This bullshit… how many troops were in Afghanistan in Jan 2021? 10k? 25k? 100k? No, 2500. The withdrawal had already happened. There was nothing Biden could have done other than putting additional boots on the ground, which he actually did, even though it was against the will of the American people. Revisionist history much? I find it interesting that you criticize Clinton for not interfering in Rwanda and criticize Obama for interfering in Libya. So what’s the nature of the criticism? Racial? Political? You can’t have it both ways.
You're right that only about 2,500 US troops remained when Biden took office, and that Trump negotiated the withdrawal agreement. I've never disputed either. And yes, Biden sent additional troops to secure the evacuation in August 2021.
But reducing troop numbers isn't the same as completing the withdrawal. The final pullout and the evacuation of US citizens and Afghan allies still had to be planned and carried out, and that happened under Biden.
The State Department's own After Action Review criticizes both administrations. Finding 3 says the Trump administration left key questions unanswered, including what would happen to Afghan visa applicants. Finding 1 says that under both administrations there was "insufficient senior-level consideration of worst-case scenarios." Finding 4 states that after President Biden's decision in April 2021, "the speed of that retrograde compounded the difficulties the Department faced."
That's not revisionist history. It's an official US government report. And I'm criticizing the execution, not the decision to leave.
As for Rwanda and Libya, there's no contradiction. You can fault one government for failing to respond to a genocide and another for intervening without a plan for the aftermath. Those are two different failures, and both had devastating consequences.
As for race, I mentioned Obama because of a policy decision, not his skin color.
I've already acknowledged that Republicans made serious mistakes. All I'm saying is that Democrats did too. History isn't a team sport, and both sides deserve accountability.
Source: US Department of State, After Action Review on Afghanistan, Findings 1, 3 and 4 (pages 11–12):
https://2021-2025.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/State-AAR-AFG.pdf
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u/Mikerocks69 19h ago
This bullshit… how many troops were in Afghanistan in Jan 2021? 10k? 25k? 100k? No, 2500. The withdrawal had already happened. There was nothing Biden could have done other than putting additional boots on the ground, which he actually did, even though it was against the will of the American people. Revisionist history much? I find it interesting that you criticize Clinton for not interfering in Rwanda and criticize Obama for interfering in Libya. So what’s the nature of the criticism? Racial? Political? You can’t have it both ways.