Who did Biden hold accountable for his botched Afghanistan withdrawal?

Published March 20, 2024 2:18pm ET



With a renewed focus being placed on President Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal, it bears repeating that Biden held no one accountable for it, including himself.

The testimony by former military officials on Biden’s withdrawal in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee made it clear that the withdrawal was rushed and poorly planned, in case that hadn’t been made clear over two years ago when the disastrous plan was being carried out in real time. As retired Gen. Mark Milley said, Biden and his State Department were “too slow and too late” in launching a full evacuation from the country after Biden’s plan allowed the Taliban to run roughshod over Afghan forces.

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