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Afghan chaos undercuts Biden's promise of competence


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2021 Aug 18, 2:48pm   117,590 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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452   Patrick   2022 Aug 17, 8:50am  

https://nitter.pussthecat.org/PrisonPlanet/status/1559670928547745792#m



Pedo potatus Bidet doesn't know what planet he's on.
455   RC2006   2022 Aug 17, 11:58am  

WTF clown world IRS. I showed this to cop friends and they laughed and said they wouldn't last a week as a street cop.
461   Patrick   2022 Aug 25, 5:08pm  

https://news3lv.com/news/local/repossession-surge-looming-as-some-new-car-owners-struggle-to-make-payments-repos-las-vegas-southern-nevada-economy-stimulus-banks-default


LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A perfect economic storm of inflation, soaring gas prices and the unintended consequences of the federal pandemic relief programs is closing in on many car owners.

“We’re talking, on average, 15,000 repos a day nationwide,” said Mark Zane, owner of a repossession company and president of the Nevada Association of Licensed Repossessors.

Zane says repossessions were all but non-existent during the pandemic because banks were working with car owners to defer payments or help them get caught up.


This is a result of Pedo Potatus' criminal level of incompetence, from shutting down Keystone Pipeline on his first day after fraudulently taking office, to shutting down the whole country for a nothingburger virus, killing millions of small businesses.
468   Patrick   2022 Sep 2, 8:58am  


Tim Graham
@TimJGraham
20h
So Biden hasn't granted an interview in 202 days...and no one in the media cares. They are all one happy Democrat family, and Biden's minders don't even want Biden interviewed ON TAPE, let alone live.
471   Patrick   2022 Sep 8, 9:27am  

https://spectatorworld.com/topic/the-missing-biden-foreign-policy/


What is Joe Biden’s foreign policy? It’s a trick question, because he has no actual policy, no plan, no careful set of chess moves a step ahead of his adversary. America suffers for it.
472   richwicks   2022 Sep 8, 9:31am  

Patrick says

https://spectatorworld.com/topic/the-missing-biden-foreign-policy/



What is Joe Biden’s foreign policy? It’s a trick question, because he has no actual policy, no plan, no careful set of chess moves a step ahead of his adversary. America suffers for it.



That's been US foreign policy since, I dunno, George H. Bush.

It's been "hey, I wonder what will happen if we beat THIS hornet's nest? Let's do it!" for 30 fucking years. Biden is no different, and foreign policy doesn't change because our presidents are PUPPETS, not presidents.
473   Patrick   2022 Sep 8, 9:59am  

https://www.infowars.com/posts/biden-monkeypox-czar-ruthlessly-mocked-online-over-old-photos-following-first-presser/

Biden's Monkeypox coordinator Demetre Daskalakis is literally and openly satanic, proudly wearing and even getting tattoed with a pentagram:





475   RWSGFY   2022 Sep 9, 10:19am  

Was the inept and botched Afghanistan withdrawal a feint? 👹
476   Patrick   2022 Sep 9, 2:25pm  

Patrick says


Biden's Monkeypox coordinator Demetre Daskalakis is literally and openly satanic, proudly wearing and even getting tattoed with a pentagram:


https://nitter.pussthecat.org/unhoodwinked/status/1567867300279193604#m


@unhoodwinked
Sep 8
Given who he serves and what aspect he’s in charge of for the govt, monkeypox, we all realize his goal is to drive this disease into the mainstream and not just keep it in the gay community, right?

His goal is to get hetero people to contract this disease.

Then sell the vaccine.
486   Patrick   2022 Sep 14, 7:56pm  

https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-boasts-inflation-reduction-act-graphic-corner-screen-humiliates-truth/?seyid=21394


As President Joe Biden addressed supporters at the White House during a celebration of the Inflation Reduction Act, reality — harsh, cold, unforgiving reality — broke through the rhetoric live on screen.

While Biden bragged on Tuesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted. It sank over 1,250 points by the end of the day, according to the Associated Press.

Twitter was quick to notice, as the major networks caught on as well.

Fox News reported on the obvious disconnect between the administration and the real world. Host Neil Cavuto stated, “Unfortunately, he never looked to the markets while this was all being planned because they were tumbling on a clear sort of refuting of all of that.”

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