Monday 23 August 2021

Biden will have to delay troop withdrawal

I don't know what Biden is going to do about his August 31 deadline. Right now there are 5,800 US troops at Kabul airport, all playing a vital role in securing it from the Taliban and helping thousands of Americans, Afghans and others to fly out of the country. There is no way that these 5,800 troops can continue with the mission in hand AND exit Afghanistan by August 31. In order for them to meet that deadline they will surely need at least two if not three days to get out the country. That means they would have to start pulling out by Sunday August 29, leaving thousands of people, including Americans, stranded. Biden has pledged that ALL Americans will be evacuated, so if he is going to keep to that he will have to extend the deadline and the Taliban have already warned that can't happen. Well I say to hell with the Taliban. They haven't kept to any of their promises surprise surprise, so Biden should do the right thing and keep the troops there for another 11 days at least to meet his original deadline of September 1 and if the Taliban try to move into the airport and start firing their guns the reaction should be overwhelmingly bad for them. If they have any sense they will whinge and threaten but do nothing. After all they are in charge of Kabul and can wait a few more days. Whatever Biden decides it won't look good for him politically.

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