#shorts On 4/6/2023, a reporter asked NSC Spox John Kirby, “President Biden led a deliberate, rigorous, and inclusive decision-making process that was responsive to facts on the ground. He focused keenly on the need for proper planning. In fact, President Biden directed his top national security leaders to begin planning for a withdrawal even before he had made the final decision to leave Afghanistan.

He ordered troop reduction plans; plans to turn over bases and equipment to the Afghan government, as the previous administration had negotiated; plans to draw down our diplomatic presence; and plans to evacuate both American citizens and Afghan allies alike.

Indeed, evacuation planning started in spring of 2021, and the President ordered additional military forces pre-positioned in the region by mid-summer in case they were ever needed.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/NR9KwnnNvaU
WH Spox Kirby Astonishingly Brags About The “Planning” Before Failed Withdrawal From Afghanistan