Trump, not Biden, negotiated the withdrawal stages. He wanted the final withdrawal to occur early in his second term so he could boast about ending the war. It was left to Biden to fulfill the final withdrawal by the deadline negotiated by Trump. The US military has already made their withdrawal plans before the Biden inauguration. I…
Trump, not Biden, negotiated the withdrawal stages. He wanted the final withdrawal to occur early in his second term so he could boast about ending the war. It was left to Biden to fulfill the final withdrawal by the deadline negotiated by Trump. The US military has already made their withdrawal plans before the Biden inauguration. It was very odd that the withdrawal was negotiated with the Taliban, not the legitimate government. Trump gave Afghanistan to the the Taliban, and we wonder that the "puppet" government collapsed. Biden was not responsible. Give Trump the credit for ending the war, but also give him the blame for the debacle. Biden gets credit for the most massive air evacuation in history, over 100,000 people.
The press did a very poor job of explaining things to the public. They continue to say that Biden left hundreds of Americans behind in August. That is not quite right. They wanted to remain behind. As of October 2021, half of them still wanted to remain, and the US has been removing all who want to leave. https://rollcall.com/2021/10/26/hundreds-of-americans-remain-in-afghanistan-pentagon-official-says/ Just yesterday, in a stunning example of false equivalency, JVL blamed Biden for the monkeypox outbreak. Biden HAS NOT downplayed the outbreak or otherwise engaged in any of the other politically motivated actions characteristic of Trump in 2020 regarding Covid. Also yesterday, Noah Smith trivialized Biden's legislative achievements, even calling the Infrastructure Bill "good and necessary but really just plugged a hole from the previous decade of disinvestment," forgetting that no president before Biden got it done. Bacon has a point.
Trump, not Biden, negotiated the withdrawal stages. He wanted the final withdrawal to occur early in his second term so he could boast about ending the war. It was left to Biden to fulfill the final withdrawal by the deadline negotiated by Trump. The US military has already made their withdrawal plans before the Biden inauguration. It was very odd that the withdrawal was negotiated with the Taliban, not the legitimate government. Trump gave Afghanistan to the the Taliban, and we wonder that the "puppet" government collapsed. Biden was not responsible. Give Trump the credit for ending the war, but also give him the blame for the debacle. Biden gets credit for the most massive air evacuation in history, over 100,000 people.
The press did a very poor job of explaining things to the public. They continue to say that Biden left hundreds of Americans behind in August. That is not quite right. They wanted to remain behind. As of October 2021, half of them still wanted to remain, and the US has been removing all who want to leave. https://rollcall.com/2021/10/26/hundreds-of-americans-remain-in-afghanistan-pentagon-official-says/ Just yesterday, in a stunning example of false equivalency, JVL blamed Biden for the monkeypox outbreak. Biden HAS NOT downplayed the outbreak or otherwise engaged in any of the other politically motivated actions characteristic of Trump in 2020 regarding Covid. Also yesterday, Noah Smith trivialized Biden's legislative achievements, even calling the Infrastructure Bill "good and necessary but really just plugged a hole from the previous decade of disinvestment," forgetting that no president before Biden got it done. Bacon has a point.