Thought: Was Afghanistan withdrawal related to Russian invasion of Ukraine? [View all]
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.
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