Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan - FactCheck.org
Here's Trump's actions to help on this:
1. In 2/2020 negotiated a peace deal WITH THE TALIBAN excluding the Afghan government. Taliban "pledged not to attack". Spoiler alert, they still did.
2. Freed 5,000 imprisoned Taliban soldiers. (wonder who attacked???)
3. Set a certain date of May 1, 2021 for withdrawal. (Like drawing pocket aces and playing poker like Barney Fife).
4. Reduced troop levels from 13,000 to 2,500
5. Invited them to Camp David but then uninvited them. (hats off to the 22 year old 3rd assistant who probably said to Pompeo, "boss, this camp david thing...is that a good idea?"
6. Trump
says, “We’re dealing very well with the Taliban. They’re very tough, they’re very smart, they’re very sharp. But, you know, it’s been 19 years, and even they are tired of fighting, in all fairness.”
7. Republicans warn of a Saigon scenario in November of 2020
I can sit here and critique Biden's execution of an exit plan. I can't ignore the **** show above while having the architect of said **** show act like he's blameless.
What the real answer is should go like this: It's a big **** sandwich. We're all gonna have to take a bite.
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