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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Aug 15

    Biden doesn't own 100% of this defeat. Both Obama & Trump made choices that contributed to this; both, in fact, campaigned on doing so. But at the end of the day, neither of them was quite fool enough to abandon Afghanistan the way Biden has.

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      1. Andrew Follett‏Verified account @AndrewCFollett Aug 15
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        Amazing how Dems talking point is "Well, Trump wanted to leave." Trump isn't in charge. Trump also didn’t chair Foreign Relations when war was authorized and serve until becoming VP in an admin that expanded the war.

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      1. Michael Langwiser‏ @Miklang Aug 15
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        They didn't leave his hands tied so he really does own it.

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      1. legal beagle‏ @legalisbeaglis Aug 15
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        This is all on W.

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      1. David Hammond‏ @ReggieMoto Aug 15
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        You forgot "W"'s contribution: He created it. Instead of crushing the Taliban along with AQ he instead wandered off into Iraq. This is primarily all his fault

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      1. Spencer Schriner Emperor Elect‏ @SchrinerSpencer Aug 15
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        Biden decided he wanted to play the hits and redo the fall of Saigon in Afghanistan

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      1. Brian Darling‏ @BrianHDarling Aug 15
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        Agree and disagree. Were we going to stay there another 2 decades to prop up an incompetent and unpopular government? For what purpose? We should have pulled out right after we toppled the Taliban. The manner in which we pulled out does seem foolish.

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      1. Carin Pacifico‏ @sandhillexit Aug 15
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        Acting on Washington *intelligence*? Because the intelligence presented to him has been a fairy tale? Is this 1) a surprise? 2) new?

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      1. Rational Policy  🇺🇲 🇹🇼 🇭🇰 🇮🇱 🇦🇫‏ @ratlpolicy Aug 15
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        This is the right take. The Taliban could safely wait us out given that so many Presidents have campaigned on withdrawal; their sponsors in Pakistan could afford to let them. Americans just don't seem interested in long-term strategic thinking anymore.http://rationalpolicy.com/2021/07/13/fight-or-flight/ …

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      1. Andrew Hyman‏ @AndrewHymanEsq Aug 15
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        Don’t forget Bush….https://twitter.com/MC_of_A/status/1425892521872330760 …

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        Michael Caley @MC_of_A
        one thing I'd forgotten but which @attackerman properly highlights in Reign of Terror is that the Taliban offered peace terms in December 2001 and were rebuffed by Rumsfeld so instead the war is still going on 20 years later https://twitter.com/paykhar/status/1425830672590151680 …
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      1. Pacific‏ @LifeWithoutLack Aug 15
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        Well this is quite a retreat. Yesterday the R point nr was that everything in Afghanistan was Biden’s fault. That Trump would never have withdrawn. Today we have something closer to the truth. Perhaps R’s will cooperate instead of obstructing.

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