[HOT AIR] The Sunday morning political shows were not kind to Joe Biden and his disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. Any and all criticism leveled at his decisions is warranted, especially since the death of 13 military members, ages 20 — 31 at the Kabul airport. There is no hiding from that tragedy at Camp David or in the basement of one of his Delaware homes.One critic who keeps showing up is retired General H.R. McMaster who served as National Security Advisor in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2018. His time in the administration was bumpy and after he left, there was talk that he called Trump a "dope" which was denied by others present at the dinner at which the remark was allegedly made. McMaster ended his frequent appearances on FNC that he enjoyed as a member of the Trump administration and went over to CNN and MSNBC. They were happy to welcome someone who they thought would criticize Trump. Now, however, it is impossible to notice he is back on FNC. He is a vocal critic of Biden’s handling of the withdrawal of Afghanistan which must be a shock to his new friends in the Biden-friendly media. This morning he was interviewed by Chuck Todd on Meet the Press. His opinions have not changed from one network to another.
McMaster says the war in Afghanistan ended in "self-defeat". He said everyone involved in the war management during the last 20 years bears some responsibility but it didn’t have to end this way. He calls it "a one-year war fought twenty times over." The decision for withdrawal has been a costly one. McMaster said that Biden "doubled down" on Trump’s original plan and "failed to reverse" it. The fact is, too, that Trump’s agreement with the Taliban — an agreement that wasn’t a formal agreement — was already null and void due to Taliban conduct before Biden set his withdrawal operation into play.
"And of course, what’s sad about it is this war ended in self-defeat, Chuck. I mean we had a sustainable effort in place several years ago, that if we had sustained it, we could have prevented what’s happening now," McMaster told host Chuck Todd. "But instead, what we did, Chuck, is actually we surrendered to a jihadist organization and assumed that there would be no consequences for that. And we’re seeing the consequences today." McMaster calls it a surrender to a jihadi organization. He’s not wrong.
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