• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Trump didn’t end the war in Afghanistan. Biden did. The President who determined how that happened was Joe Biden.

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      4 months ago

      “The Trump administration in February 2020 negotiated a withdrawal agreement with the Taliban that excluded the Afghan government, freed 5,000 imprisoned Taliban soldiers and set a date certain of May 1, 2021, for the final withdrawal.”

      “And the Trump administration kept to the pact, reducing U.S. troop levels from about 13,000 to 2,500, even though the Taliban continued to attack Afghan government forces and welcomed al-Qaeda terrorists into the Taliban leadership.”

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        4 months ago

        “And the Trump administration kept to the pact, reducing U.S. troop levels from about 13,000 to 2,500, even though the Taliban continued to attack Afghan government forces and welcomed al-Qaeda terrorists into the Taliban leadership.”

        So should the withdrawal have been stopped at that point? Exactly how much longer do you think we should’ve stayed in Afghanistan?