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So says THE TRAITORS former Defense Secretary
Not a big surprise. THE TRAITOR undermines everything that he involved with.
Ex-defense secretary: Trump's push to get US troops out of Afghanistan possibly 'undermined' deal with Taliban
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that he was concerned that then-President Donald Trump "undermined" the US' 2020 agreement with the Taliban by pushing for US forces to leave Afghanistan without the Taliban meeting the conditions of the deal.
The Trump administration's "Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan" outlined a series of commitments from the US and the Taliban related to troop levels, counterterrorism and intra-Afghan dialogue aimed at bringing about "a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire."
But, Esper told CNN's Christiane Amanpour, "my concern was that President Trump, by continuing to want to withdraw American forces out of Afghanistan, undermined the agreement, which is why in the fall when he was calling for a return of US forces by Christmas, I objected and formally wrote a letter to him, a memo based on recommendations from the military chain of command and my senior civilian leadership that we not go further -- that we not reduce below 4,500 troops unless and until conditions were met by the Taliban."
"Otherwise," Esper continued, "we would see a number of things play out, which are unfolding right now in many ways."
Trump fired Esper in November 2020 in the wake of the presidential election. The agreement between the Taliban and the US has come under fresh scrutiny in recent days after Afghanistan's civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters this weekend, almost two decades after they were driven from the city by US troops.
After years of negotiations, the Taliban and the Trump administration finally signed a peace deal in 2020. The US agreed to withdraw troops and release some 5,000 Taliban prisoners, while the Taliban agreed to take steps to prevent any group or individual, including al Qaeda, from using Afghanistan to threaten the security of the US or its allies. But the deal didn't bring about peace.
Following the agreement, violence in Afghanistan grew to its highest levels in two decades and the Taliban increased their control of wider swaths of the country. By June of this year, the Taliban contested or controlled an estimated 50% to 70% of Afghan territory outside of urban centers, according to a United Nations Security Council report.
Although Afghan security forces were well funded and well equipped, they put up little resistance as Taliban militants seized much of the country following the withdrawal of US troops beginning in early July. Now factions within the Biden administration are embroiled in a blame game over why the US government didn't act sooner to withdraw American citizens and Afghans who helped the US over two decades of war, leading to a rushed and dangerous evacuation.
In his first public comments since the Taliban solidified control of Kabul, President Joe Biden on Monday laid blame on the Afghan security forces' unwillingness to fight and the decisions of previous administrations -- including the Trump administration -- while failing to directly address the chaos unfolding on his watch.
Biden conceded that the Taliban takeover happened faster than anticipated, though he said he stands "squarely behind" his decision.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/17/politics/mark-esper-donald-trump-taliban-afghanistan-cnntv/index.html
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lol..
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lol..
Typical of THE TRAITOR
Is supposed to be some kind of great deal maker but instead gets his ass handed to him
Remember how he kissed Kim Jong Un's ass (I assume after they "fell in love")
How'd that work out ?
THE TRAITOR gave the dictator a bunch of photo ops and cancelled joint military training with South Korea and we got absolutely nothing in return
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lol @ deal with talibban.
lol @ blaming Trump for Bitems actions.
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Strawzy,
You are demented.
You need help.
See a mental health professional before it's too late.
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Did you even read this nonsense you posted? LMFAO!
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Every last one of you with TDS that voted Biden is responsible for this.
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What a shit show.
Here is an opportunity for the Left on this board to show they are not brainwashed drones.
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Every last one of you with TDS that voted Biden is responsible for this.
QFT.
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Typical of THE TRAITOR
Is supposed to be some kind of great deal maker but instead gets his ass handed to him
Remember how he kissed Kim Jong Un's ass (I assume after they "fell in love")
How'd that work out ?
THE TRAITOR gave the dictator a bunch of photo ops and cancelled joint military training with South Korea and we got absolutely nothing in return
Biden is currently the acting president. Need I say more? Trump had nothing to do with Biden’s withdrawal plan.
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What a shit show.
Almost as bad as the overpriced Obamacare website launch.
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What a shit show.
Here is an opportunity for the Left on this board to show they are not brainwashed drones.
With the amount of stories against the prior administration that they believed being proven totally false, this opportunity has presented itself multiple times.
It won't happen.
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With the amount of stories against the prior administration that they believed being proven totally false, this opportunity has presented itself multiple times.
It won't happen.
You mean they'll never admit or realize that Trump was never the boogie man the media made him out to be, and that Biden isn't the saviour the media makes him out to be?
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It’s very apparent JoeJill Biden should have relied on Hillary Clinton for foreign policy advice.
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What a shit show.
Here is an opportunity for the Left on this board to show they are not brainwashed drones.
They are demented and mentally ill.
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You mean they'll never admit or realize that Trump was never the boogie man the media made him out to be, and that Biden isn't the saviour that media makes him out to be?
One of them still thinks Russian collusion was proven.
Because of a link to a report generated by ex Obama and Clinton staffers.
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JoeJill Biden has allowed America to be invaded along the southern border and lost a war in 3 days to 60,000 Islamic terrorists.
But hey, at least he is earmarking $1 Trillion of taxpayer money for global climate change.