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This week we celebrated the one year anniversary of our departure from Afghanistan and it brought back memories of the disorganized departure. This happened because the president wanted to announce on the 20th year of the war that we were out and things went to fast. Here are some of the consequences. Biden promised that the U.S. would exit Afghanistan in a safe and orderly way, that there would be no hasty rush to the exit, and that it was "highly unlikely" that there would be a Taliban takeover of the entire country — let alone this quickly. “There’s going to be no circumstance when you’re going to see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy,” Biden said. “It is not at all comparable.” Biden continued in his July 8 event: “The likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.” When asked if the Taliban would take over ...... Afghan troops have 300,000 well-equipped — as well-equipped as any army in the world — and an air force, against something like 75,000 Taliban,” Biden said. August 2021..On August 19, President Biden vowed U.S. forces would stay in Afghanistan beyond his August 31 deadline to withdraw if any American citizens were still trapped in the country During the Bergdahl situation Biden agreed with Obama that Americans would never be left behind so we traded four terrorist for one soldier who some say was a deserter. There are still US citizens left in Afghanistan.