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I think David is right here, but I'll foot-stomp this again: They were trying to avoid "blame and shame" because there was no way to have an adult discussion with the American public - or its elected reps - that didn't involve partisan accusations of "losing the war." https://t.co/Yjz4DEfNXD

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 15, 2021

Yes, I will take the inevitable fall of Kabul (since it's what the American people have demanded for years) over a president who tried to set the Constitution on fire, overturn an election, and sell out America to its enemies.
That's my choice? Then yes, I'll take that trade-off. https://t.co/BoKEnLljpv

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 15, 2021

buddy this is the right https://t.co/JLbNeer2GY

— Jean-Michel Connard (@torriangray) August 15, 2021

“Become” a thing on the right? They elected a guy who tried to implement a ban on Muslim immigrants and wanted him re-elected. https://t.co/I1tlunUSu5

— @ijbailey (@ijbailey) August 15, 2021

The thing that upsets me about the situation in Afghanistan isn't that it collapsed so quickly--that was a foreseeable consequence of the entire policy. Rather, it's that we didn't evacuate our allies first while we still had a robust security infrastructure to do it.

— 🕷Dante Atkins🕷 (@DanteAtkins) August 15, 2021

Biden needs to own this decision. Yes, Trump drew down troops. Yes, Trump invited the Taliban to Camp David on 9/11.

But, Biden made this call. He needs to acknowledge the devastation & the mistakes & tell the American people he still thinks it was the right thing to do.

— Heath Mayo (@HeathMayo) August 15, 2021

If you want to both be enormously depressed but also enraged at a new level of bad faith, today’s Twitter is your time. pic.twitter.com/rEOf5zno92

— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 15, 2021

Trump invited the Taliban to Camp David and freed 5000 Taliban prisoners to appease them for a temporary ceasefire. He can sit down. https://t.co/I25HtSvl5I

— Laura Walker ⚖🍸🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@LauraWalkerKC) August 15, 2021

Trump in April: “Getting out of Afghanistan is a wonderful and positive thing to do. I planned to withdraw on May 1st, and we should keep as close to that schedule as possible.” https://t.co/RzbLQePTMD pic.twitter.com/KEs5x3zAJQ

— Will Steakin (@wsteaks) August 15, 2021

Holy shit! Bring the Afghans here. Stop the bullshit with third party countries. To hell with Fox News and the racists. Put them on planes and get them here. I am so damn sick of the idiotic navel gazing and bureaucratic stupidity. Get this done.

— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) August 15, 2021

I predict we will be reading future memoirs by Biden advisers explaining how they pleaded with him not to do this in Afghanistan. Too late. The time to go public was four months ago.

— Eli Lake (@EliLake) August 15, 2021

If there is red tape preventing Afghan refugees from coming to America, a good thing to do would be to set that red tape on fire.

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) August 15, 2021

Due to wrong assumptions somewhere in his team, Biden authorized a pullout that was pounced on by the Taliban & now endangers Americans and allies, +.

I’m a Dem, I voted for Biden, and I support President Biden, today as much as ever. But this is a fuk up, and he’s Boss.

— Dennis Herring (@dcherring) August 15, 2021

The greatest sign of our decline as a country is that we took in 100k Vietnamese in ‘75 and no one batted an eye, but we can’t take 2k Afghanis now.

— there are no coincidences (@Joshua_Z_Miller) August 15, 2021

I hope this doesn’t become a thing on the right. Because it’s repugnant. https://t.co/kzMStVy9Sn

— David French (@DavidAFrench) August 15, 2021