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In Reply to: RE: January 15, 2021 posted by Krav Maga on August 30, 2021 at 20:27:31:
'Biden made his decision to fully withdraw from Afghanistan prior to any of that happening'
no he didn't. those events occurred contemporaneously. here's a direct quote from the article you based your comment on about Biden keeping a contingent there ... second paragraph
"The reduction could complicate matters for the incoming Biden administration, which must determine how to handle a Trump administration commitment to the Taliban to remove all U.S. military, intelligence and contractor personnel from Afghanistan by May as a move to spur peace negotiations. Those talks are in an early stage"
note the first sentence and the date of the article; 1/15 is prior to the official transfer of office on 1/21. he had not decided yet on troop retention and the directive to [reportedly] draw troop levels down to 2.5K wasn't his
you've taken the context of an article published prior to Biden taking office and applied it to events that transpired months later not me
he did say he would consider keeping 'advisors' there after taking office during those 'talks' the quoted article said were pending, I saw & heard this in televised press briefings, read it too but I'm not digging up citations
as the pull out began when asked by the press if there would be any US military presence left at all he alluded to one 'in the region' and 'discussions' but as soon as 'provinces' started falling without an Afghan military response and their gov't stopped taking calls, never again to my knowledge
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