There was no good way to lose Afghanistan to the Taliban.

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Middle - There was no good way to lose Afghanistan to the Taliban. A better withdrawal was possible — but our chaotic visa process was unforgivable — whose to blame for that? There is plenty of blame to go around. That is the reckoning that lies beneath events that are still unfolding, and much of the cable news conversation is a frenzied, bipartisan effort to avoid the truth.

Print Publication Date: 
9/01/2021