Biden courageous for getting U.S. out
The only Afghan people willing to fight for their country’s independence are the Taliban. With little national identity, the collapse of the government’s 300,000-man military was inevitable no matter how well-equipped. The Taliban won with just an AK-47 from the back of a pickup truck: no tanks, no air force, hardly a shot fired.
After 20 years, the death of more than 2,400 U.S. troops (and counting now) and military costs exceeding $2.26 trillion, only Biden had the intelligence to pull the plug on this loser.
If the Taliban knew we were leaving, so did everybody else. Trump negotiated our withdrawal in February 2020, set for May 1, 2021, giving the Taliban leverage against the U.S.-backed government: a Republican fault that led to the chaos.
Trump’s immigration policies, the Afghan government and pandemic delayed evacuation, but U.S. citizens waiting until this August have nobody to blame but themselves.