To the editor: The Biden administration has actually embraced former President Obama’s behavior of blaming all the pieces on his predecessor. Obama did it for a minimum of six years, and President Biden is doing it now too. (“Biden overview of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump,” April 6)
The Biden administration is completely answerable for the Afghanistan fiasco. Former President Trump’s withdrawal plan was conditioned. He has stated he would have saved billions of {dollars} of navy gear and the very strategic Bagram Airfield in U.S. fingers.
Biden’s withdrawal was not a withdrawal; it was a disorganized rout, a disorderly retreat.
Nathan Publish, Santa Barbara
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To the editor: Due to The Instances for masking the reason for the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, particularly for readers who’ve missed the New Yorker’s reporting on the Trump administration negotiations that precipitated the disaster.
Principally, Trump secretly surrendered to the Taliban in the event that they didn’t kill any extra American troopers. His administration additionally pledged to take away all troops by Could 1, 2021, and it pressed for the discharge of 5,000 Taliban prisoners in pursuit of the deal.
Moreover, Trump’s unprecedented refusal to simply accept a peaceable transition after he misplaced the 2020 election severely restricted his administration in updating Biden’s incoming crew, opposite to how Obama handled the incoming Trump crew in 2016 and 2017.
The Trump administration’s secret negotiations with the Taliban left Biden holding the bag.
Marcy Bregman, Agoura Hills
