Afghanistan

Back in 2014, then President Obama exchanged five Taliban prisoners for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. He was honored at a White House ceremony and Bergdahl was later given a dishonorable discharge. “We don't leave soldiers behind. ... Whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American soldier back if he's held in captivity. Period. Full stop,” Obama said at a news conference in Poland. Seven years later when the US withdrew the troops from Afghanistan many people were left behind. While they were not soldiers many were interpreters who aided soldiers. Recently Secretary of State Blinken told Congress that there are still 175 Americans left in Afghanistan This could have been avoided if Biden had first pulled out the Americans, then the equipment and then the soldiers while keeping Bagram Airfield. Biden was trying to get the troops out before the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attack. His plan was to do a victory tour around the country to celebrate the bringing home of the troops but it all backfired when the withdraw became a disaster. The US left behind 78,000 Afghan allies in the chaotic withdrawal.