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Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie, former CENTCOM commander, explains why he thinks the Doha Agreement — the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan negotiated by the Trump administration, and later implemented under President Biden — was "one of the worst negotiating mistakes ever made by the U.S." He says the Doha Agreement... show more

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Saturn2 years ago

@MikePerryavatar An agreement created by one president to purposely make it difficult for the next is definitely NOT the way to 'pass the baton.' Hindsight on implementation by Biden helps but the damage was done when Trump put it into place. Awful, sad result regardless.

Tracy 🏝⛱ 🤘🏻🎶🇺🇸🦅2 years ago

Trump made the deal with the Taliban. Remember he wanted to invite them to camp David on 9/11?

Bathsheba Dreams in Blue 🌻🌻🌻 #🟦2 years ago

@thomasjoscelyn Just a reminder that pentagon officials kept saying for 20 years thru 4 presidential administrations that we should stay in Afghanistan. Things were going to get better … some day. Some day never came.

Alexander Abozar2 years ago

The Doha Agreement stands out as the most disastrous deal in the entire history of US foreign policy. Without a doubt, this ill-fated agreement dismantled the Afghan Republic, extinguished any hope of resisting the Taliban, and inflicted the gravest tragedy upon #Afghanistan in modern times. The psychological toll of this agreement weighed heavily on Afghans who were already ensnared in the web of Afghanistan’s conspiratorial political culture, which skillfully exploited by the Taliban in their propaganda warfare.

AlabamaFreePress.com2 years ago

"Had we actually stuck to the strict terms of the agreement, we might have been able to make something of it"... FTN trying to mislead their audience (& voters) by tying Trump to the FAILED EXIT from Afghanistan. That was 100% Biden. Trump could have done the same, but did NOT.

Victory2 years ago

Pentagon blocked Biden’s intelligence transition team from meeting with agencies

TexasPurpleHaze☮ 🌊Protect Democracy & Earth🌊2 years ago

NEGOTIATED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. Yup. One of the worst negotiating mistakes ever made.

Rauru_ Source of the Right Arm 🇺🇸2 years ago

@tufkaa Maybe it wasn’t a mistake. Maybe it was a deliberate move to weaken our position in Asia.

#Joe's a certified imbecile2 years ago

Psst ......

Farrah🇺🇸2 years ago

@jacksonrichman Partial truths are why you have partial viewership.

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