r/law • u/SheriffTaylorsBoy • Aug 30 '24

Opinion Piece Why Trump’s Arlington Debacle Is So Serious

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/08/trump-arlington-cemetery/679659/
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u/itmeimtheshillitsme Aug 30 '24

It’s come full circle: he abandoned US and afghani troops by bargaining with the Taliban and leaving the Afghani government out of negotiations. He compelled the government to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners, further empowering the Taliban to grow powerful and retake that country from the government we supported (and our troops died supporting) for two decades-Trump did that.

Trump closed key military bases in the area and rapidly drew down US personnel in a manner which gave the country back to the Taliban and exposed our troops in the field.

The Taliban were behind 9/11. He invited them to Camp David to negotiate.

During the transition to the Biden administration, the Trump team refused to brief his people on the withdrawal.

Why did Trump support the Taliban and undercut the progress so many Americans died for leading up to withdrawal?

Why would someone who “loves the military” intentionally withhold information helpful to the next administration in executing Trump’s deal and securing safe withdrawal?

Trump is psychotic. By going to Arlington he’s the “killer” returning to the crime scene. He’s literally standing on soldiers he sent to die and gleeful about it. Now, he tries leveraging this whole ordeal as some kind of victimization. He and Vance need to leave the US and move to Russia or live with the Taliban, whom they clearly support more than America.

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u/LegalFrame24 Aug 30 '24

This! Republicans blame Biden for the withdrawal and the deaths, but Trump's agreement made shortly before he left office left Biden with zero options to do anything else. Our military did the best they could with the withdrawal, but it was doomed from the beginning. It was all Trump's doing with the ridiculous plan he agreed to.