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    Biden had no choice. Check that…he could have added more troops, set up an armed enclave, told the taliban that Trump didn’t really sign that surrender and hope for the best.

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          Check that…he could have added more troops, set up an armed enclave, told the taliban that Trump didn’t really sign that surrender and hope for the best.

          Honestly not sure – were you being sarcastic here? Why couldn’t he have done something like this?

          There’s also the ever-possible “find some technical violation the other side did and back out,” or “find some issue that’s larger than imagined and unilaterally delay the agreement,” etc. Who was going to hold him accountable?

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            Biden wanted to end the war as well but in a controlled fashion which the agreement precluded. The agreement itself was registered with the UN and there was no way to cancel it.

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              Was the UN going to force the U.S. out of Afghanistan if Biden re-wrote the agreement to his liking? The repercussions would have been a few countries making strong statements, if that.

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                Also a fracture in the world order with other agreements in doubt, US not considered an honest broker, ect.

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                  There are centuries of evidence that the U.S. is not an honest broker (look at our treaty history with Native Americans). This would have made no difference.

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                    While it is true that you can search back in our internal history to find examples of bad deals, it is also true on the international stage the US has a long history of peace, trade, treaty, ect. Deals that have stood the test of time. Of course there are exceptions, like Trump pulling out of the Iran agreement. Which resulted in putting us and the world in an uncertain place. But, by and large, a security agreement for instance, with the US is something other countries want.