Thread by @KevDGrussing

He owned his decision and rightfully noted his decision was forced by the direct deal Trump and Pompeo cut with the Taliban along with the troop cut Trump ordered before he went out the door.

https://twitter.com/blakehounshell/status/1432853659885441030

Biden has been anti-Nation Building for over a decade now after it's clear it was a disaster in both Iraq (Iran-friendly Shi'ites took over, bloody Sectarianism arose which helped give birth to AQI and later Daesh/ISIS) and Afghanistan (Gov't became irrevocably corrupt).

So when he was given a situation where it was either punt on the date a few months but still leave OR call up a surge and be willing to have open warfare with the Taliban for another decade to prop up a corrupt and weak Gov't...the choice for Biden was obvious.

And if you thought that Joe would do take backsies with his decision, any chance got packed in one of Ghani's suitcases.
The President of Afghanistan WE'VE been propping up for YEARS told us privately and publicly he'd stay til the end.
He lied and left Afghanistan out to dry.

So again, Biden was able to do what other Presidents didn't b/c he decided he was tired of propping up a Gov't and Army that refused to defend itself in a moment of truth in a meaningful manner which Intel just didn't pick up on largely because TFG hollowed the s**t out of it.

But it didn't matter because all of Biden's anti-Nation Building instincts that he's had for over a decade now were confirmed before your very eyes.
The Army deserted into dust, the Warlords sold the f**k out, and Ghani left his people/Gov't in the lurch for a Dubai vacation.

And despite all the good us imposing Western Democracy here did, the fact of the matter is that Afghanistan is not a country built for maintaining or sustaining a Western-style Democracy or a Western-style Political system period.
We're not wasting lives/$ anymore.

We got out as many of our Afghan partners as possible, which is amazing considering it was a question if we'd get anybody out over the last 2 weeks AND despite the fact the Visa program was destroyed by TFG and his Racist bald Goebbels look-alike of an Advisor.

It was either stay and launch a 3rd full decade of war with no real endgame b/c the Taliban are not going ANYWHERE or getting out as best as possible.
That was the option that Biden was given, and he chose the option that makes the most sense.
The Armchair Generals need to STFU.