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Quote:PRESIDENT TRUMP’S resolution to delegate decisions on troop levels in Afghanistan to the Pentagon is a worthy corrective to the approach of President Barack Obama, who micromanaged U.S. military forces in a way that badly undercut their ability to achieve their goals. By politicizing force levels in Iraq and Afghanistan and setting timetables for withdrawal unlinked to conditions on the ground, Mr. Obama helped to ensure failure on his watch in both countries. The Islamic State gained control over much of Iraq, forcing the redeployment of U.S. troops, while a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan now demands a similar reversal of previous withdrawals.

Many were saying this is what was needed while the Post defended everything Obama did.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...697df9e17d

That administration had to have gone out of its way to screw things up. It's what happens when you have political committee discussions on operational minutiae among people who have never served.