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by 99_00 5y ago
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US leadership thought it was impossible for the Taliban to take Kabul.
- rdtsc 5y agoOh wow, that's terrible. They've worked alongside them for so long and they couldn't predict this kind of an outcome? I guess they could have expected them to fall eventually, but when talking to the press they couldn't really articulate it well enough to avoid projecting a lack of confidence in ANA.
- 99_00 5y ago> I guess they could have expected them to fall eventually, but when talking to the press they couldn't really articulate it well enough to avoid projecting a lack of confidence in ANA. I thought he did a good job articulating that, in the way politicians and diplomatic types do.