Back during that situation and war in Vietnam wasn't most Americans really really sick of that war to the point that many had mass protests in the streets, some violent, condemning the war and demanding a pullout?...
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Of course. But the conversation reported by Holbrooke took place in 2010. By that time, a more nuanced perspective on the Vietnam War had emerged. For example, people were familiar with the horrors unleashed by the Khymer Rouge.
But actually, that's besides the point.
I no longer regard the above conversation as being adequately explanatory. Biden did not merely abandon Afghans, but
many thousands of Americans, as of the present moment. Abandoning a significant number of Americans couldn't have been expected to fly at any time in history.
So, I'm still baffled at his evident urge to
rush the withdrawal.
I hate to broach the elephant in the room, but could Biden's cognitive state be inducing him to make more impulsive, less reasoned, decisions? I admit, he's under 80 years old. My mother was over 80 when she died, but she was never afflicted by that. And, naturally, not everyone gets it, no matter how old they get. - Is it a deflection to even raise this question at this time?