Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Watch Live: Top military officials testify on Afghanistan withdrawal | CBSN

Remember: Steven Miller, Trump's anti-immigrant appointee interfered with the state department's ability to issue visas to qualified people in need. Political negotiations with the Taliban were at best dicey because the Taliban is not a well-organized and disciplined group, but an amalgamation of some ten to fifteen disparate groups making it a highly unstable entity that could only be counted on to honor any agreements at great risk.  It is for that reason that Biden had to either accept a chaotic withdrawal or an even greater escalation which would make withdrawal all but impossible in the foreseeable future.

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