08-27-2021, 10:26 PM
FWIW, before it all goes down the memory hole, here’s Mike Pompeo, Trump’s Secretary of State, posing with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar of the Taliban during the unprecedented negotiations with them in Qatar in 2020:

…and here is Zalmay Khalilzad, Trump’s “envoy for peace in Afghanistan”, shaking hands with Mullah Baradar at the signing ceremony in February 2020.

…and here is the signing:

…and here is Mullah Baradar, when the Taliban took over the offices of the Afghanistan government in Kabul:

…and here is Mike Pompeo, saying it’s all Biden’s fault.

Pompeo at the signing wrote:
“When it comes down to it, the future of Afghanistan is for the Afghans to determine. The U.S.-Taliban deal creates the conditions for Afghans to do just that," he said.
…and here is Zalmay Khalilzad, Trump’s “envoy for peace in Afghanistan”, shaking hands with Mullah Baradar at the signing ceremony in February 2020.

…and here is the signing:

…and here is Mullah Baradar, when the Taliban took over the offices of the Afghanistan government in Kabul:

…and here is Mike Pompeo, saying it’s all Biden’s fault.