Nobody is suggesting they should have kept Bagram instead of Kabul. That would have been just as stupid. The facilities are very different, and they needed bo

Nobody is suggesting they should have kept Bagram instead of Kabul. That would have been just as stupid. The facilities are very different, and they needed both. Here's Tyler Rogoway in the War Zone article I linked: "Beyond shuttling people from Hamid Karzai International, helicopters could be used to pick up evacuees all over the country at unpredictable locales and they could then be flown out of Bagram." Gen. Milley suggested that the only reason they gave up Bagram is lack of personnel. Biden apparently didn't want to send any extra troops, even temporarily. (Note that they were forced to send extra troops anyway after things went to shit).