Biden admin review of Afghanistan withdrawal repeatedly blames Trump

[Doc7505]

Biden admin review of Afghanistan withdrawal ​

repeatedly blames Trump​

Biden administration says former President Donald Trump's actions 'severely constrained' conditions for US military withdrawal from Afghanistan​

Biden admin review of Afghanistan withdrawal repeatedly blames Trump

The White House on Thursday released its review of the Biden administration's 2021 military withdrawal from Afghanistan, repeatedly blaming the Trump administration.

www.foxnews.com

6 Apr 2023 ~~ By Chris Pandolfo

The White House on Thursday released its review of President Biden's fumbled withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, dropping the long-awaited report days before the Easter holiday while former President Donald Trump's indictment dominates headlines.
In a 12-page outline, Biden officials defend the president's decision to withdraw, calling his decision to end the two decades-long war "the right thing for the country." The report does not appear to acknowledge any mistakes made by Biden. However, the document repeatedly criticizes the Trump administration for constraining the conditions of American evacuation, during which 13 American soldiers died in a suicide bombing while protecting the Kabul airport.
The review does acknowledge that the evacuation of Americans and allies from Afghanistan should have started sooner, but blames the delays on the Afghan government and military, and on U.S. military and intelligence community assessments.
"President Biden’s choices for how to execute a withdrawal from Afghanistan were severely constrained by conditions created by his predecessor," the document states.

https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/04/U.S.-Withdrawal-from-Afghanistan.pdf

Commentary:
The incompetent clown crew that arrived with Biden screwed it up. He purposely populated his administration with clowns and they delivered a circus.
Biden put people in place incapable of creating an effective withdrawal plan. Trump not create a withdrawal plan because the Taliban never met the conditions of withdrawal. No matter how you look at this, Biden is the president - therefore he was the leader and had direct participation in how it was done. To be a strong leader, you have to endure and accept the responsibility of your own cabinet and actions - or your just irresponsible and avoid the tougher part of being a leader. Biden can blame whomever he wants, but his name was on the orders to the generals to pull out of Bagram airbase in the middle of night in the dark.
We see Biden's weakness on a daily basis as China eats our lunch making deals with Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and Russia.
Biden's list of Failures Grows daily!
A further example of Joey's incompetent actions:

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www.independentsentinel.com

 

[EMH]

Has anyone noticed that W and Biden both LOVE the TALIBAN??



W sided with Taliban in the ongoing Afghan civil war with TNA in 2001. "Osama" was "not a priority" because....

W gave Afghan to Taliban



Biden left Taliban with $80 billion in brand new US arms....

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

What a pathetic worm.

 

[1srelluc]

Suppose Trump dropped dead tomorrow....After the short-lived dem euphoria what would they have left?

 

[johngaltshrugged]

DC explaining how everything going to shit now is actually all DT's fault

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Biden admin review of Afghanistan withdrawal ​

repeatedly blames Trump​

Biden administration says former President Donald Trump's actions 'severely constrained' conditions for US military withdrawal from Afghanistan​

Biden admin review of Afghanistan withdrawal repeatedly blames Trump

The White House on Thursday released its review of the Biden administration's 2021 military withdrawal from Afghanistan, repeatedly blaming the Trump administration.

www.foxnews.com

6 Apr 2023 ~~ By Chris Pandolfo

The White House on Thursday released its review of President Biden's fumbled withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, dropping the long-awaited report days before the Easter holiday while former President Donald Trump's indictment dominates headlines.
In a 12-page outline, Biden officials defend the president's decision to withdraw, calling his decision to end the two decades-long war "the right thing for the country." The report does not appear to acknowledge any mistakes made by Biden. However, the document repeatedly criticizes the Trump administration for constraining the conditions of American evacuation, during which 13 American soldiers died in a suicide bombing while protecting the Kabul airport.
The review does acknowledge that the evacuation of Americans and allies from Afghanistan should have started sooner, but blames the delays on the Afghan government and military, and on U.S. military and intelligence community assessments.
"President Biden’s choices for how to execute a withdrawal from Afghanistan were severely constrained by conditions created by his predecessor," the document states.

