But if this was the inevitable result, then it was a bad move. I think for these reasons:
1) Nobody thinks clearly about the commitment in Afghanistan versus other long term US commitments. We have been in South Korea for 70+ years…Germany for 75+.
True, there are not daily combat risks for US soldiers now at this moment…but there have been many times over the past decades when there were risks.
2) The 9/11 attacks were planned, practiced, and executed from Afghanistan while the Taliban were in power. There is some PR about them being kind and gentle now…but any reasonable person would assume that is bullshit.
3) Holy Shit, we just handed billions of dollars of defense materials to the Taliban. You can try to blame the Afghans for that…but I doubt there were many professionals advising Biden that this was not a gigantic risk.
4) Best of luck, women and girls of Afghanistan.