This is the kind of thing that could force a president to resign.
To add to this administrative insult, US relationship with the collapsing Afghanistan government was ended in the most humiliating way. The collapse was not inevitable.
The US public should not stand for this.
The current mood of the US is that the public does not know what the current administration is doing domestically and abroad. Outside of a few identified 'throw money at a problem' bills the administration is not popular outside of 'at least it is not Trump'.
Vision is lacking and the US cannot legislate out of core structural problems and from this there was improper use of authority by multiple government branches. I do not think congress should have neutered presidential war authority. The US needs better stewardship by every branch and to go back to operating government like intended.
The current Taliban have a very good PR person, presenting themselves as moderate. Their actions since the February 2020 agreements have been seen, and opinions have been formed.
If I were a betting man I'd say that they would pay telecom censors top dollar to prevent a further ruffling of feathers of the US public.
It doesn't mean that there isn't also widespread support for ending indefinite funding to lost causes.
Of the two, the former is far more likely than the latter to move the needle when it is time for people to vote for political candidates.
America hasn't so much lost a war but failed to maintain a coherent political vision.
This has enormous world shaking geopolitical implications that will continue to create a disadvantage to US interests.
Relax masking standards, drop testing, don’t collect state data just like trump and the exact same outcome. But you won’t hear a peep from democrats just like republicans never confronted trump.
It's going to be seen as ultimately regrettable, but people of that region have long showed that their idea of what government is and should be doesn't mesh with our own.