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    Biden's Choices In Afghanistan Were Complicated. So Is The Fallout He Faces

    The simple question of whether the U.S. should stay or go was not simple at all. Now, Biden's determination to leave Afghanistan has resulted in a bigger mess than he bargained for.
    by Domenico Montanaro Aug 16, 2021 5 minutes
    President Joe Biden departs after speaking from the Treaty Room in the White House on April 14 to announce the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

    The fall of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan to the Taliban happened faster than almost anyone in Washington — or Kabul — could have imagined.

    As of Sunday afternoon, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled his nation, the Taliban were on the verge of once again running the country, and President Biden authorized sending in thousands of additional troops to try and safely extract U.S. diplomatic personnel and others out of Kabul.

    It's a stunning turn of events, all taking place just weeks before the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that precipitated America's offensive into Afghanistan. And it adds yet another issue to the mounting Republican attacks against Biden a year before congressional Democrats stand for reelection with a tenuous hold on power in Washington.

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