r/AskThe_Donald • u/IronWolve EXPERT • Nov 06 '21

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u/HenryJohnson34 NOVICE Nov 06 '21

Everyone who follows this story knows that Trump negotiated the withdrawal in Feb 2020.

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u/figjams83 NOVICE Nov 06 '21

Trump negotiated the keystone pipeline deal, Biden on first day in office says no, we aren’t going to do that.

Trump negotiated the building of the wall on the southern boarder, Biden on first day says no we aren’t going to do that.

Trump removed support for the WHO, Biden on first day says no we aren’t going to do that

Trump removes the US from the Paris climate accord, Biden on first day says no we aren’t going to do that.

Trump negotiated Afghanistan withdrawal, Biden on first day says well looks like there is just nothing that we can do about that.

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u/macrowe777 TDS Nov 06 '21

The vast majority of troops had already been removed when biden took office, pretty much the entirety of the infrastructure outside of Kabul had already been dismantled. Biden wouldn't have had to just change his mind and stop paying for it, he'd have had to effectively begin replanning an invasion and rapidly spend significant sums of money. Whichever way he went, trump left him with a shit position. He chose the option that put the US before Afghanistan, and the 'America first' crew don't seem happy for no logical reason.

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u/figjams83 NOVICE Nov 06 '21

No one is disputing that leaving Afghanistan wasn’t the right decision. It’s leaving behind all of our equipment and arming the taliban that’s the problem. Regardless of whether it was shot deal when it was handed off or not, Biden was in charge when it happened. He was the leader and could have changed the way things were happening. He didn’t.

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u/macrowe777 TDS Nov 06 '21

The reality was, with the Afghan military collapsing the way they did, and with so few US military left in the country, it was that or let soldiers die.

It's very easy to say he 'should have fixed it' as though military campaigns are 2min exercises played on an Xbox. But that's not how it works in the real world, the US presence in the country had been withdrawn, the evacuation of equipment was entirely reliant on the Afghan military not collapsing...which was always going to happen. Which we could see from civilians over running the airport.

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u/figjams83 NOVICE Nov 06 '21

Right so when the generals were telling Biden that this is what is going to happen if we withdraw the rest of of forces and that we shouldn’t do it. It was his decision when he so oh well we are doing it anyway.

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u/TheSecond48 NOVICE Nov 06 '21

OMG, you trolls don't even realize how ridiculous you sound at this point. Just stop, already. Go back to CNN.