Politico: “As Biden weighed a full exit from the country this spring, top military leaders advocated for keeping a small U.S. presence on the ground made up primarily of special operations forces and paramilitary advisers, arguing that a force of a few thousand troops was needed to keep the Taliban in check and prevent Afghanistan from once again becoming a haven for terrorists, according to nine former and current U.S. officials familiar with the discussions.”
“But in the end, Biden and his top national security deputies did what no previous president has done successfully — they overrode the brass. … [It] is Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan who are truly ‘running the Pentagon,’ according to two former officials familiar with the discussions.”
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