
The blame game: Whose fault is Afghanistan *really*?
CNN
With less than 48 hours remaining before the United States fully pulls out of Afghanistan, the Washington blame machine is running at top speed as all of the major players seek to avoid becoming the scapegoat for the disastrous last two (or so) weeks in the country.
So whose fault is it really? That's a very difficult question to answer -- particularly because in a situation as complex as the US involvement in Afghanistan, there's enough blame to go around. (George W. Bush and Barack Obama, among others, also surely deserve blame, but they've since effectively retired from the Washington scene and won't pay the same kind of political price.) But I thought it would be useful to break down the case(s) for blaming each of the big figures in this Afghanistan withdrawal. They're below (and listed in alphabetical order by last name).
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