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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Let's say we did pump in enough troops for a smooth withdrawal from Kabul airport. How does that stop the rest of the country from falling overnight? You sound like you're ignoring basic reality to sneer at supposed weakness.
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uh well when you immediately pull back any air support etc that also will contribute to the rate at which the enemy can advance. There are any number of contributing factors to how chaotic or bloody a withdrawal is. And if your only point is long term the govt wasnt sustainable then we don't disagree. But the Taliban out maneuvered not only the ANA but the US military as well. I don't have to invent any weakness to sneer at it is plain as day to the rest of the world exactly how embarrassing this whole ordeal was for the US. Sure the preceding 20 years contributes to that but it didn't end there unfortunately.
The intelligence was quite clearly flawed as Biden seemed to be under the impression we had much more time to work with and if you think he secretly knew it would fall over night that's actually worse since that would mean he not only lied to the public and our allies on the ground but that he failure to properly prepare for that reality despite having the intelligence necessary to do so.
The fact that after the initial blunder they stepped up the evacuation efforts and were more successful than previously only leads additional credence to the idea that they were initually ill prepared.