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RE: Blaming this administration for the current happenings is like blaming...

I think that you misinterpreted my post.

I'm not talking about blaming the current administration for pulling out of Afghanistan. My post was not about the decision to pull out, but "the timing" of getting out (the how and when based on planning and intelligence, or lack thereof). I'm talking about the fact the the current administration was caught off guard regarding the speed at which the Taliban is taking/took over the country, and specifically, the capitol, Kabul, hence my reference to Kirby's "Kabul is not right now in an imminent threat environment" Friday comment and my comment that "His watch is broken" (a reference to time/speed). By Sunday, 2 days later, Kabul and the Afganistan government collapsed.

Additionally, on July 8, President Biden downplayed concerns about Afghanistan at his press conference.

From whitehouse.gov -

"Q Mr. President, some Vietnamese veterans see echoes of their experience in this withdrawal in Afghanistan. Do you see any parallels between this withdrawal and what happened in Vietnam, with some people feeling -

THE PRESIDENT: None whatsoever. Zero. What you had is - you had entire brigades breaking through the gates of our embassy - six, if I'm not mistaken.

The Taliban is not the south - the North Vietnamese army. They're not - they're not remotely comparable in terms of capability. There's going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the - of the United States from Afghanistan. It is not at all comparable."

Later in the same press conference the President stated "But the likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely."

There is chaos at the Kabul airport. Due to the miscalculation by the current administration, they are now scrambling to get American, Afgans and foreign allies evacuated. I do hold the current administration responsible for the safe evacuation of American government employees, Afghan translators/family, and foreign allies in Afghanistan and for any military equipment and sensitive or advanced technology or documents that may end up in the hands of the Taliban (and whoever else) due to a lack of foresight and planning. Was this is a failure of intelligence, a lack of foresight and planning, simple incompetence or a combination of the above. America. From superpower to stuporpower (a long time in the making).


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