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Marcus Graly's avatar

Trump wanted to end the war in Afghanistan, but couldn't quite bring himself to do it, because he wanted to end it in a way that made him look good, or at least made him look smarter than the foreign policy establishment. Biden actually ended it, even though it was chaotic and disorderly, in part because of steps that Trump had taken.

I would also add the Biden didn't really get any credit for ending the "forever wars" because Ukraine and Gaza make it feel like we're still at war, even though we don't have troops in those conflicts.

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Paleo's avatar

Nor does he deserve it. We’ve been military involved in Syria and in facedowns with Iran and Yemen. And I’m not even talking about the tons of arms we’ve supplied in the region.

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Marcus Graly's avatar

There's also special forces in wide swath of Africa, though there's been some drawdown of US forces there because Russia has been pushing their own mercs on people as an alternative.

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michaelflutist's avatar

At this point, none of those are as bad for the U.S. Military as remaining sitting ducks in Afghanistan.

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