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Afghan chaos undercuts Biden's promise of competence


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2021 Aug 18, 2:48pm   117,859 views  1,138 comments

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The shambolic unravelling of America's withdrawal from Afghanistan comes from a yet to be written textbook of "how to lose at everything". Warnings hadn't been heeded, intelligence was clearly totally inadequate, planning was lamentable, execution woeful.

Let's just focus in on one thing - although there are any number that are worthy of examination.
The withdrawal came during the "fighting season" - a phrase I have to say I have always found rather odd. But in Afghanistan there is a fighting season which starts in spring - and then in winter, when the country freezes over, there is a time when the Taliban go home to their tribal homelands. Did no-one think that it might have been better to have ordered the withdrawal for the dead of winter when Taliban forces weren't there, poised to fill the vacuum?

The end result might have been the same - a Taliban takeover - but it would have almost certainly led to a more orderly drawdown. Yet the Biden administration wanted an eye-catching date. They wanted the withdrawal completed by 11 September. Twenty years on from 9/11 - an artificial, self-imposed deadline.

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Biden's election campaign could be boiled down to three messages to distinguish himself from Donald Trump. First, he would be more empathetic. He would be more competent. And instead of "America First", it would be replaced by the mantra "America is back".
But in his address yesterday, there wasn't a whole lot of empathy towards the thousands of Afghans who've helped Americans these past 20 years. On competence, even his biggest cheerleaders would struggle to say the withdrawal of American troops has been anything other than shambolic.
And after the bewildering events of the past few days, how exactly is America back?

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But on the policy itself, Joe Biden is utterly defiant. He summoned up his inner Harry Truman and made clear in his speech that the buck stops with him. He was, however, happy to distribute blame in much the same way that a muck spreader disperses manure in all directions. The Afghan leadership weren't up to it, the Afghan armed forces had no fight in them; Donald Trump had negotiated a bad deal.

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A fascinating nugget from a briefing that's just been given by Joe Biden's National Security Adviser. Since the fall of Kabul, Jake Sullivan revealed, Biden hadn't spoken to another world leader. Wasn't that just a bit surprising, given that there were a lot of other nations - including Britain - who'd committed vast resources to Afghanistan?

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When the G7 gathered in Cornwall and the Nato nations met in Brussels the sense of relief was palpable among the prime ministers and presidents that a more outward looking American president was in charge. But given what has unfolded - how America has been humiliated, how Joe Biden embarked on a policy he was cautioned against by these leaders - there is now a good deal more wariness.
And who will feel they have gained most from America's departure - apart from the Taliban, of course? Why, three countries near Afghanistan - Russia, Iran and China. I'm not sure that is what Joe Biden had in mind when he said after his inauguration that "America is back".



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58252174?source=patrick.net

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685   Misc   2023 Mar 11, 12:49am  

... AND "responsibility" wasn't mentioned at all.
692   Patrick   2023 Mar 20, 1:26pm  

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/03/most_underreported_story_evidence_of_the_biden_familys__millions_from_china_now_documented_with_bank_records.html


March 20, 2023
Most underreported story: Evidence of the Biden family’s $ millions from China now documented with bank records
By Thomas Lifson
It comes as no surprise that the propaganda arm of the Democrats called the “mainstream media” has no interest in informing the American people of the gravity of the evidence piling up that Joe Biden has been bought off by the Chinese Communist Party. Thanks to the efforts of James Comer, we already have bank records of $1 million flowing to Biden family members through a cutout named Rob Walker, shortly after Biden left office as VP.
700   Patrick   2023 Mar 24, 10:07am  




Brought to you by the 2020 election fraud.
703   Patrick   2023 Mar 25, 7:56pm  

https://slaynews.com/news/the-taliban-publicly-humiliates-hillary-clinton-in-social-media-feud-you-left-a-huge-mess-behind-in-afghanistan-just-like-your-husband-did-with-that-dress/


Enter Hillary Clinton who ripped the Taliban on Twitter:

“Girls in Afghanistan should be going back to school tomorrow, but the Taliban is only allowing boys to be educated.”

The Taliban, bored and sitting on Twitter, fired back with a funny line:

“You spent $700m in our country trying to teach women and girls that there are 140 different genders.

“No wonder you lost to the orange gangster.

“You left a huge mess behind in Afghanistan, just like your husband did with that dress.”
708   Patrick   2023 Mar 28, 9:21am  

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/shafted-tuesday-march-28-2023-c-and?publication_id=463409&post_id=111213703&isFreemail=true


According to Al-Jazeera, the Russians have prepared a draft UN Security Council resolution requesting an independent international investigation of the recent NordStream state-sponsored terrorism incident. Do you agree that sounds completely understandable? Well, guess what.

The United States and its allies OPPOSE the Russians’ legal request for an international investigation, even though the State Department claimed Russia blew up their own pipeline, so you’d think we’d welcome the investigation, to shame Putin and whatnot.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained reasonably that the Russians are withholding judgment until there has been a complete investigation, but they don’t believe it was a rogue terrorist group or anything. “For now the data indicates that such a large-scale act of sabotage and a terrorist attack against critical infrastructure could not have been carried out without the participation of the state and special state services,” he said.

