The base in northern Syria was not by any stretch a "fully operational base", it was merely a temporary fire base and when Erdogan threatened to invade, our troops were ordered to displace to avoid fighting the Turks.
In February, 2020, president Trump ordered his military commanders to begin an 18 month staged withdrawal from Afghanistan. With powerful air and ground combat forces in place to protect the withdrawal, civilians (including Afghanis), and non-essential personnel would be the first to leave, followed by shipments of war materials, weapons and ordinance, and when that was accomplished, the combat/security forces would leave.
The deadline for mission accomplished would have been in July, 2021. This 18 month window was predicated on the reasonable assumption that, unlike just 9 one term presidents before him, Trump would serve a 2nd term. He would have been Commander-in-Chief throughout the entire withdrawal and the debacle in Afghanistan would never have happened.
But, you see, there is a certain political party, a movement actually, diametrically opposed to our constitution and alien to our American way of life that simply would not allow Donald Trump to serve a second term, so this certain party did whatever was necessary to make sure that didn't happen. Our Constitution and the Rule of Law be damned.
When confronted with the idea of ending the war in A-stan, stealing the "glory" from Trump, and showing the world what a terrific C-in-C he is, Creepy Joe and his dysfunctional depts, primarily the Pentagon and the State Dept., made other plans.
And, boy, they certainly did one hell of a job. Got a lot of people killed, and the killing continues today,
but the killers are now armed with state-of-the-art American weapons.
CNN: Biden deserves blame for the debacle in AfghanistanUS allies tear into Biden administration over Afghanistan ‘failure’Scoop: Leaked document reveals Biden’s Afghan failuresThe base in northern Syria was not by any stretch ... (