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Afghan chaos undercuts Biden's promise of competence


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2021 Aug 18, 2:48pm   164,050 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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749   Patrick   2023 Apr 25, 9:48am  

https://babylonbee.com/news/creepy-old-man-says-he-thinks-of-your-kids-as-his-own




WASHINGTON, D.C. — Authorities have been dispatched to the White House lawn after reports of a creepy old man shouting to people that he thinks of everyone's kids as his own.

"There's no such thing as someone else's child!" shouted the demented geriatric. "They're all mine! Not a joke! Give them to me!" He then reached out and tried to grab a passing baby out of his stroller before his mother shrieked and ran away.

"Your kids aren't yours! They're all mine! Lemme smell your kids!" the confused senior was heard shouting at a nearby statue of Andrew Jackson before several aides tackled him and dragged him to safety.

"You know, this guy is making a ton of sense," said Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers. "All kids should belong to the State and to suggest otherwise is white supremacy."

At publishing time, the deranged old man had claimed to be running for President of the United States.


Pedo Biden did say:

https://jellyfish.news/biden-says-kids-belong-to-their-teachers/


President Joe Biden, who told a gathering of teachers and union bigwigs on April 27 that the kids are “yours when they’re in the classroom.” That wasn’t just a Biden stumble. He repeated it for emphasis: “They are all our children … They are not somebody else’s children.”
754   Patrick   2023 Apr 25, 12:37pm  

https://slaynews.com/news/democrats-refuse-hold-debates-2024-bidens-challengers-outraged/


The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has announced that there will not be any debates for the 2024 Democrat primary, despite President Joe Biden already having challengers for the nomination.




Maybe they're worried that sane people will ask the corrupt senile pedo some hard questions about his corruption, senility, and pedophilia.
755   richwicks   2023 Apr 25, 1:13pm  

Patrick says

Maybe they're worried that sane people will ask the corrupt senile pedo some hard questions about his corruption, senility, and pedophilia.


No. The DNC is stacked, whoever the DNC wants to give the nomination to will get it. Primaries of the DNC are anything but democratic.
756   Patrick   2023 Apr 26, 9:38am  

https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/dnc-aborts-primary-debates-but-elections


DNC Aborts Primary Debates, But Elections Are Still Officially Not AT ALL Rigged...

The totalitarian organ known as the DNC has out-done itself yet again. I am new to the news that they have now stated they will not host any primary debates.

I have to say that this latest assault on us all actually scares me.

It just has that super ultra creepy abnormal quality, very high shock level.

I feel again that I am stuck on a hijacked airliner.

I notice that I stop breathing in the presence of everything I learn the DNC does.

So, it’s done, then, I suppose. Even the pretense of “democracy” is packed and gone. Why do our minds refuse to fully accept it? Mine anyway.

We all wondered: “How will he be able to debate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?”

Now we know. He simply won’t.
757   Ceffer   2023 Apr 26, 9:49am  

The Biden Actor hasn't changed in years. NOT senility, an intermittent act by the actor stable, depending on winds of distraction. They can keep foisting this actor stable forever, because HE NEVER CHANGES, doesn't even undergo an aging process, much less his so-called 'senility' deteriorating as it would if it were real. Biden has been dead for years. Once they successfully foisted the fraud of fag Obama and tranny Michael, the gloves were off on virtual candidates.

If they can keep foisting this actor fraud show forever, why wouldn't they?
762   Patrick   2023 Apr 28, 9:49am  

https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/on-war-and-wars/


You understand, “Joe Biden” is only pretending to run for president again, in the same way that he only pretended to be president the past two years. Are we to believe, for instance, that the old zombie has become a fervent Maoist? Or that he follows any known structured political philosophy at all, other than cashing checks that favor-seekers from all nations send his way? “Joe Biden” is pretending to run — no matter how preposterous it seems — because his handlers know that only a titanic pretense of political strength can stave off the reveal of his family’s awesome criminality and the fall of everyone hitched to that wagon.
772   Patrick   2023 May 9, 7:16pm  

https://slaynews.com/news/biden-admin-may-freeze-bank-withdrawals-currency-fears-soar-expert-warns/


A top economic expert has warned that Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration may be planning to freeze all U.S. bank withdrawals.

The warning comes as fears over the banking crisis and the stability of the economy continue to soar.

According to macroeconomics guru Hugh Hendry, the Biden admin could literally ban withdrawals from the banking system.

The move would see Americans’ checking accounts locked down in an effort to prevent widespread bank runs.

And while such a move sounds more like the actions of a far-left communist dictatorship, it would follow suit with other Biden admin policies.

Under Biden, the federal government has already moved to force Americans to buy expensive electric cars, limited the kinds of appliances you can buy, and censored the questions you can raise about fair elections and much more.

More importantly, Biden has also moved to eliminate America’s traditional dollar and replace it with “digital cash.”

Now the next step could be to seize control of your bank account, according to Hendry.
773   HeadSet   2023 May 9, 7:55pm  

Patrick says





Hey, even a cat converter thief works from home!

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