Thought: Was Afghanistan withdrawal related to Russian invasion of Ukraine?

[CaptainTruth]

My thoughts:

Our withdrawal from Afghanistan seemed, to me, to be relatively rushed & sloppy. I truly expected better from our leaders. At the time I literally wondered if there was a reason why it was so rushed. Perhaps, did they know something that wasn't publicly known? A reason for the rush? Did our Intel community & Biden know that something big was impending & our best course of action was to just get out of Afghanistan ASAP (which they planned to do anyway) & regroup & prepare for something much bigger? I've been thinking about this the past few days as I've watched literal tonnage of US military equipment flowing toward Ukraine, while Russian military equipment fills bases just 50 miles from the Ukraine border that were empty a few months ago. And more.

In other words, did our Intel services (& Biden) have reliable Intel that Russia was about to invade Ukraine & that was the reason why they decided that the best & most appropriate thing to do was to pull our forces out of Afghanistan ASAP, regroup, & prepare for a MUCH bigger & MUCH more significant conflict with Russia?

Just my thoughts, please consider & discuss.

[Claustrum]

1. It was rushed partly because Trump promised a date of withdrawal

but never put in any plan for the actual withdrawal. Biden picked up the pieces and had to rush a withdrawal with the promised date.

[TheRealNorth]

3. Pfft

Let's not the facts mar a Republican talking point to blame Biden for everything.

[Claustrum]

4. Huh?

My comment place blame on Trump for promising a date without putting in the plan to withdraw......

[TheRealNorth]

7. I was being sarcastic

Pointing out that facts don't matter to Republicans

[Claustrum]

9. Ok.. Got it.

I am bad at detecting sarcasm on internet unless they are with

[onecaliberal]

2. Trump made the agreement to leave not President Biden.

[Hekate]

5. Ask Donald Trump. He made the "deal." He basically conceded the field-- ie the orange loser lost...

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Trump set the date of withdrawal well into the next presidential term, agreed that all the Taliban prisoners be let go — and he left it for Biden to deal with, like a flaming bag of crap left on the front porch.

Ask Trump.

[imaginary girl]

6. I've had those same thoughts. Nt

[lagomorph777]

8. Rushed? We had been there since 2002.