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Afghan chaos undercuts Biden's promise of competence


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2021 Aug 18, 2:48pm   163,037 views  1,308 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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801   Patrick   2023 Jun 5, 10:56am  

https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/whats-next/


There will be no face-saving for the “Joe Biden” regime, either, which is reaching its own collapse phase. Last week’s face-plant at the Air Force Academy was the harbinger of things-to-come. Today (Monday), FBI officials must walk over to the House oversight Committee an internal FD-1023 document revealed by a whistleblower to contain allegations of a Biden family $5-million bribery scheme with foreign actors. Of course, the substance of this criminal mischief is not news. What’s news is that the allegations contained in the doc come from a “trusted” confidential human source, meaning that, according to the FBI’s own rules, the allegation should have been dealt with expeditiously. Instead, the Bureau sat on it for three years. The FD-1023 doc is dated 2020, months before that year’s presidential election. The source is also alleged to be from Ukraine.

Will committee members be allowed to photo-copy the doc, or transcribe what’s in it? Wouldn’t it be amusing if Committee Chairman James Comer personally walks it over to the Xerox machine? What would the FBI officials do? Body check him? What if it turns out that the doc is full of redactions — blacked out. Like a big, fat practical joke from FBI Director Christopher Wray. (They’ve done it before.) Remember, Mr. Wray is already under threat of a contempt citation for stalling on this matter. But he’s obviously caught between that old rock and a hard place, since the doc appears to prove that, at least, the FBI has obstructed justice, and of the worst sort, a potential case of presidential treason. Mr. Wray may even be colored as an accomplice in it.
805   Misc   2023 Jun 6, 9:56am  

So Washington was told ahead of time that the Taliban would quickly take over Afghanistan, persecute friendlies, and gain access to billions of dollars of US military supplies, if there was not a course correction.

Biden and the State department ignored the info from top people in the field and allowed the ensuing chaos.

Lovely.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/embarrassing-dissent-cable-shows-biden-allowed-afghanistan-to-collapse-rep-issa/ar-AA1ccsmD?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=e041974f4181400f895cdcadadbd57b9&ei=36
809   HeadSet   2023 Jun 11, 8:16am  

So now the rainbow rag is held to the same stature as the Colors of The United States of America?
810   Onvacation   2023 Jun 11, 8:53am  

HeadSet says

So now the rainbow rag is held to the same stature as the Colors of The United States of America?

Higher. If you burn the US flag, it's free speech. If you burn the tranny flag, it's considered hate speech.
811   Onvacation   2023 Jun 11, 8:55am  

I typed "tranny" and autocorrect turned it to "tyranny ".
812   stereotomy   2023 Jun 11, 9:51am  

Patrick says






LET'S GO BRANDON! (CLAP CLAP) LET'S GO BRANDON!

EDIT:
At the awards ceremony at my son's school, one boy after receiving his award stumbled and fell on the stage. My wife and I looked at each other and concluded that it was staged since it wasn't a loud thump. We then wondered why he did it. I said "It's probably a tribute to Biden, who falls all over the place." She agreed, and then I spoke the magic words to the NY libtards around me, "Let's go Brandon! Let's go Brandon!"

Yes I'm an asshole.
814   Patrick   2023 Jun 12, 9:43am  

https://babylonbee.com/news/official-state-religion-enters-high-holy-days




U.S. — The official state religion of the United States entered its High Holy Days today, with worshippers around the nation being called to rededicate themselves in submission and obedience to its holy teachings.

"I am urging all Americans to publicly bend the knee before our sacred rainbow symbol," said President Biden in an address to the nation. "Let us all take the time to feast and pray before our god of prideful human flesh, and before its sacred messengers, the genitals. We are a nation of Pride, blessings be upon its name. Just celebrate it, folks! Not a joke! Ok, can I have my snack now?"

Holy prophets in public schools, corporate DEI departments, and Target supermarkets have been dispatched across the land to bear witness to the glories of Pride and destroy the lives of those who refuse to publically worship the vengeful deity. "Blasphemy will not be tolerated," said Divine Elder Mixie Vavoom, (they/them). "We are the eyes and ears of Pride, and we are watching you."

