I do wish more had been done to evac people. I think there was some serious shrugging involved here. Biden is the shrug president. But empty and apathetic as he is, his penchant for theatre and a GREAT speechwriter hit the heart of the matter really well.
My question is, is it within the Executive's power TO evac people and draw down? Or is he dealing with a rigid apparatus, the only way of interfacing with which is yanking the entire cord out of the socket? Not sure his level of complicity, but there is a possibility that this was the only heroic or good act USA has done in a while. Taking the PR disaster on the chin and not retaliating. The harder the pro-war folks like Jibartik holler, the harder it will be to resist that retaliation. I wish him steadfast there.
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