How was the Afghanistan withdrawal botched so badly?

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One week prior to the single deadliest day for the U.S. military in a decade, President Joe Biden knocked on wood in hopes the superstition might ward off attacks on our troops amid his administration’s failed and ever-worsening withdrawal from Afghanistan.

But we need more than politicians knocking on wood. Tragically, service members have since been tasked with knocking on the front doors of at least 13 families who lost loved ones in last week’s terrorist attacks.

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