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> He got us out of Afghanistan too... this was a huge win and was very risky. Doesn't get enough credit for this one.

Thats because Trump agreed to get us out of afghaniston. Biden oversaw the absolutely disastrous execution, abandoning untold millions of military equipment in the hands of the taliban.




Trump's plan involved getting out even quicker. How was it going to be less disastrous?

It is always the same story, Dems bad, I would have done it right. He had a 'credible deterrent', and would have completely ended the Ukraine war (that had been going on since 2014). Just like he claims now he will end the war, and bring back all the Americans imprisoned abroad if re-elected. It's one thing to say that sort of stuff and present a plan for doing so. Trump says it, and then pivots to even more bullshit.

Do you really think a different president, with effectively the same military leadership, was going to execute the pull-out in a broadly different way on a shorter deadline, and call it a success?


So Trump set the schedule but it was Bidens fault they didn't have time to move out all equipment?


The schedule was based on conditions on the ground that weren't followed.




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