The White House on Thursday publicly released a 12-page summary of the results of the so-called 'hotwash' of U.S. policies around the ending of the nation's longest war, taking little responsibility for its own actions during some of the darkest moments...
WASHINGTON — A U.S. review led by the National Security Council of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan largely lays the blame on former President Donald Trump, saying President Joe Biden was"severely constrained" by the decisions of his predecessor.
"President Biden's choices for how to execute a withdrawal from Afghanistan were severely constrained by conditions created by his predecessor," the White House summary states, noting that when Biden entered office,"the Taliban were in the strongest military position that they had been in since 2001, controlling or contesting nearly half of the country."
"We now prioritize earlier evacuations when faced with a degrading security situation," the White House said. Former Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews, who was badly wounded in the explosion, told a congressional hearing last month that the withdrawal"was a catastrophe" and"there was an inexcusable lack of accountability."
Since the U.S. withdrawal, Biden has blamed the February 2020 agreement Trump reached with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, saying it boxed the U.S. into leaving the country. The agreement gave the Taliban significant legitimacy and has been blamed by analysts for undercutting the U.S.-backed government, which would collapse so quickly a year later.
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