Woodward is an experienced investigative reporter, so when he co-authors a book, the odds are statements like this are believable...
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Just eight days after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump was so determined to end the war in Afghanistan during his presidency that he secretly signed a memo to withdraw all troops by January 15, 2021, according to a new book, “Peril,” from journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.
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Given that Trump essentially shutdown the issuance of Special Visas way back in 2017 that would facilitate refugee status for Afghanis upon a U.S. exit, I'm pretty sure that his sudden order to leave just before he left office was meant to involve ONLY U.S. personnel...even May 1st would have been a debacle...not the way we treated ARVN members and others who fought beside our troops. Biden, et al, worked exceptionally hard to make sure such despicable treatment did not happen...hence, the protracted exit allowing over 120,000 Afghanis to reach safety...oh, and he arranged for other nations to take Afghan refugees as well.
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Link: https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/politics/woodward-costa-book-trump-afghanistan-memo
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- Trump fires the first volley in the inevitable war with DeSantis. [LINK]
- Irishize - 3:10am 10/27/22
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- Careful Conservatives. The media will try to create dissention between the two. Don't fall for it. - ELP - 12:00pm 10/27/22
- Trump is proven, the only prez candidate in my life who tried 100% to keep his campaign promise. - Eli - 9:34am 10/27/22
- Uh, are you alive now? - Chris94 - 9:36am 10/27/22
- To claim Afganistan as an accomplishment is truly sickening [NT]
- lmcdonald - 10:47am 10/27/22
- LIke I said, you can disagree with the policy or criticize the outcome. But it was a promise kept. - Chris94 - 12:50pm 10/27/22
- You do seem to acknowledge and agree that Trump did follow - WoodstockIrish - 4:05pm 10/28/22
- Trump's Plan: ZERO Afghani refugees allowed to leave...Biden's Plan: 120,000+ actually leave... - TyroneIrish - 12:02pm 10/27/22
- You have got to expand your sources. I assume in your field you still hold some level of clearances [NT]
- JarHead4ND - 8:49pm 10/27/22
- No more than you or anyone else...I found this article on the web... [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 1:44am 10/28/22
- Complete Bullshit. Keep polishing that turd. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 2:07pm 10/27/22
- Can't be wrong, he watches MSNBC. [NT] - notredame678 - 3:05pm 10/27/22
- Pretty emphatic on your part...care to go into the specifics?...you know I'm right about Trump and - TyroneIrish - 3:00pm 10/27/22
- I posted specifics just below, it was horrific. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 5:05pm 10/27/22
- You have got to expand your sources. I assume in your field you still hold some level of clearances [NT]
- JarHead4ND - 8:49pm 10/27/22
- LIke I said, you can disagree with the policy or criticize the outcome. But it was a promise kept. - Chris94 - 12:50pm 10/27/22
- Afghanistan? [NT]
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- iairishcheeks - 10:13am 10/27/22
- It doesn't matter how it was. The only thing that matters is a campaign promise was kept. - TampaIrish - 10:31am 10/27/22
- To claim Afganistan as an accomplishment is truly sickening [NT]
- lmcdonald - 10:47am 10/27/22
- Uh, are you alive now? - Chris94 - 9:36am 10/27/22
- I’m not sure I’m buying into this. It’s a CNN article with no direct quotes. Could they just be - TampaIrish - 8:19am 10/27/22
- Bingo. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:21am 10/27/22
- DeSantis does not suffer from a personality disorder. - Curly1918 - 6:56am 10/27/22
- Don't let your hurt feelings from blinding you to what DJT did under immense hate during his 4 yrs. - ELP - 12:06pm 10/27/22
- Trump remains the leader of the GOP by 1000 miles. - conorlarkin - 4:55am 10/27/22
- Excellent summary...too bad we have to go through all this in such challenging times. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 12:22pm 10/27/22
- The Dems had better look out for Youngkin... - fredyo - 9:53am 10/27/22
- Just the opposite. There are a few vocal fringe Republicans fixated on Trump. It would analogous to - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 8:06am 10/27/22
- This is my experience. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:00pm 10/27/22
- You wish - Chris94 - 9:37am 10/27/22
- I do wish. Notice that people who start threads about him are not his supporters. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:01pm 10/27/22
- To prevent the scenario that you envision, DeSantis backers should do the following: - Irishize - 6:15am 10/27/22
- …pray for Trump to stroke out - Chris94 - 7:19am 10/27/22
- so, you're saying fetterman is unqualified? he stroked out already. [NT] - und67 - 11:01am 10/27/22
- Karma has a weird way of finding it's way to people like you. What a righteous human being you are. [NT]
- ELP - 8:33am 10/27/22
- If you could read, you’d know i said it is what YOU have to hope for, sunshine [NT]
- Chris94 - 9:24am 10/27/22
- Hey Betty, this is exactly what you feel and you know it. [NT] - ELP - 9:27am 10/27/22
- If you could read, you’d know i said it is what YOU have to hope for, sunshine [NT]
- Chris94 - 9:24am 10/27/22
- Invalidity did not stop Biden nor Fetterman in D Party. Just sayin. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:24am 10/27/22
- …pray for Trump to stroke out - Chris94 - 7:19am 10/27/22