"...Milley discovered the President had signed a military order to withdraw all troops from

[tblue37]

Afghanistan by January 15, 2021."

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Keep this in mind while Republicans excoriate Biden for the Afghanistan withdrawal:

“Right after Trump lost the election, Milley discovered the President had signed a military order to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by January 15, 2021.”

[seta1950]

1. Yes

Where are the questions by the gop, the media about what , pompeo and trump did, the media is failing us.EXCEPT FOR RACHEL

[lame54]

2. Why didn't it happen?

[chowder66]

9. Because he was leaving and Biden was coming in 5 days later.

Ratfucking Biden (and the troops) to the nth degree.

[Captain Zero]

13. NO. BECAUSE HE WAS DOING IT FOR PUTIN !!

He lost the election. Putin calls him up and says you promised me the second term you would get out of Afghanistan. Now you need to do it before you leave Jan. 21. Or else I won't do ...(whatever he had promised personally to Trump like loans or cash or new condo customers). Trump and Pompeo need to be put under oath about the Jan. 15 deadline order immediately after the election loss.

[Corgigal]

18. Not to mention,

he wouldn’t have taken one Afghan person. Didn’t matter what the USA promised, he would have left them dry.

[IronLionZion]

3. So that people would assume Biden took office and screwed everything up

Absolutely disgusting way to use American lives for political sabotage.

[Skittles]

17. which they did anyways

ya know?

[IronLionZion]

20. Just like Obama screwed up the economy so badly

even before he took office.

[mopinko]

4. he didnt box biden out of the pentagon for nothing.

the whole refusal to cooperate w the transition looks a whole lot shadier now.
beyond just 1/6.

[chowder66]

8. +1

[Sanity Claws]

5. WIthdraw by 1/15 so they would be available for a coup before 1/20?

[tblue37]

6. Because Trump never follows through. He just makes empty claims & promises.

[Champp]

7. Typical Repube bullshit

They never ever stand up and take responsibility for the problems caused by their arrogance, greed, and penchant for lying all the time.

[XanaDUer2]

10. That was a scary read nt

[Galraedia]

11. Trump made the decision around Nov 9, 2020 just days after he lost.

John McEntee, one of Donald Trump's most-favored aides, handed retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor a piece of paper with a few notes scribbled on it. He explained: "This is what the president wants you to do."

1. Get us out of Afghanistan.

2. Get us out of Iraq and Syria.

3. Complete the withdrawal from Germany.

4. Get us out of Africa.

It was Nov. 9, 2020 — days after Trump lost his re-election bid, 10 weeks before the end of his presidency and just moments after Macgregor was offered a post as senior adviser to acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller.

source: https://www.axios.com/off-the-rails-trump-military-withdraw-afghanistan-5717012a-d55d-4819-a79f-805d5eb3c6e2.html

[crickets]

14. In other words,

"I lost, so I want to burn it all down for the next guy."

Horrifying article, especially to find that tfg had inserted Steve Bannon (an Erik Prince booster, naturally) into National Security Council meetings. Yoiks. Thank goodness even tfg eventually recognized he needed to be fired.

Reading how senior officials and toadies were misleading tfg about the real numbers of troops in Syria at the time makes the current outcry toward Milley even more nonsensical. The musical chairs hirings/firings and real goings on behind the scenes were far more dangerous than any of Milley's actions. None of the likes of Esper or McEntee were concerning themselves with what was best for the US or US foreign policy. It was all about turf wars and alternately confusing or appeasing the orange toddler for their own ends. What a mess.

[erronis]

12. trump has the pettiness but not the intelligence to do these things. He needed help.

Bannon perhaps.
RatFucker Stone - probably not.
S. Miller - maybe involved.

But most of the planning had to come from elsewhere.

My guess is some libertarian plutocrats in the US and support from Vlad the Pute.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Small, mean minded, petty, poor impulse control, immature and revengeful.

He wanted to burn the world down when he didn't get re-elected.

[malaise]

16. This should be receiving more coverage than Milley

That is all

[crickets]

19. 👆 This. nt