Like you, I will never agree that Biden botched this evacuation effort out of ignorance or naivete.

We do not know, and might never know, what intel Biden had in this affair. Nor, is it likely we will ever be privy to an explanation for the way the exit rolled out. We might get snippets but not the whole story.

I suggest there was strategic reasoning for making the best out of a deal trumpy boy negotiated to save his own skin.

Who knows what info Biden was presented by his intelligence forces? You can be sure there were some big guns supporting the Taliban - Russia and China for starters.

Biden has been around far too long to make such a rookie mistake in executing a highly important operation. Methinks there is much more at play than will ever be disclosed.