Decisions when it comes to the drawdown. those were decisions made by his military commanders and sought their befs advice and it was what was carried out and the timing of the decision to leave bagram. >> you said when the president announced the withdrawal, nato immediately unanimously embraced it. joseph burrel, the foreign affairs chief of the european union, his statement on the surrender is that it is a catastrophe for the afghan people, for western values and credibility and for the developing of international relations. the "wall street journal" summarizes it nicely in their piece how ...