08-24-2021, 11:30 PM
(08-24-2021, 10:08 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Just to be clear, this is Trump's plan. He did not wait for the Taliban to meet the agreed upon conditions and removed 80% of our troops in 10 months. He was publicly calling for his May exit date of 2,500 to be met and then bragged as recently as late June that the exit was occurring and Biden could not stop it.
There's nothing to suggest that he would have demanded conditions be met when that was not a factor during the mass exit over his last 10 months.
This isn't Trumps plan though. Biden met with advisors on this and they devised a plan for withdrawal. I understand that Trump initiated a deal with the Taliban, but the logistics of when and how we withdrew was layed out by Biden and his advisors.
Biden not only pushed the date back, but also has now sent more troops to aid in the withdrawal. And this is still "because Trump"?