It’s honestly kind of disgusting how much time both administrations had to pull out of there after that withdrawal was set in stone, and it was still a last minute clusterfuck!!! All the DoDs shit should’ve been shipped back long before the deadline, it literally could have been just a couple desk jockeys putting their stuff in a box and walking into a plane.
A phased drawdown could have invited more attacks. It was done quickly so the taliban wouldn’t have time to react. Not that I’m happy with how it went or how much fucking gear and people got left behind, but I at least understand the thought process.
It was “done quickly” because the Taliban was actively trying to enter after the DoD ran the fuckin’ clock out. There is no excuse for doing fuck all in advance (that i am aware of); both administrations screwed the pooch here, and people died as a consequence, both soldiers and afghani civilians who were abandoned by the US. It’s disgraceful.
The Afghanistan withdrawal happened because it was arranged during the Trump administration.
It was supposed to happen in May, Biden pushed it back to August.
It’s honestly kind of disgusting how much time both administrations had to pull out of there after that withdrawal was set in stone, and it was still a last minute clusterfuck!!! All the DoDs shit should’ve been shipped back long before the deadline, it literally could have been just a couple desk jockeys putting their stuff in a box and walking into a plane.
A phased drawdown could have invited more attacks. It was done quickly so the taliban wouldn’t have time to react. Not that I’m happy with how it went or how much fucking gear and people got left behind, but I at least understand the thought process.
It was “done quickly” because the Taliban was actively trying to enter after the DoD ran the fuckin’ clock out. There is no excuse for doing fuck all in advance (that i am aware of); both administrations screwed the pooch here, and people died as a consequence, both soldiers and afghani civilians who were abandoned by the US. It’s disgraceful.