State Department failed to plan or respond fast enough in Afghanistan collapse, new US report finds

AP via MSN ^ | June 30, 2023 | MATTHEW LEE and NOMAAN MERCHANT

[ConservativeInPA]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department failed to do enough planning before the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan, according to a Biden administration review of the department's performance during the chaotic evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies.

The review repeatedly blames the administrations of both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden for their efforts before and after the August 2021 departure of U.S. forces from Kabul.

Republicans have in turn accused Biden of not taking responsibility for intelligence failures leading up to the Taliban's seizure of the country and for the scenes of chaos at Kabul's airport, where 13 Marines died in a suicide bombing.

The Biden administration released sections of the long-awaited State report, which was completed in March 2022, on the Friday before the July 4 holiday weekend, though it withheld most of the report from public release. It had released a National Security Council review of the withdrawal on the day before Good Friday and the Easter weekend but declined to issue internal Pentagon and State Department assessments.

[ConservativeInPA]

Trump is at fault - this report is a steaming pile of excrement.

[rktman]

WUT! Butt, butt, butt......

[princeofdarkness]

This report is grasping at straws to blame Trump.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Such BS. We had two decades to plan it. Biden wanted out so he could crow on the 9/11 anniversary. Worse, we most likely INTENTIONALLY left behind all the weapons, the huge refurbished air base and the billion dollar embassy building. Biden clearly does not favor America.

[Responsibility2nd]

The collapse of Afghanistan and the the surrender of billions of dollars of US military equipment falls completely on Biden’s scrawny shoulders.

[smokingfrog]

Who made the decision to abandon Bagram in the middle of the night?

[Dilbert San Diego]

I remember hearing the Democrats at the time, say that Biden was implementing the plan which had been set up by the Trump administration.

What the Democrats never would talk about, was if the Trump plan was so bad, why in the sam hill didn’t they change it???

So of course such a report will blame Trump.

[Sacajaweau]

Trump's plan was....pull anything funny....and we aren't leaving.

Biden's plan...we're watching you pull this funny stuff...but we're still leaving...cuz I said so...signed Brandon...

[Fledermaus]

Trump plan: take the equipment out; take Americans and Afghans that helped us out; take out bulk military personnel and leave a security force.

Biden plan: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, “Rumaway, Runaway 🏃”

[Oldeconomybuyer]

In other news, water is wet.

[Theoria]

We would still be there if it wasn't for the Taliban attack in the spring. There was never a large process of preparing to leave, the biggest that occurred was releasing thousands of Taliban prisoners and supporters the in the fall, which helped the spring assault.

[DoughtyOne]

Republican presidents come along and point out what is better
in their administration.

Democrats come along and trash the last guy, because there
is never anything better in their administration.

[Tupelo]

AP via MSN
Of course it was Trump’s fault. If he had defeated Biden in the election, the Afghanistan debacle would not have happened. See how that works in Washington and the media.

[DoughtyOne]

Fact Check on isle six.

[Bookshelf]

Biden had six months to plan a withdrawal. Why this cluster is blamed on Trump is pure politics.