Filmmaker slams President Biden's 'incompetence' over botch withdrawal

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Afghanistan is "worse" than before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because the Taliban is "fully armed" with U.S. weaponry. "We're going back to pre-9/11 right now but it's worse, it's worse because now they're fully armed with our weapons, our helicopters and pallets of our cash," said McCaul. The Washington Post As they did on the battlefield, the Taliban outlasted the U.S. at the negotiating table, On the day he was to begin peace talks with the Trump administration in the fall of 2018, Taliban co-founder and senior leader Abdul Ghani Baradar found himself in a luxury villa at a Qatari resort. His uncovered windows overlooked the swimming pool, where bikini-clad women lay in the Persian Gulf sun. Baradar quickly walked to the windows and closed the curtains. It was time to begin. It was not the ending the United States wanted. In its wake, political blame has been lobbed across partisan lines. Democrats, and President Biden, accuse Trump of sticking them with a bad deal. Republicans, and Trump, charge Biden with botching the agreement and rushing the withdrawal. International allies are upset, adversaries are preening, and many Afghans feel betrayed.