The Washington Post got the Army report on the debacle in Afghanistan and it tries to spin things discreetly. The report itself carefully leaves out key names and basic information. This would not have been tolerated from a GOP administration, but we all know how that goes.
Even in this carefully filtered form, the story is damning.
During an Aug. 6 meeting, a National Security Council official, who is not identified in the report, appeared to lack a sense of urgency and told others involved that if the United States had to execute an evacuation, it would signal “we have failed,” Brig Gen. Sullivan recalled. “In my opinion, the NSC was not seriously planning for an evacuation,” he said…
On Aug. 9, three days after the first provincial capital fell to the Taliban, Biden’s advisers convened meetings to discuss whether to begin closing the embassy, but senior officials unanimously decided it was still premature, the person said.
Unanimously. That’s a week before the Taliban took Kabul.