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> Why didn't the US State Department see the failure of the fledgling and corrupt democratic Afghanistan government? They almost certainly did, but they serve
by wyldfire 5y ago
> Why didn't the US State Department see the failure of the fledgling and corrupt democratic Afghanistan government?
They almost certainly did, but they serve the foreign policy directives of the executive-at-the-time.
> The US should have pulled out 10 years ago,
Of course, but there's nearly no upside to breaking this status quo. It's all downside. Biden will take this hit because it looks embarrassing to withdraw and leave people worse off than when we found them. I agree with you: his predecessors should have done it.