- Sep 19, 2020
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Please. Biden cancelled many of Trump's EOs in his first days. Biden has had the keys for seven months. To argue that it is Trump's fault, as Biden was simply honoring the agreement signed by Trump is complete vapor."No exit from Afghanistan was going to be easy or without a sense of pain and betrayal from Americans who served and sacrificed there and Afghans who have come to rely on the US and its allies and have been left to fend for themselves.
And any regeneration of Afghanistan as a staging area for al Qaeda, ISIS and acts of terrorism against Americans or our allies also will invite new debate about the President’s decision.
But as Biden argued, and events have proven, to remain after the Trump administration’s withdrawal agreement with the Taliban last year, and Trump’s subsequent drawdown of US troops, would have required reengaging and placing more Americans in harm’s way to shore up a corrupt and feckless government."
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Axelrod: These are the battle scars Biden brought to Afghanistan decision | CNN
Joe Biden was always a skeptic about what was possible in Afghanistan, writes David Axelrod, who was a witness to that skepticism. During the Obama administration, Biden sharply criticized the military architects of the conflict and feared getting bogged down in an open-ended war. Yet with his...www.cnn.com
Biden addressed the nation and said that what we are witnessing was his decision, he owns it, the buck stops with him, and he stands by his decision.
Biden had limitless possibilities. He chose one, and we are seeing his decision play out.