congressbaseballfan [she/her] to askchapo • 3 years agoSo was the Afghanistan withdrawal designed for this to happen so they’d end up sending back troops? Or was it a strategic error?message-squaremessage-square56 fedilinkarrow-up156file-text
arrow-up156message-squareSo was the Afghanistan withdrawal designed for this to happen so they’d end up sending back troops? Or was it a strategic error?congressbaseballfan [she/her] to askchapo • 3 years agomessage-square56 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
You would think they would have taken steps to avoid this outcome, but maybe this was the outcome they wanted?
minus-squarepolinoas235 [none/use name]hexbear24·3 years agoI think they just fucked up the timing. They wanting the drawdown to be complete on the anniversary of 9/11, not for the Taliban to completely retake the country on 9/11. Now they have to delay things a few months to save face. link
I think they just fucked up the timing. They wanting the drawdown to be complete on the anniversary of 9/11, not for the Taliban to completely retake the country on 9/11. Now they have to delay things a few months to save face.