Biden draws a rare rebuke from George W. Bush on Afghanistan withdrawal

 Politico:

‘The consequences are going to be unbelievably bad’: Bush slams Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal

The former president’s criticism comes amid warnings from western officials that the Taliban could soon topple the U.S.-backed government in Kabul.

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Bush, whose administration launched the U.S. military invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, specifically cited the plight of Afghan women and girls whom he said could “suffer unspeakable harm” at the hands of the Taliban.

Bush expressed similar concern for the fate of thousands of Afghan translators — as well as their families — who aided U.S. and NATO forces throughout the two-decade war effort.

“It seems like they’re just going to be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people,” Bush said. “And it breaks my heart.”
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To rid the country of the Taliban would take a significant increase in the number of troops.  Obama tried it but it was a half-hearted effort where he stupidly told the enemy the withdrawal date of the surge.  That allowed the enemy to hold back on attacks until the troops left.  It is too bad the US could not evacuate all the women who wanted to leave before departing.