Stevenson’s army, August 15

– 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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