The Gray Lady seems to be the first to have just made the argument out in the open:

“Biden’s decision to withdraw all U.S. forces destroyed an affordable status quo that could have lasted indefinitely at a minimum cost in blood and treasure,” writes Ryan Crocker. https://t.co/myNKXDAHsy

— Mark Dubowitz (@mdubowitz) August 22, 2021

This is the argument they’ve wanted to make for a week now, that the status quo was “affordable” (whether in blood or treasure) and that Biden should have maintained it, even if it not only meant breaking a campaign promise but also giving them the opening they wanted to accuse him of being a “warmonger.”