Yes, the evacuation was handled very badly, but I sure am glad Biden is there to deal with

[JohnSJ]

this, and not the twice impeached, one term jackass who set the trap for this

[ansible]

1. Not really, I'd prefer that Trump gets the blame instead

This is happening under Biden's term and he'll get the blame.

[Hoyt]

2. I'd rather it be on trump, honestly. Hope Biden comes up with way to make this better for everyone.

[Sneederbunk]

3. There is plenty of blame to go around.

Including the intelligence agencies. Why, when it comes to the Mid-East, do they continue to drop the ball?

[ansible]

5. Culture clash, mostly. Westerners just can't understand the mindset

[MoMof6]

4. True

This looks very, very bad to the entire world.

I am amazed that our intelligence/foreign policy "experts" were so completely wrong regarding this entire scenario. The US appears like weak, incompetent clowns.

[LizBeth]

6. You do not know it was handled badly because you have no idea of the results if handled

any other way. No one had an idea the Afgh military would fold so quickly and easily or would end with this results as we couldn't know the results if handled any other way. It might just as well be inevitable there would be this chaos regardless of approach.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

8. Agreed.

Has there ever been a quiet end to a war?

[BlueCheeseAgain]

7. Honestly, I'm not sure it could have gone much better.

The last days of a war are always pretty messy.

Let's suppose that we had somehow managed to quietly withdraw all Americans and Afghans who helped us, and then after that, the Taliban swept into Kabul. Wouldn't we be seeing similar scenes of desperation as people tried to leave? Not to mention what it would have looked like when people noticed us leaving.

[mvd]

9. I don't think there was any chance of an orderly exit

The Taliban was propped up by TFG and we’ve been there 20+ years with no change in the ability of the Afghanistan government to be strong. We were wasting money. We are not the first super power to bow out there. There needs to be an international effort and aid.