Zero Hedge: Who The Public Thinks Bears Responsibility For The Taliban Takeover?
A poll by CBS and YouGov shows that most Americans think the Afghan government and army carry a great share of the responsibility for the Taliban takeover, but, as Statista's Katharina Buchholz notes below, many survey participants also put considerable blame on Presidents Biden and Trump.
A quarter of Americans believe that former President Donald Trump carries a lot of the responsibility for Afghanistan falling back to the Taliban before the withdrawal of U.S. troops was even complete.
In February 2020, Trump and the Taliban had signed an agreement to withdraw all U.S. and NATO troops in 2021.
Current President Joe Biden, who followed through with the commitment, was seen as having a lot of responsibility for the developments in Afghanistan by 36 percent of respondents, signaling that a good amount of people believe he shouldn’t have heeded his predecessor’s pledge.
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WNU editor: This CBS/YouGov poll was taken last week. A lot has happened since then, with the scope on the Afghan debacle accelerating in the past few days.
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