanis but wanted to use *something* to use as a cudgel against Biden. Biden likely calculated that he'd be spending serious political capital on this, but was probably surprised at the rate of depletion. In the end, most Americans do not have an appetite to prolong this war. It remains to be seen what kind of consequence Biden suffers in 2022.
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