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David Frum @davidfrum

He could renege on the Trump-Pompeo deal himself, igniting a new round of fighting that would demand a new surge of US forces - repeating the experience of 2009, but this time with even more dependence on an even less friendly Pakistan (linked thread) 12/x https://t.co/0zWFiOpHzf — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

More thoughts on how we reached this grim outcome in Afghanistan. For the first dozen years of the Afghanistan war… https://t.co/JRX3DEcq4U

Posted Aug. 20, 2021

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Whether the excuse described reality or not, however, mattered little to the situation faced by the incoming Biden team. The Taliban had upheld their end of the Trump-Pompeo deal. Biden's choices thus became quite stark. 11/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 20, 2021

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Or else honor the Trump-Pompeo deal and exit Afghanistan - risking that local Afghan power-holders would rush to reach their own accommodations with the Taliban, capsizing the Afghan state faster than the US could extricate itself. 13/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 20, 2021