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Afghan chaos undercuts Biden's promise of competence


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2021 Aug 18, 2:48pm   163,832 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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375   Patrick   2022 Jun 17, 9:19am  

https://nitter.net/kylenabecker/status/1537517758807687169#m


Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
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Replying to @greg_price11
I would have loved if the sign language interpreter winked twice and did the sign for the vax


380   Patrick   2022 Jun 26, 11:48am  


Another problem is that these noble endeavors often end up making life harder for the minorities they are meant to support. In March of this year, Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled a plan to force “home appraisers” to increase their valuations of black-owned properties.

Exhibiting a relationship with reality that is at best detached, Harris said this equity measure would improve “intergenerational wealth” among minorities. Would it also not mean that black people end up poorer because they would be paying more in property taxes on their higher-valued homes? Nobody seemed to care. Equity is about gestures not results.

As part of its multi-trillion-dollar Build Back Better infrastructure agenda, the Biden administration has also suggested destroying interstate highways, not because the roads are bad infrastructure but because they were built by a racist society in the 1960s.
381   HeadSet   2022 Jun 26, 1:38pm  

Patrick says


Biden administration has also suggested destroying interstate highways, not because the roads are bad infrastructure but because they were built by a racist society in the 1960s.

Biden would know, as Biden was quite the blatant racist in the 60s and 70s.
382   Patrick   2022 Jun 26, 2:20pm  

https://gettr.com/post/p1fiy21f777


@Arnie1974
Jun 24
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Joe Biden Brags About Getting Ukrainian Prosecutor Fired That Was Investigating His Son

In 2016 Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, in his investigation of corruption involving Burisma Holdings, a natural gas company, identified Hunter Biden as the recipient of over $3,000,000 from the company.

Not wanting this corruption exposed, Joe Biden swung into action, using us loan guarantees as hostages while demanding Skokin be fired.

Amazingly, Joe Biden brags about his actions in this matter.

In 2022 Biden says this: "I think the greatest sin anyone can commit is the abuse of power." the irony of the sentence is of charts!
383   Patrick   2022 Jun 29, 10:42am  

https://thedrilldown.com/newsroom/he-knew-voicemail-explodes-joe-bidens-know-nothing-narrative-on-hunters-dealings/


He Knew: Voicemail Explodes Joe Biden’s Know-Nothing Narrative on Hunter’s Dealings.
JOE CALLED HUNTER AFTER A NYT ARTICLE ON HIS CHINESE BUSINESS DEALINGS.
384   tomtomtom   2022 Jun 29, 1:29pm  

It is amusing to see how all the blame goes solely towards Brandon. Brandon is just a puppet (I refuse to believe he makes any decisions). To make him behave they keep reminding him that there is enough dirt on him to put him and his family in jail. Whoever makes the decisions is incompetent and should be blamed first.
386   RWSGFY   2022 Jun 30, 6:21am  

LOL, the FSB fuck who started the fake "dumb ass uprising" in 2014 actually thinks that Biden's Afghanistan covfefe was a brilliant and devious move to entrap poor defensless Mother Ruscia: https://wartranslated.com/igor-girkin-with-conspiracy-theory-about-us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/

At least somebody thinks Biden is brilliant...
390   Patrick   2022 Jul 1, 5:00pm  

https://slaynews.com/news/wh-press-corps-turns-on-biden-demands-joe-take-unscripted-questions-the-administrations-continued-efforts-to-limit-access-to-the-president-cannot-be-defended/


The Washington D.C. liberal media is turning on Joe Biden after growing tired of limited access to the Democrat president.

The White House press corps is now demanding President Biden take real, unscripted questions from the media.

They want Biden to start taking legitimate questions from reporters who are not pre-selected by staff, arguing that denying this access “cannot be defended.”

Reporters say they are left questioning who is answering the president’s questions when he is reading pre-prepared answers from a script.

Tonight, 68 White House journalists asked @PressSec to end the mysterious prescreening of reporters let into President Biden’s events, calling it ‘antithetical to the concept of a free press’ https://t.co/X5CN1qBL3m pic.twitter.com/v2SqOoBazQ

— Steven Nelson (@stevennelson10) June 30, 2022


Of course they don't want that corrupt and senile pedophile actually answering any real questions.
391   Patrick   2022 Jul 1, 5:01pm  

https://slaynews.com/news/americans-believe-bidens-government-corrupt-poll/


A majority of Americans said Biden’s government is “corrupt and rigged against everyday people like me,” including two-thirds of Republicans and independents, and about half of Democrats.
398   Onvacation   2022 Jul 11, 7:16pm  

Patrick says

the Biden administration has also suggested destroying interstate highways, not because the roads are bad infrastructure but because they were built by a racist society in the 1960s.

Did they really say that?
405   Patrick   2022 Jul 25, 7:02am  

https://www.ntd.com/gen-mark-milley-china-becoming-more-aggressive-in-pacific_813916.html

Of course China is becoming more aggressive. It's hard to imagine a weaker or less competent president.
407   HeadSet   2022 Jul 26, 11:15am  

Patrick says

https://www.ntd.com/gen-mark-milley-china-becoming-more-aggressive-in-pacific_813916.html

Of course China is becoming more aggressive. It's hard to imagine a weaker or less competent president.

Gee, Milley, maybe we should de-woke the military and remove the jab mandate.
410   Misc   2022 Jul 28, 12:52am  

Well, the Army was the 1st branch of the armed services to come out with how badly its recruiting has been this year. Looks like they are gonna be about 33k soldiers less than they want by years end, and this is with the highest recruiting bonuses on record.

I figure the other services are about the same; down about 10% of the numbers they want. Guess the tough guy attitude gets lost when you realize that some trans is gonna order you around. Who would volunteer for that crap?

They are scaping the complete losers of society to get someone to serve,

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-army-plans-new-pre-boot-camp-training-program-for-recruits-who-don-t-meet-standards-as-alarms-sound-on-recruitment/ar-AA102vzL?cvid=1ed730d699e84448af997f8d7bd1544c

Biden in his excellent skills as commander is gonna kick out about 40k troops in the Guard and Reserve for not taking the vaxx. --- Brilliant
411   Patrick   2022 Jul 28, 7:45am  

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-biden-met-14-hunters-business-associates-vice-president


Joe Biden met with at least 14 of Hunter’s business associates while vice president
President Biden has repeatedly denied discussing business with his son


Biden was selling influence over US government policy.
413   Patrick   2022 Jul 28, 3:10pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/new-poll-shows-75-of-democrats-dont-want-sleepy-joe-to-run-again


New CNN poll shows 75% of DEMOCRATS don't want Sleepy Joe to run again

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