They were told by Robinette on March 25th “if we leave,
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we’re going to do so in a safe and orderly way.”
On April 14th he told them, “We will not conduct a hasty rush to the exit,” Biden says. “We’ll do it responsibly, deliberately, and safely.” Biden assures Americans that the U.S. has “trained and equipped a standing force of over 300,000 Afghan personnel” and that “they’ll continue to fight valiantly, on behalf of the Afghans, at great cost.”
On July 8, his tone changed and he said “speed is safety"... he then accelerated the timeline to withdraw while explaining “the likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.”