Biden officials complain that the Trump administration lacked a plan on withdrawing from Afghanistan

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

and accuse them of leaving behind a 'bare' cupboard

Biden administration officials are pointing the finger at their predecessors in former President Donald Trump's administration over the US's rocky exit from Afghanistan, Axios reports.

A high-stakes blame game is underway between federal agencies and other stakeholders over the chaotic withdrawal.

The virtual overnight collapse of the US-backed Afghan government and swift takeover of the country by the Taliban caught the administration off guard and led to a mad dash to evacuate US Embassy personnel and other US citizens in Afghanistan.

The conditions of the US's withdrawal from Afghanistan were negotiated under Trump, who negotiated a deal with the Taliban in February 2020 to withdraw all US troops within the next 14 months - by May 2021.

"There was no plan to evacuate our diplomats to the airport," a senior Biden administration national security official told Axios. "None of this was on the shelf, so to speak."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-officials-complain-that-the-trump-administration-lacked-a-plan-on-withdrawing-from-afghanistan-and-accuse-them-of-leaving-behind-a-bare-cupboard-report/ar-AANqryu

[bluedevil4]

1. He lost

last November so why would anyone care that he didn’t have a plan?

[ProfessorGAC]

4. A Couple Reasons

First, the idiot planned a May withdrawal. There was no plan in place 6 months from such a trumpeted "success".
Second, they thought they had the election in the bag. So, they were still going to be executing the withdrawal. And, there was no plan? That calls into question the quality of the agreement with the Taliban in the first place.
Third, the T***p insiders at DoD likely acted like there was a well structured plan. But, we know these guys couldn't plan a one bicycle parade. That fake plan information was all the Biden folks had, with no cooperative transition. The corrupted DoD proposed a more prepared & willing Afghan military. In 7 months, the biden administration had no way to know that was nonsense. Some of those corrupt fools are still at DoD. 7 months isn't enough time to root out all the moles.
This was a failure set up by poor planning from the prior administration, and it's important to head off all the faux outrage from the right. It would have been a failure no matter who was POTUS. And, the people who had 4 years to formulate a plan is more responsible than those there for 28 weeks.

[Lovie777]

5. The deal with was signed by both shithole and the Taliban . .

The agreement was cemented. Apparently an exit plan was also agreed upon.

[honest.abe]

7. Trump brokered a deal with Taliban to withdraw.

One would think he would have had a plan. Unless he assumed he was going to lose and didnt care.

[bluedevil4]

9. I wonder

If this was done on purpose?

[honest.abe]

10. Or Trump simply didnt care one way or the other.

I dont think Trump cared in the least about the future of Afghanistan. He only cared about his personal survival so a quickie deal with the Taliban just prior to election might have saved his arse. Thank goodness it didnt.

[Biophilic]

11. If something didn't effect him personally it wasn't important.

He proved that over and over again.

[VarryOn]

2. A current President should never be beholden to a previous President's bad...

decisions. Oh, wait! They're not when it's just an executive branch paper document like an executive order or some pseudo-treaty with no Senate approval (see Iran deal). Biden could have wiped his you-know-what with theTaliban deal. I think he received some bad advise.

[DashOneBravo]

8. Yep

[Lovie777]

3. For now a peaceful evacuation going on . . ..

and will be pulled out safely. The Biden administration has been in contact with the leaders of the Taliban.

[keithbvadu2]

6. Much like Trump's lack-of-plan for healthcare and vaccine distribution?

Much like Trump's lack-of-plan for healthcare and vaccine distribution?

[FloridaBlues]

12. I have to believe this article is all true just look at the year he didn't do much of anything

I’m sure there will be investigations for years I just hope Biden doesn’t get blamed for the entire 20 years of this war just because he had the courage to end this and basically had little choice.

[rockfordfile]

13. It seems some people should've been getting out last year.

Trump could've won and the exit date would be in May. So people knew to start getting out last year.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. Who is surprised by this?

TFG admin had no plan to distribute the COVID vaccines either

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