In remarks describing the summary of the report, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby defended Biden’s decision to withdraw and stressed the work the administration did once they took office.
“Despite having his options curtailed, 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,” Kirby said.
He rejected the notion the withdrawal was chaotic.
“For all this talk of chaos, I just didn’t see it,” he said.
Decisions taken by Trump’s administration “severely constrained” Biden’s options for the withdrawal, the summary reads. It says Biden inherited a situation in which “the Taliban were in the strongest military position that they had been in since 2001, controlling or contesting nearly half of the country.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/politics/pentagon-review-us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/index.html
I was driving and had NPR on when this was announced, and it was discussed by 3 presenters who I know are super Progressive, even they were wondering how they could come up with this and such a meager report that did not address all the numerous issues.