The Fall of Kabul: Nets Praised Biden’s Order to Withdraw from Afghanistan

Nicholas Fondacaro | August 15, 2021
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As of the writing of this piece, there were reports that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country, leaving the capital city of Kabul to advancing Taliban fighters with no military resistance and Americans still scrambling to get out. But back in April, the liberal broadcast networks were tripping over themselves to loud President Biden’s decision to do away with former President Trump’s conditions-based withdrawal plan and hastily pull out, leaving American military assets to be captured.

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Over on ABC’s World News Tonight, chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz was excited that Biden was pulling American troops out of Afghanistan after 20 years of war. “It will be 20 years in October since the U.S. launched those first airstrikes on Al Qaeda targets in Afghanistan. And tomorrow, President Biden will announce the 2,500 U.S. troops still there will be home by the 9/11 anniversary,” she said.

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