Your opinion on the former should have no bearing on the latter, but in practice they've been inextricable. I'm particularly interested in the second question because there was a vocal and politically connected lobby of veterans shouting themselves hoarse over it, and they failed
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What you're left with is either rank incompetence or a dark political calculation about keeping the number of Afghans in the US to a minimum. Combined with the continuation of Trump's policies on the southern border, it is getting hard to give Biden the benefit of the doubt here
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Maybe Kamala Harris can go to Afghanistan and tell them to keep away from the departing planes.
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People are clinging to our aircraft in a desperate attempt to fight for their future. What level of depravity is this? When did "why are you hitting yourself?" become the guiding principle of US foreign policy?https://twitter.com/farnazfassihi/status/1427361853877989388 …
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It comes down to a bipartisan belief that our pluralistic society of 350 million can't absorb a hundred thousand Muslim immigrants, most of whom (given the nature of the selection process) are highly skilled and speak English. This bigotry is a rare issue unifying all Americans
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It’s because the debate is still about whether we withdraw or not, as questioned by the Republicans.
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That's probably true. There's a lot of people trying to perform complex intellectual bank shots to avoid giving the other side "ammunition" in a fight that they'd never win anyway
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Leaving yes. How were doing it - f’d up. I’m still a progressive Dem. It’s okay (healthy) to criticize your admin regardless of who is sitting in the Oval.
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