The chaotic withdrawal was not just a series of technical problems which could have been solved with better management. It stemmed from the decision to withdraw itself. Biden and his concurring aides condemned Afghanistan, and our allies, to a hell-hole. The only way a man who is not a psychopath could do such a thing is to belittle the stakes, to tell himself that nothing serious was at stake and that life would go on and everyone would muddle through as before. To regard the withdrawal as a moment of great peril, when lives would be lost should our leaders make any mistakes, would force Biden and his aides to confront the magnitude of the disaster they were about to inflict on the Afghan people.
The chaotic withdrawal was not just a series of technical problems which could have been solved with better management. It stemmed from the decision to withdraw itself. Biden and his concurring aides condemned Afghanistan, and our allies, to a hell-hole. The only way a man who is not a psychopath could do such a thing is to belittle the stakes, to tell himself that nothing serious was at stake and that life would go on and everyone would muddle through as before. To regard the withdrawal as a moment of great peril, when lives would be lost should our leaders make any mistakes, would force Biden and his aides to confront the magnitude of the disaster they were about to inflict on the Afghan people.
Yes. This is an excellent point. Your last sentence nails it.
Thanks.
Thank you for highlighting my testimony.
Thanks you for everything you and your group did during the evacuation.