He has a point. The two pipelines detonated nearly simultaneously 300 feet under the ocean. So.

Meanwhile the United Nations Environment Programme announced that the gas leaks in the Baltic Sea caused by the sabotaged pipelines created the single biggest release of climate-damaging methane ever recorded in human history.

I don’t EVER want to hear any complaints about my SUV ever again. Not ever.
711   richwicks   2023 Mar 28, 5:14pm  

Patrick says






Based on the belt configuration, he would have to be driving the crank clockwise.
712   HeadSet   2023 Mar 28, 7:45pm  

richwicks says


Based on the belt configuration, he would have to be driving the crank clockwise.

If the toe of the boot is the point of impact, that would be counter-clockwise. The crossover of the drive belt makes the rear wheel turn the opposite of the front wheel.
714   Patrick   2023 Mar 29, 2:12pm  

https://bm.ge/en/article/saudi-arabia-takes-step-to-join-china-led-security-bloc/130466


29 Mar 2023
SAUDI ARABIA TAKES STEP TO JOIN CHINA-LED SECURITY BLOC




Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved a decision to join a China-led security bloc, strengthening Riyadh’s eastern ties in a further step away from U.S. interests.

The state-owned Saudi Press Agency said that, in a session presided by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi cabinet on Tuesday approved a memorandum awarding Riyadh the status of dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization — a political, security and trade alliance that lists China, Russia, India, Pakistan and four other central Asian nations as full members.


I don't like Saudi Arabia, but this is still very bad news for the US. There seems to be no limit to fuck-up Biden's ability to harm the US.
715   richwicks   2023 Mar 29, 4:11pm  

Patrick says

I don't like Saudi Arabia, but this is still very bad news for the US. There seems to be no limit to fuck-up Biden's ability to harm the US.


Pfft, Biden isn't doing this. The guy is practically brain dead.

The people doing this are the same people that puppeteered George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He's just the face on these people.
716   Patrick   2023 Mar 30, 10:22pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/biden-laughs-and-cracks-a-joke-when-asked-if-he-thinks-christians-were-targeted-in-nashville-shooting


Biden cracks a joke and laughs when asked if he thinks Christians were targeted in Nashville school shooting

Under what circumstances could that be considered even remotely appropriate? Three little kids and three adults were slaughtered in a Christian school by a deranged trans person, and when asked if he thinks Christians were targeted, he jokes and laughs?

Obviously Christians were targeted. Christian children were targeted. Not only will Joe not say it, he's making light of it!

Wholly inappropriate behavior from the president.
718   Patrick   2023 Apr 2, 10:47am  

https://babylonbee.com/news/americans-disappointed-to-learn-biden-presidency-still-not-an-april-fools-prank


U.S. - Americans were deeply disappointed upon learning today that the Biden presidency was not, in fact, an elaborate April Fool's joke.

"I was still holding out hope this was all a sick, twisted prank," said South Carolina man Denny Kingsley. "What a bummer."

Though a seemingly improbable hoax, Biden's unparalleled level of absurdity and incompetence began to make millions of Americans suspicious. "It just feels like it has to be a joke," said Ohio native Richard Adamson. "I mean, what else do you do with a president coming out to talk about a mass shooting, and saying he's just there for the ice cream? He can't form sentences, gets lost at his own house, and waves at dead people. How is this real??"

As another April first came and went, Americans resigned themselves to the reality of Joe Biden actually being president. "We scoured the nation for the man most fit to lead America - the most powerful country on earth - and we came up with Joe Biden," said Mr. Kingsley. "It's so hard to wrap my mind around that. Oh, well. Maybe next year we'll find out the truth."

At publishing time, Americans were dealt another blow as Netflix acquiring the rights to Narnia was also discovered to be a true story.
721   Patrick   2023 Apr 4, 6:32am  

https://babylonbee.com/news/10-silver-linings-of-bidens-presidency


Here are 10 upsides we see in Biden's Presidency:

The straight male patriarchy continues another 4 years: An over 200-year streak if you don't count James Buchanan!
It's pretty funny watching him fall every time he tries to use stairs: Slapstick comedy at its best!
People chant your name, providing a warm feeling of encouragement and affirmation: (Only applies to people named Brandon)
He's not Hillary: Thank God for small mercies.
A finished border wall would have marred the lovely view across the Rio Grande: We must preserve our landmarks.
No large crowds when the President comes to town: Who wants all that pesky traffic?
You can rest assured that the current president will never be indicted for his crimes: Peace of mind!
He's not Kamala: (shudder)
No more distressing media coverage of immigrant kids in cages: They're still in there, but at least we don't have to think about it all the time.
The confidence boost you feel knowing that no matter how badly you mess up you're still more competent than the President of the United States: Hey, you're not doin' too bad, kid!

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