https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/04/U.S.-Withdrawal-from-Afghanistan.pdf

Commentary:
The incompetent clown crew that arrived with Biden screwed it up. He purposely populated his administration with clowns and they delivered a circus.
Biden put people in place incapable of creating an effective withdrawal plan. Trump not create a withdrawal plan because the Taliban never met the conditions of withdrawal. No matter how you look at this, Biden is the president - therefore he was the leader and had direct participation in how it was done. To be a strong leader, you have to endure and accept the responsibility of your own cabinet and actions - or your just irresponsible and avoid the tougher part of being a leader. Biden can blame whomever he wants, but his name was on the orders to the generals to pull out of Bagram airbase in the middle of night in the dark.
We see Biden's weakness on a daily basis as China eats our lunch making deals with Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and Russia.
Biden's list of Failures Grows daily!
A further example of Joey's incompetent actions:

Biden Begs Iran for a Freeze-for-Freeze Nuke Deal

Unbelievably, Joe Biden, Obama's puppet, is asking Iran for a freeze-for-freeze nuclear deal. Axios reports he'll give sanctions relief...

www.independentsentinel.com

Because the decision to withdraw was the correct one. Had Trump not negotiated with the Taliban and followed through on his own evacuation plan, maybe it would have been different. But I doubt it.
Whack them around on the chaos and not getting started sooner..yes. But the withdrawal was the right thing to do.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Because the decision to withdraw was the correct one. Had Trump not negotiated with the Taliban and followed through on his own evacuation plan, maybe it would have been different. But I doubt it.
Whack them around on the chaos and not getting started sooner..yes. But the withdrawal was the right thing to do.

Not the way biden did it.

 

[Hossfly]

Trump was responsible for the 1929 Wall St Crash, Pearl Harbor and all the California earthquakes since 1901. Be's a baaaaaaaaad dude!

 

[Hossfly]

Not the way biden did it.

Biden did a good job! Always evacuate your fighting troops first, then civilian employees and then try to negotiate prisoner swaps for American dependents. And by all means, never bring home heavy equipment, aircraft and armor because waste of precious fuel is bad for climate change.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Trump was responsible for the 1929 Wall St Crash, Pearl Harbor and all the California earthquakes since 1901. Be's a baaaaaaaaad dude!

Trump was/is responsible for Trump. He made his own decisions. He made all his own issues. He chose to run his mouth. Because he's corrupt, and incompetent. No self-awareness to speak of.

 

[pknopp]

Should have negotiated a little more with the "terrorists".

 

[BlindBoo]

the document repeatedly criticizes the Trump administration for constraining the conditions of American evacuation

"Under the Doha agreement, the US would begin to withdraw its forces contingent upon Taliban meeting certain conditions, which would lead to a political agreement between the Taliban and the government of Afghanistan. There were seven conditions applicable to the Taliban and eight conditions applicable to the United States. While the Taliban did not attack US forces, which was one of the conditions, it failed to fully honor, any, any other condition under the Doha agreement."

Gen. Milley: (31:22)
"And perhaps most importantly, for US national security, that Taliban has never renounced Al-Qaeda or broke its affiliation with them. We the United States adhered to every condition."

Btw, Gen. Milley is a Trump Appointed General. Considering Trump reduced our forces from close to 13,000 to around 2,500 nearly unconditionally. If you can't see the problems that caused then you are as blind as my old dog. How does your nose work?

 

[saveliberty]

Here's an idea. The person who issues the order to withdraw is responsible. That name is Biden.

 

[pknopp]

"Under the Doha agreement, the US would begin to withdraw its forces contingent upon Taliban meeting certain conditions, which would lead to a political agreement between the Taliban and the government of Afghanistan. There were seven conditions applicable to the Taliban and eight conditions applicable to the United States. While the Taliban did not attack US forces, which was one of the conditions, it failed to fully honor, any, any other condition under the Doha agreement."

