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Afghan chaos undercuts Biden's promise of competence


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2021 Aug 18, 2:48pm   129,688 views  1,201 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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577   Ceffer   2022 Oct 20, 11:23am  

Biden Actors study the original Biden and dive bomb on every kid in sight to maintain character. It does look like the actors relent more after a token gesture, however, unlike the original who did the grappling and creepy crawler shit. Biden was on a list of politicians women and children were advised never to be alone with. Roman law for the foreign occupied foreign city state of Washington DC, Roman depravity.
581   Patrick   2022 Oct 20, 6:42pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/this-is-the-worst-year-for-stock-investors-since-1969-


So far in 2022, both the stock and bond markets have posted serious losses. To find another market that looks like this one, you'd have to go all the way back to 1969, according to data from BlackRock.

The S&P 500 is down nearly 24% year-to-date, and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index has surrendered about 16%. Should both indexes finish the year in the red, it would be the first time that has happened in decades.
585   HeadSet   2022 Oct 21, 7:16pm  

"Terrifying computer simulation reveals"

You know better than that - a simulation can predict whatever the person who does the inputs wants.
590   Patrick   2022 Nov 2, 10:00am  

https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-asks-for-covid-amnesty-afghanistan-pullout-amnesty-gas-prices-amnesty-inflation-amnesty-student-loan-amnesty-war-with-russia-amnesty-nuclear-armageddon-amnesty-and-weaponizing-the-fbi-a


WASHINGTON, D.C. — A growing number of progressives are requesting amnesty for extreme COVID policies that shattered countless lives, claiming it was in ignorance. This has prompted President Biden to also ask for amnesty for everything that happened during his first 2 years as President.

"We need to forgive each other for what we said to each other during COVID," said President Biden. "We also need to let bygones be bygones when it comes to how I handled COVID, mandated vaccines, pulled out of Afghanistan, made gas prices soar, caused massive inflation, made taxpayers foot the bill for student loans, allowed a war to start with Russia, got us on track for nuclear armageddon, printed money like there's no tomorrow and sent it all to Ukraine, and weaponized the FBI against my political enemies."
599   Patrick   2022 Nov 8, 7:50pm  



Biden is not just a pedophile, but an incestuous pedophile.
600   Patrick   2022 Nov 13, 6:23pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/biden-has-launched-a-climate-gender-equity-fund-in-order-toi-dunno-something-to-do-with-women-and-climate-or-something


Biden has launched a "climate gender equity fund" in order to...I dunno. Something to do with women and climate or something.
605   Patrick   2022 Nov 17, 11:03am  

https://nitter.pussthecat.org/bennyjohnson/status/1592947922798514177#m


Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
Nov 16
Biden accidentally CAUGHT again taking list of commands from his handlers like a puppy:

“YOU… will take a photo”

“YOU will sit”

“YOU will deliver opening remarks”




606   Patrick   2022 Nov 18, 7:22pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/house-gop-announces-investigation-of-the-president-this-committee-will-evaluate-whether-this-president-is-compromised-or-swayed-by-foreign-dollars-

Joe Biden got the Ukrainian special prosecutor fired who was investigating his son's involvement on the board of a corrupt Ukrainian energy firm.
Hunter Biden's laptop is a treasure trove that implicates the president ("The Big Guy") in numerous financial transactions with shady foreign entities that have benefited the Biden family over decades.
Whistleblower Tony Bobulinski, who helped set up the shell companies the Biden family used, has publicly detailed his conversations with Joe Biden and his brother Jim Biden, as well as Hunter Biden.
Joe Biden claimed he had no involvement with any of these family dealings, but voicemails and messages counter that claim.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg!

Unfortunately, a House GOP investigation means nothing without the Senate. Because Republicans failed to take control of both chambers, their ability to do anything to hold Joe Biden accountable will likely have to wait 2 more years.

In the meantime, what they need to do is blow the lid off this sucker.
607   Patrick   2022 Nov 18, 7:25pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/pentagon-audit-decries-afghanistan-as-a-145-million-vietnam-level-failure


Pentagon audit says Afghanistan war was $145 BILLION "total, epic, and predestined failure"
609   richwicks   2022 Nov 23, 9:41pm  

Patrick says

https://notthebee.com/article/pentagon-audit-decries-afghanistan-as-a-145-million-vietnam-level-failure



Pentagon audit says Afghanistan war was $145 BILLION "total, epic, and predestined failure"



$145 billion? I think they missed at least 1 zero in there. That war cost over a trillion dollars, easily. It went on for 20 years.
616   Patrick   2022 Nov 28, 6:59pm  

Patrick says


https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/07/06/doe-employee-requests-opm-investigation-into-sam-brinton/





https://www.westernjournal.com/man-charged-felony-theft-identified-gender-fluid-biden-official/


Sam Brinton, who originally made headlines for being “gender fluid” and receiving a position in the Biden administration at the U.S. Department of Energy, made the news again for being charged with a felony after allegedly stealing luggage at the Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport. ...

But, on Sept. 16 there was a complaint at the MSP airport from a female that her bag was missing when she went to pick it up at baggage claim, Alpha News reported.

Law enforcement checked surveillance video which reportedly showed Brinton taking the bag and removing the luggage tag and then returning to the airport two days later with the bag.

Later, surveillance video also reportedly showed Brinton with the bag yet again on Oct. 9 at the Dulles International Airport in Virginia, Alpha News reported.

The woman to whom the bag originally belonged to, claimed that the bag and her belonging in it were worth over $2,000, Alpha News noted.


See also:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11479159/DOE-spent-fuel-chief-Sam-Brinton-charged-felony-theft-Minnesota.html

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