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In reply to the discussion: When your Trump loving friends and relatives complain about Biden's handling of Afghanistan [View all]Ohioboy
(3,222 posts)Sure, Biden may not have been obligated to Trump's deal technically, but how many troops would he have had to send in to do it differently?
Trump's deal literally strengthened the Taliban. Not only did it give them cred in the region, which they used to broker surrenders, but Trump's deal also drew down American troops and added to the Taliban's numbers by letting 5000 of their fighters out of jail. More Taliban fighters with less American troops, plus the whole country knowing that Trump had sided with the Taliban over the Afghan government left Biden with little choice but to get out while the Taliban were still working with some sort of agreement to allow us to leave. Otherwise he would have had to send in more troops to even begin to try and do it differently.
The Taliban had from February 2020 until late January 2021 to strengthen themselves under Trump, all they had to do was not go after any Americans and they were keeping their part of the deal.
The ones who are complaining now about Biden not getting out correctly would be complaining that he put more troops back in.