“The Taliban has stunned even some seasoned military and national security officials in the U.S. government with the speed of its conquests over the past week,” Axios reports.
“President Biden isn’t budging — resolved to get out by Aug. 31, no matter what — people briefed on his thinking say. He may not see much of a pause between his total withdrawal from Afghanistan and the country’s total collapse into a bloody civil war.”
Said Biden: “We spent over a trillion dollars, over 20 years. We trained and equipped with modern equipment over 300,000 Afghan forces… they’ve got to fight for themselves.”
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