[Hoot Gibson]

I can't even click on idiot posts from the village idiots on here defending how Afghanistan withdrawal was handled. Nobody listens to these loons, end of story.

Exactly. The village idiots, as you accurately describe them, add nothing to an intelligent discussion of politics and current events. China is already using the shamefully incompetent Afghanistan withdrawal as evidence that Taiwan cannot count on the U.S. as an ally to protect them from reunification with the communist mainland. 

The lesson to be learned from the current mess is that under Trump, there was a credible threat of force if the Taliban failed to comply with the terms of the withdrawal agreement. So, those 2,500 troops propping up the Afghan military were sufficient to prevent the total collapse of the country. Biden has no such credibility, so chaos has ensued. I understand that a total of 7.000 additional troops are being deployed to assist with the evacuation but they are being deployed too late for many Taliban victims.