The striking difference Between the disastrous Joe Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan in which Biden caused 13 military members to be killed and the flawless action taken last weekend under Trump's military

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

While I won't speak for James and his (accurate) quotation, it seems you have your usual reading comprehension problems since I already noted that :   "President Biden inherited the May 1 deadline but pushed it to September 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of 9/11."
"The Trump administration left no detailed plan for the final execution of the withdrawal,..."

So, there is no "lie:".

And of course, you know to a certainty that the same suicide bomber wouldn't have done the same no matter what the date happened to be...

I'm no fan of orange Julius Caesar, but Biden is fully responsible for the exit in Afghanistan. He didn't lack the authority to modify any exit plan, including the timing.

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

I'm no fan of orange Julius Caesar, but Biden is fully responsible for the exit in Afghanistan. He didn't lack the authority to modify any exit plan, including the timing.

"Yes, President Biden, as the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. armed forces, had the constitutional authority to order the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan."

"The President has the power to manage military operations and deploy or withdraw U.S. forces abroad. The 2021 withdrawal was a presidential decision made within the executive branch's authority."  AI

"Biden admin acknowledges mistakes in Afghanistan exit but defends decision to leave"

"President Joe Biden takes responsibility for the outcome, a spokesman said."

"While it was always the president's intent to end that war, it is also undeniable that decisions made and the lack of planning done by the previous administration significantly limited the options available," Kirby said Thursday. "Thus, President Biden's choice was stark: either withdraw all our forces or resume fighting with the Taliban. He chose the former."

https://abcnews.go.com/US/biden-administration-share-reports-afghanistan-withdrawal-congress-official/story?id=98409466#:~:text=Overall%2C%20he%20said%2C%20President%20Joe,6%2C%202023%2C%20in%20Washington.&text=Still%2C%20Kirby%20and%20the%20report,He%20chose%20the%20former.%22

The last paragraph seems particularly relevant given what's happening now with Venezuela...

Since Davis is resorting to his usual whataboutism in comparing a military operation in Venezuela with a war in Afghanistan, it seems to me both he and the mighty-righties in the GOP should do the same in Bush's "Mission Accomplished" madness in Iraq:

"After President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech in May 2003, declaring the end of major combat in Iraq, the majority of U.S. service members killed in the Iraq War died; out of the total of over 4,400 U.S. troop deaths, most occurred in the years following the declaration, with significant casualties continuing for nearly a decade until U.S. combat operations ended." AI