my thick skulled lib friend insists this is the same deal Trump made and the same results would have happened if Trump were in office. Any sauce I can point out to him that proves Joey changed the plan?
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Trump had intended to withdraw all troops by May. Biden extended that deadline by a few months but still did it.
Here's a recent piece about it that's relatively friendly toward Trump: https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/16/no-biden-cant-blame-trump-for-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-disaster/
My understanding is that most of you support the withdrawal but think Trump would have handled it with more agility and thus stopped the Taliban from taking over without rescinding his plan to pull us out.
Trump's plan likely didn't involve leaving gear behind with the keys in the ignition either.
@hughhewitt · 11h The @WSJ editors accurately, succinctly damn @POTUS @JoeBiden. When Taliban violated the Doha agreement —premised on a negotiated power sharing— the U.S. was free to keep Bagram, it’s 2500 troops and NATO’s 5000, to use air power. He could have saved thousands. He chose not to.
Probably not, but I'm guessing Biden's plan didn't either. That's the sort of thing that's probably within the umbrella of the local commanders and sergeants than the President.
Yeah, I think most of us don't want perpetual war. It would be a mess no matter who is in charge BUT some plans are executed better than others. I'd personally assume it would have gone better under Trump for many reasons.