Long article—worth a read though there is the usual Trump bashing in there...
Bottom line—all political and military “experts” thought in linear terms while the real world is unfolding in exponential (chaos theory) form.
These idiots keep making the same mistakes over and over and over again....
We do not live in a linear world...
Expecting the enemy to cooperate is always a mistake.
They mistake they made was calculating that they could cram down America's throat and get away with it.
I've never been one ascribe malicious intent to that which can be explained by mere incompetency.
The events in Afghanistan cannot be explained away by mere incompetency. As things develop and shake out, I predict we will realize the full nature of the malicious intent, but by then it will be far too late. Unless, of course, the CYA attempts at damage control succeed. This is unlikely, if for no other reason than they are not serious but merely going through the motions kabuki theater to show they tried.