Gen. Milley: (31:22)
"And perhaps most importantly, for US national security, that Taliban has never renounced Al-Qaeda or broke its affiliation with them. We the United States adhered to every condition."

Btw, Gen. Milley is a Trump Appointed General. Considering Trump reduced our forces from close to 13,000 to around 2,500 nearly unconditionally. If you can't see the problems that caused then you are as blind as my old dog. How does your nose work?

Negotiating with the "terrorists".

 

[BlindBoo]

Here's an idea. The person who issues the order to withdraw is responsible. That name is Biden.

Pretending that all the withdrawals in 2020 didn't happen and those makes Trump 80% responsible? Pretending also that the May 1st 2021 deadline didn't mark the end of the cease-fire between the remaining 2,500 US troops and the Taliban? Do you think the Taliban was just going to say, "Yeah sure, you Americans can leave those 25 hundred troops here....we wont shoot at them. Honest!"

We're all responsible for the 20 year nation building debacle in Afghanistan.

 

[Doc7505]

"Under the Doha agreement, the US would begin to withdraw its forces contingent upon Taliban meeting certain conditions, which would lead to a political agreement between the Taliban and the government of Afghanistan. There were seven conditions applicable to the Taliban and eight conditions applicable to the United States. While the Taliban did not attack US forces, which was one of the conditions, it failed to fully honor, any, any other condition under the Doha agreement."

Gen. Milley: (31:22)
"And perhaps most importantly, for US national security, that Taliban has never renounced Al-Qaeda or broke its affiliation with them. We the United States adhered to every condition."

Btw, Gen. Milley is a Trump Appointed General. Considering Trump reduced our forces from close to 13,000 to around 2,500 nearly unconditionally. If you can't see the problems that caused then you are as blind as my old dog. How does your nose work?

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The key here is that the Taliban violated their agreement after Trump left office and Biden never held them to the Trump agreement, Biden just arbitrarily decided to withdraw from Bagram airbase in the middle of the night leaving equipment behind including our military K-9 dogs without food or water.
So now after a countless number of Afghanistan people tortured and dead, including the 31 dead and injured American soldiers, someone comes up with a white paper applauding Biden. Bull Scat!!

Why Did the United States Abandon Bagram Airfield? | National Review

The bottom line is that Biden didn’t leave enough troops in Afghanistan for an evacuation.

www.nationalreview.com

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Dozens of Dogs Abandoned in Afghanistan Face ‘Torture’ From Taliban

Animals rights groups say that the US has handed ‘death sentences’ to dozens of working dogs left behind in Afghanistan.

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Jake Sullivan Blames Generals for Abandoning Bagram: 'Their Advice Was to Close Bagram'

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan insisted senior military officials were behind President Joe Biden's decision to close Afghanistan's Bagram Air Force Base over the summer.

www.mediaite.com

 

[BlindBoo]

The key here is that the Taliban violated their agreement after Trump left office

Contrary to known reality. They violated the agreement in March of 2020, before we withdrew a single soldier.

Biden never held them to the Trump agreement, Biden just arbitrarily decided to withdraw from Bagram

Trump had around 13,000 US troops to use as leverage against the Taliban. He left Biden 2,500 troop on Jan 20, 2021. He also abandon 5 other military bases in Afghanistan as well. Recall:

Sec. Lloyd Austin: (23:40)
So let me take each in turn. Retaining Bagram would’ve required putting as many as 5,000 US troops in harms way just to operate and defend it.

But you think it realistic that Biden could use those 2,500 troops to hold the Taliban to the 6 conditions Trump fucked up and let them slide on? WTF?

 

[saveliberty]

Pretending that all the withdrawals in 2020 didn't happen and those makes Trump 80% responsible? Pretending also that the May 1st 2021 deadline didn't mark the end of the cease-fire between the remaining 2,500 US troops and the Taliban? Do you think the Taliban was just going to say, "Yeah sure, you Americans can leave those 25 hundred troops here....we wont shoot at them. Honest!"

