[kiryandil]

"He forgets he has the entire might the U.S. military at his disposal if the Taliban screw with us, and he just refuses to acknowledge that fact.”

What does Granny Hawkins have to say about that?

"I say that big talk's worth doodley-squat."

You guys abandoned Bagram without a squawk. Sit down and shut up.

[RAldrich]

“You guys abandoned Bagram without a squawk...”

Of course they did. Abandon Bagram first, before an evacuation, was one of the Taliban conditions. Then they lose a lot of leverage, become totally dependent on an airport that can’t be easily defended and that has only one runway that can be put out of commission any time the Taliban feel like it.

And they abandoned Bagram in the dead of night without telling the Afghans, the European allies, or anyone.

This really smells. Wonder if the truth of the “negotiations” with the Taliban will ever come out.