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Old 09-01-2021, 05:06 PM   #184
Jim in CT
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Originally Posted by spence View Post
I don't see the military planners as being that political. They were given a policy decision by Trump (i.e. surrender to terrorists rather than broker an enforceable peace deal) that was essentially non-reversible. Granted, Biden campaigned on getting out also, but the military planners were just crafting a mission to execute policy and they were working from some bad assumptions.

The Taliban were going to take over regardless, it just happened much faster than anticipated. Amazing how our troops responded to get so many out so fast without massive carnage, not to diminish those that died in the one bombing.
trumps deal was conditions based, was it not? why was it non reversible? so many other trump policies were overturned.
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