We're all responsible for the 20 year nation building debacle in Afghanistan.

Was leaving a good idea? Yes, I believe that without reservation.

Was Abandoning Bagram Air Field a good idea before the withdrawal? Absolutely not. Who ordered That? Biden, against ALL of his military advisors recommendations.

Was allowing too small a withdrawal force with no exterior perimeter security Trumps plan? No, again Biden all by himself.

Ultimately, Biden publicly stated HE was responsible for the withdrawal. He never mentioned anyone else at that time.

 

[Dante Reawakened]

Biden admin review of Afghanistan withdrawal ​

repeatedly blames Trump​

Biden administration says former President Donald Trump's actions 'severely constrained' conditions for US military withdrawal from Afghanistan​

Biden admin review of Afghanistan withdrawal repeatedly blames Trump

The White House on Thursday released its review of the Biden administration's 2021 military withdrawal from Afghanistan, repeatedly blaming the Trump administration.

www.foxnews.com

6 Apr 2023 ~~ By Chris Pandolfo

The White House on Thursday released its review of President Biden's fumbled withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, dropping the long-awaited report days before the Easter holiday while former President Donald Trump's indictment dominates headlines.
In a 12-page outline, Biden officials defend the president's decision to withdraw, calling his decision to end the two decades-long war "the right thing for the country." The report does not appear to acknowledge any mistakes made by Biden. However, the document repeatedly criticizes the Trump administration for constraining the conditions of American evacuation, during which 13 American soldiers died in a suicide bombing while protecting the Kabul airport.
The review does acknowledge that the evacuation of Americans and allies from Afghanistan should have started sooner, but blames the delays on the Afghan government and military, and on U.S. military and intelligence community assessments.
"President Biden’s choices for how to execute a withdrawal from Afghanistan were severely constrained by conditions created by his predecessor," the document states.

https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/04/U.S.-Withdrawal-from-Afghanistan.pdf

Commentary:
The incompetent clown crew that arrived with Biden screwed it up. He purposely populated his administration with clowns and they delivered a circus.
Biden put people in place incapable of creating an effective withdrawal plan. Trump not create a withdrawal plan because the Taliban never met the conditions of withdrawal. No matter how you look at this, Biden is the president - therefore he was the leader and had direct participation in how it was done. To be a strong leader, you have to endure and accept the responsibility of your own cabinet and actions - or your just irresponsible and avoid the tougher part of being a leader. Biden can blame whomever he wants, but his name was on the orders to the generals to pull out of Bagram airbase in the middle of night in the dark.
We see Biden's weakness on a daily basis as China eats our lunch making deals with Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and Russia.
Biden's list of Failures Grows daily!
A further example of Joey's incompetent actions:

Biden Begs Iran for a Freeze-for-Freeze Nuke Deal

Unbelievably, Joe Biden, Obama's puppet, is asking Iran for a freeze-for-freeze nuclear deal. Axios reports he'll give sanctions relief...

www.independentsentinel.com

quotes fron August 17, 2021:

Jan. 15 — “Today, U.S. force levels in Afghanistan have reached 2,500,” Miller, the acting defense secretary, says in a statement. “[T]his drawdown brings U.S. forces in the country to their lowest levels since 2001.”


Afghanistan’s First Vice President Amrullah Saleh tells the BBC that the Trump administration made too many concessions to the Taliban. “I am telling [the United States] as a friend and as an ally that trusting the Taliban without putting in a verification mechanism is going to be a fatal mistake,” Saleh says, adding that Afghanistan leaders warned the U.S. that “violence will spike” as the 5,000 Taliban prisoners were released. “Violence has spiked,” he added.

Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan - FactCheck.org

We lay out many of the key diplomatic decisions, military actions, presidential pronouncements and expert assessments of the withdrawal agreement that ended the U.S. military's 20-year war in Afghanistan.

www.factcheck.org

Trump Strikes a Deal​

Feb. 29, 2020 — U.S. and Taliban sign an agreement that sets the terms for a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by May 1, 2021, but do not release two classified annexes that set the conditions for U.S. withdrawal. At the time of the agreement, the U.S. had about 13,000 troops in Afghanistan, according to a Department of Defense inspector general report.

The withdrawal of U.S. troops is contingent on the “Taliban’s action against al-Qaeda and other terrorists who could threaten us,” Trump says in a speech at the Conservative Political Active Conference. (U.S. withdrawals, however, occurred despite the fact that the Defense Department inspector general’s office repeatedly reported that the Taliban worked with al-Qaeda.)

The pact includes the release of 5,000 Taliban fighters who have been held prisoners by the Afghanistan government, which is not a party to the agreement.

March 1, 2020 — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani objects to a provision in the agreement that would require his country to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners. “Freeing Taliban prisoners is not [under] the authority of America but the authority of the Afghan government,” Ghani says. “There has been no commitment for the release of 5,000 prisoners.”

March 4, 2020 — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley tells the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Taliban pledged in the classified documents not to attack U.S. troops and coalition forces or launch “high-profile attacks,” including in Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals. “[T]he Taliban have signed up to a whole series of conditions … all the Members of the Congress have all the documents associated with this agreement,” Milley says.

Despite the agreement, the Taliban attack Afghan forces in Helmand province, and the U.S. responds with an air strike.

March 10, 2020 — Under pressure from the U.S., Ghani orders the release of 1,500 Taliban prisoners, but at the rate of 100 per day.

May 19, 2020 — In releasing its quarterly report on Afghanistan, the DOD inspector general’s office says the U.S. cut troop levels in Afghanistan by more than 4,000, even though “the Taliban escalated violence further after signing the agreement.”

“U.S. officials stated the Taliban must reduce violence as a necessary condition for continued U.S. reduction in forces and that remaining high levels of violence could jeopardize the U.S.-Taliban agreement,” according to the report, which covered activity from Jan. 1, 2020, to March 31, 2020. “Even still, the United States began to reduce its forces in Afghanistan from roughly 13,000 to 8,600.”

 

[Dante Reawakened]

New Woodward/Costa book: Trump secret memo ordering withdrawal from Afghanistan blindsided national security team

Just eight days after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump was so determined to end the war in Afghanistan during his presidency that he secretly signed a memo to withdraw all troops by January 15, 2021, according to a new book, "Peril," from journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.

www.cnn.com

Woodward and Costa reproduced the memo in “Peril.” The directive was titled, “Memorandum for the Acting Secretary of Defense: Withdrawal from Somalia and Afghanistan,” and the memo read: “I hereby direct you to withdraw all US forces from the Federal Republic of Somalia no later than 31 December 2020 and from the Islamic Republican of Afghanistan no later than 15 January 2021. Inform all allied and partner forces of the directives. Please confirm receipt of this order.”


Milley studied the memo and announced he was heading to the White House to confront Trump.







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“This is really fucked up and I’m going to see the President. I’m heading over. You guys can come or not,” Milley told Miller and Patel, who joined him on the trip across the Potomac, according to the book.


At the White House, the three men paid a surprise visit to national security adviser Robert O’Brien and showed him the signed memo.


“How did this happen?” Milley asked O’Brien, according to the book. “Was there any process here at all? How does a president do this?”


O’Brien looked at the memo and said, “I have no idea,” according to the authors.


“What do you mean you have no idea? You’re the national security adviser to the President?” Milley responded. “And the secretary of defense didn’t know about this? And the chief of staff to the secretary of defense didn’t know about this? The chairman didn’t know. How the hell does this happen?”


O’Brien took the memo and left. While the officials had briefly debated whether the memo could be a forgery, Trump confirmed to O’Brien that he had signed it.


“Mr. President, you’ve got to have a meeting with the principals,” O’Brien told Trump, according to the book, which Trump agreed to do and the directive was withdrawn.