Who to blame for the failed war in Afghanistan?
In ascending order:
4) Biden administration, for bungling planning, execution, coordination and communication of withdrawal despite having made the right strategic call on ending the war.
(1/5)
In ascending order:
4) Biden administration, for bungling planning, execution, coordination and communication of withdrawal despite having made the right strategic call on ending the war.
(1/5)
3) Trump administration, for legitimizing and strengthening the Taliban while getting nothing in return, putting Biden between a rock and a hard place.
(2/5)
(2/5)
2) Obama administration, for not having the courage and leadership to end the war after killing Bin Laden in 2011.
(3/5)
(3/5)
1) Bush administration, for allowing mission creep to set in and creating this unholy mess in the first place.
And...
(4/5)
And...
(4/5)
BONUS: The foreign policy establishment (aka the "blob"), for encouraging the worst instincts of successive administrations and selling never-ending wars to an electorate that does not want to fight them.
(fin)
(fin)
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