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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4967791" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p><h3><a href="https://reason.com/2021/08/17/dont-excuse-biden-for-his-botched-afghanistan-withdrawal-refugees/" target="_blank">Don&#039;t Excuse Biden for His Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal </a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </h3><h3>You can both support withdrawal and recognize its failed execution.</h3><p></p><p>President Joe Biden on Monday did something unexpected for a U.S. executive: In a press conference, he stuck by his promise to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. It&#039;s a speech that drew plaudits from anti-war advocates and scorn from the hawks. Yet in our hyper-polarized political landscape, we sometimes forget there&#039;s room for more than two camps, and that applies here: It is possible to champion our troop removal while criticizing the way it was done. The two are not mutually exclusive.</p><p></p><p>&quot;I&#039;m sure we&#039;ll learn more about these failures going forward, but clearly the administration waited far too long to plan for the logistical challenges involved in processing and evacuating tens of thousands of people. <strong>This particular debacle was avoidable, even if Taliban control of Afghanistan was not.&quot;</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 4967791, member: 1940"] [HEADING=2][URL='https://reason.com/2021/08/17/dont-excuse-biden-for-his-botched-afghanistan-withdrawal-refugees/']Don't Excuse Biden for His Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal [/URL] [/HEADING] [HEADING=2]You can both support withdrawal and recognize its failed execution.[/HEADING] President Joe Biden on Monday did something unexpected for a U.S. executive: In a press conference, he stuck by his promise to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. It's a speech that drew plaudits from anti-war advocates and scorn from the hawks. Yet in our hyper-polarized political landscape, we sometimes forget there's room for more than two camps, and that applies here: It is possible to champion our troop removal while criticizing the way it was done. The two are not mutually exclusive. "I'm sure we'll learn more about these failures going forward, but clearly the administration waited far too long to plan for the logistical challenges involved in processing and evacuating tens of thousands of people. [B]This particular debacle was avoidable, even if Taliban control of Afghanistan was not."[/B] [/QUOTE]

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