Biden Overruled Top Generals’ Advice to Keep 2,500 Troops in Afghanistan, Report Says

In his Monday speech defending America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Joe Biden said he would not shrink from his share of responsibility. Joe Biden’s top military advisers and diplomats urged the president to maintain roughly 2,500 troops in Afghanistan while pursuing a peace agreement among warring Afghan groups, according to The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper reports that administration officials warned the president that security in the country was deteriorating against an inadequate Afghan military and a rapidly moving Taliban, and a withdrawal of U.S. forces would leave Afghanistan vulnerable to capture and collapse. The military advice given to Joe Biden…