Monday, August 16, 2021

"Despite the fact that we spent 20 years and tens of billions of dollars to give the best equipment, the best training and the best capacity to the Afghan national security forces, we could not give them the will," Sullivan said on NBC. "And they ultimately decided that they would not fight for Kabul and they would not fight for the country."-Jake Sullivan, national security adviser, on Sunday.

And that is true. Both that and the criticism quoted a moment ago are true.