And, to respond to part of the original premise of this thread, the US should have done a lot more a lot faster to get their Afghan allies and assistants out of the country a lot sooner
Some of the interpreters have been waiting for years for visas to leave.
I do not know why we didn’t act sooner.
It may be part of the anti-immigrant sentiment from the previous US administration, but obviously it sends the message that we don’t have your back, which is a very stupid approach to foreign policy.