Now I get to listen to them tell me yet again how no one saw this coming.

If Ghani had left earlier, he could have taken a bigger plane, more cars, wouldn’t have had to leave cash behind. Not smart. Too bad.
Biden took responsibility for Kabul airport security when he dropped in 5,000 troops.
I would not have allowed thousands of CIA-KPF who killed thousands to surrender.
It’s better this way though, mercy and compassion is the path forward.

USAF evacuation at Kabul airport. This plane dropped a couple of people hanging onto it from the sky after it took off.
Ghani in Oman after denied in Tajikistan, will head to US. NSA Mohib is with him.
Kabul small market area
US military opened fire at Kabul airport to stop a mob. Biden’s bungled withdrawal.
Chinese embassy in Afghanistan still operating. Biden made a big mistake.
Joe Biden funded ANDSF for $4 billion a year for 4 years, planned for war until 2024.

It was a war-time effort. The Taliban had cut off customs revenue at multiple border crossings and the ANDSF soldiers in rural outposts weren’t paid salaries and refused to fight, so Biden and NATO hatched up a plan to pay out $4 billion a year until 2024. Presumably, once the war was won by ANDSF and border crossing revenue had been restored, they would no longer need that money. Biden wanted the war and believed it may go on as long as 2024, was willing to condemn Afghans to war for at least that length of time.