At two events on Friday, the former president insisted that he had not been seeking publicity at the military cemetery on Monday and defended his campaign’s actions.
I don’t think it would have hurt US image more to re-invade. The Taliban aren’t much loved.
What irks me is everyone buying into the “botched withdrawal” yeah it was chaotic. It inevitably would be chaotic, but it was well executed given the circumstances.
Most of the suggestions on how it could have been better amounted to staying indefinitely, or a re-invasion, or even attacking the Afghan government.
I don’t think it would have hurt US image more to re-invade. The Taliban aren’t much loved.
What irks me is everyone buying into the “botched withdrawal” yeah it was chaotic. It inevitably would be chaotic, but it was well executed given the circumstances.
Most of the suggestions on how it could have been better amounted to staying indefinitely, or a re-invasion, or even attacking the Afghan government.