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The withdrawal from Syria was a bit complicated by the military lying to trump. https://www.theblaze.com/news/retiring-never-trump-diplomat-lying-troops-syria

The withdrawal from Syria was a bit complicated by the military lying to trump. https://www.theblaze.com/news/retiring-never-trump-diplomat-lying-troops-syria https://www.theblaze.com/news/retiring-never-trump-diplomat-... It’s common knowledge the entire establishment hated trump and was going to do what they could to make him look bad. I’m not 100% who to blame on that front. But I personally didn’t vote for Trump in 2020 specifically because of that withdrawal. In the case of Afghanistan, this is 100% top generals & Biden. Until there are hearings we won’t know who holds more blame. One thing trump would have done is fired the generals immediately. They had a plan to withdrawal in may under trump - why? Because the local religious festivities would allow the US to retreat without being pursued. Instead, we pulled logistics and air support. Told all our citizens it’ll be fine (and didn’t inform them of the pending collapse) and then abandoned our best route out. This was... idk what to call it.

nate_meurer 5y ago
Yeah I don't know either. I'm really at a loss. It almost looks like sabotage. The Blaze isn't typical reading material for me, but I'll note that the article you posted doesn't support the notion that the establishment hid the troop numbers from Trump just to make him look bad. Rather, they were desperate to protect our positions, our troops, and our allies in Syria and Western Iraq. And Trump wouldn't have fired anyone. He's too much of a coward for that. He didn't fire Mattis. Mattis resigned, and then Trump tried to save face by claiming that he fired Mattis. Sort of the way a six year old might. Biden doesn't have abject stupidity as an excuse. He smart, experienced, and not prone to recklessly disregarding the advice of his charges. And yet he fucked this up about as hard as something can be fucked.

nate_meurer 5y ago

Yeah I don't know either. I'm really at a loss. It almost looks like sabotage. The Blaze isn't typical reading material for me, but I'll note that the article you posted doesn't support the notion that the establishment hid the troop numbers from Trump just to make him look bad. Rather, they were desperate to protect our positions, our troops, and our allies in Syria and Western Iraq. And Trump wouldn't have fired anyone. He's too much of a coward for that. He didn't fire Mattis. Mattis resigned, and then Trump tried to save face by claiming that he fired Mattis. Sort of the way a six year old might. Biden doesn't have abject stupidity as an excuse. He smart, experienced, and not prone to recklessly disregarding the advice of his charges. And yet he fucked this up about as hard as something can be fucked.