Both Biden and Trump Admins Bungled Afghanistan Withdrawal, State Department Report Concludes

In this image provided by the U.S. Marines, U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, provide assistance during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 20, 2021. Lance Cpl. Nicholas Guevara/U.S. Marine Corps via AP

The Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombings at Kabul Airport killed more than 180 people, including 13 members of the United States military, and marked an ugly end to America’s 20-year war against terror in Afghanistan.

Republicans have clamored for analyses of the blundered withdrawal for nearly two years, although the GOP’s rhetorical chorus has conclusively and uniformly laid sole responsibility for the calamity on the decisions, and alleged distracted indecision, by the Biden administration.