The High Holy Days of Pride will conclude this weekend with 1000 abortions and 1000 gender surgeries performed publically on the steps of the White House.
816   HeadSet   2023 Jun 12, 12:50pm  

Damn, those STD pustules have really gotten out of hand!
817   richwicks   2023 Jun 12, 1:01pm  

Onvacation says

Higher. If you burn the US flag, it's free speech. If you burn the tranny flag, it's considered hate speech.


I think as long as the LGBTQ flag is YOUR flag, it would be considered free speech.

This "hate speech" stuff is bullshit anyhow. https://godhatesfags.com/ is still online, as it should be allowed to be.
820   RC2006   2023 Jun 13, 10:57am  

Patrick says


https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-updates-iwo-jima-memorial-with-pride-flag





Just remember with the left that todays satire is tomorrows reality.
821   Patrick   2023 Jun 13, 10:45pm  

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/metaphorical-tuesday-june-13-2023?publication_id=463409&post_id=128003849&isFreemail=true


Biden’s official Pride celebration this weekend featured men with extreme surgical body modifications frolicking semi-naked with Joe Biden on the White House lawn. I’m not even exaggerating much.

Sorry about the imagery, but you’ve seen worse. This is your White House:

Mere moments before this indescribably embarrassing photo was taken, the man covering his artificial breasts in the picture above, so-called “trans influencer” Rose Montoya, 27, shook hands with Joe Biden, who some people believe is the President of the United States. Here they are:

Joe even took the opportunity to grab a selfie with Mr. Montoya, presumably for Joe’s personal collection:

It’s hard to calculate which was more disgraceful and humiliating, the pornographic celebration of atypical sexual lifestyles at our Nation’s most important, historic, and traditionally dignified monument and seat of authority, or the fact that the White House’s “celebration” featured the so-called Pride flag carefully located in between and higher than two U.S. flags surrounding it, which was itself a grotesque violation of flag etiquette, and metaphorically suggested that Pride governs the United States.

If the Joe Biden were a Chinese puppet, he could hardly do more damage to the Nation’s morale, or humiliate us worse, than through this deliberately offensive travesty. I hardly even know what to say about it, except that it reminds me of the famous quote by anti-communist researcher Robert Conquest:

“The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.”

Given the context of the state of the world these days, I also pick up strong Biblical vibes, such as the sentiment expressed in Proverbs 16:18:

“Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.”

How about a C&C Challenge: name any other stable nuclear-capable country that would ever allow this kind of thing to go on at their national capitol?

We win by NOT being humiliated and discouraged. We despise secret enemy cabals; we understand we are at war; and this too shall pass. “Weeping may stay for the night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Psalm 30:5(b).
826   Patrick   2023 Jun 15, 10:57am  

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/14/21-federal-agencies-promote-pride-month-taxpayer-dollars/


Through this list is not exhaustive, here are 21 federal and federally funded organizations that promote Pride Month with taxpayer dollars:

The Smithsonian Museums: The taxpayer-funded museums offer a lineup of LGBTQ events for the month of June, including sexuality talks and “drag story hours” featuring “drag queens” reading books to children.

CIA: The Central Intelligence Agency announced its support for Pride Month with a puzzling theme: “WELCO-ME.” The acronym stands for “Wellness Equity LGBTQ+ Community Openness ME,” according to the Twitter post.

FBI: The bureau announced its support of Pride Month on Twitter by thanking its LGBTQ employees for their service, dedication, and “perspectives.” While the bureau accepts LGBTQ perspectives, it has actively targeted Catholic perspectives. ...
827   richwicks   2023 Jun 15, 11:13am  

Patrick says

While the bureau accepts LGBTQ perspectives, it has actively targeted Catholic perspectives. ...


Ironically, Joe Biden is supposedly a Catholic..
829   Patrick   2023 Jun 15, 4:51pm  

https://twitter.com/NatShupe/status/1669404447368425473


@NatShupe
Daily reminder, Biden is a creep.


832   RC2006   2023 Jun 16, 6:30am  

Don't worry I saw on morning news Joe is tackling junk fees for concerts, it's one of the most pressing concerns of the country right now. So ridiculous even the morning news guy commented is this what our government should be working on.

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