Simon Nash Check out what the US and allies have provided for Ukraine. You shouldn't feel so smug.As to Afghanistan, the Trump administration negotiated a deal with the Taliban called the Doha Agreement before Biden even took office. It would have necessitated actively going back to war if not honored, and frankly after 20 years, thousands of US military and civilian deaths, and more than a trillion dollars spent, throwing more lives and resources at the problem seemed truly ill-advised. Yeah, "Biden didn't listen" -- to the people who got the US in that trap in the first place, nor to certain members of the brass who just wanted a "forever war". And if the Afghans, at least collectively, wouldn't fight for themselves when challenged by the Taliban, then Biden made the right call.

Simon Nash Check out what the US and allies have provided for Ukraine. You shouldn't feel so smug.As to Afghanistan, the Trump administration negotiated a deal with the Taliban called the Doha Agreement before Biden even took office. It would have necessitated actively going back to war if not honored, and frankly after 20 years, thousands of US military and civilian deaths, and more than a trillion dollars spent, throwing more lives and resources at the problem seemed truly ill-advised. Yeah, "Biden didn't listen" -- to the people who got the US in that trap in the first place, nor to certain members of the brass who just wanted a "forever war". And if the Afghans, at least collectively, wouldn't fight for themselves when challenged by the Taliban, then Biden made the right call.

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