– NYT says US military refused to accept Biden’s withdrawal order as final and intelligence community expected delayed collapse of Afghan government.
-WaPo describes scrambled evacuation planning.
– WSJ says US built the wrong Afghan military.
– Politico also questions US training of Afghan forces.
– New Yorker reporter who has covered Afghanistan for 30 years says Taliban won a classic guerrilla war.
– Army vet reviews two books that argue US never understood or adjusted to Afghan culture.
– NYT and others have updates on the situation.
– Here’s Biden’s Saturday statement.
-Andrew Sullivan says Tucker Carlson is making a mistake in thinking Hungary’s Orban a conservative.
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