administration...agreements were established with the Taliban (again, w/o any participation by the Afghan government) by the Trump admin...which Biden was compelled to honor. It is a credit to them that they were able to extend the date at all...it's a little like pulling the pin on a grenade...waiting two seconds and then tossing it to the next guy for 'disposal', and complaining about the resultant 'mess'.
It's just my opinion, but this 'disaster' was long in the making...going all the way back to 2003...we had just knocked al-Qaeda and the Taliban out of action with only a small amount of U.S. military resources and the willing help of the Afghan 'Northern Alliance'...things were looking good...but then, Bush and Cheney decide to invade Iraq, and Afghanistan becomes an afterthought...re-enter the Taliban...good bye Trillions of dollars and thousands of U.S. lives in both locations...and on a personal note...my support for GOP Presidential candidates.