>I don’t understand the slack Biden’s catching for the
>withdraw.

in motion long before he got in office. You're right it was inevitable and going to be ugly no matter when it happened. The "Bring our troops home" folks want to play both sides and pretend to be horrified when they see what is happening. I have friends that served over there who lost friends and are torn up about it. I can't see how this could've ended nicely...

I thought this article was interesting...
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/19/biden-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal-taliban-al-qaeda-war-on-terror-pakistan-iran-nato/