task0778
Diamond Member
When trump left office he reduced our troop level to only 2500 regular troops in Afghanistan. Sure Joe could have reversed course and re-invaded with 10 of thousands of troops to fight back the Taliban. Sure pal, sure.
And Joe could have left the troop level as it was at 2500. There were no US servicemembers killed during Trump's last 11 months, Biden could have lived with the status quo that Trump gave him, and he also could have changed the parameters of the agreement to be more to his liking. Had he left things as they were when he took office, we wouldn't have this massive fuckup that we have now. Or, he could have done the pull-out later in the winter months when the Taliban doesn't do much, but no, he had to pull-out our military in August, which is the Taliban's peak season for violence. And he coulda made sure our military equipment was removed AND got our civilians out 1st. But no, Biden wanted a political win in time for 9/11, to take the attention away from his fuckup on the southern border.