Posted on 08/19/2021 10:47:53 AM PDT by DFG
President Joe Biden said the Taliban is “going through sort of an existential crisis” and credited the group for giving Americans “safe passage” to get out of Afghanistan, during an interview that aired Thursday.
Biden sat down with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos in what marked his first time answering questions from the press since the Taliban overtook Afghanistan. Stephanopoulos asked the president whether he believes the Taliban has changed, prompting Biden to declare “no” before clarifying his answer.
“Let me put it this way,” the president said. “I think they’re going through sort of an existential crisis about do they want to be recognized by the international community as being a legitimate government. I’m not sure they do.”
Stephanopoulos interjected, openly wondering if the Taliban cares about “their beliefs more,” to which Biden agreed and went on to give them props for providing “safe passage for Americans to get out.”
“But they also care about whether they have food to eat, whether they have an income that they can provide for their – that they can make any money and run an economy,” Biden said. “They care about whether or not they can hold together the society that they in fact say they care so much about.”
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Good grief...
Joseph Stolen is an idiot
Maybe a few hundred billion dollars would help ease them along their path.
If driving out your enemies out of your country is a “crisis”, then the American people sure could use that kind of crisis here.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you our President, Democrat Joe Biden.
Like being in a liferaft in the middle of the ocean, and the compass is slowing spinning around the dial...
Ain’t nobody home.
I guess what the Taliban really need is some therapy.
Two idiots: Joe & whomever is feeding him this crap via earpiece
Jeez… we’re at the point where I cannot tell a real headline from a Babylon Bee headline. Sad!
We'll know for sure if/when they embrace the Rainbow Flag, commit 5% of their terror funds to fight climate change, and request a seat at the table for the next Paris Accord talks
They also need to have 50% women on their ruling council—with the womens’ heads still attached!
;-)
He is pandering to the Taliban....pandering is all he knows...
This is not going to end well...
Insane.
Time to resign.
We must address Willie Brown’s Canadian mistress sooner or later.
is that tally-ban existential crisis kind of like the haight-ashbury summer of love? it sounds so... groovy...
lol
Cripes, what does he think, the Taliban are wearing black turtlenecks and smoking french cigarettes while arguing about their spiritual ennui in some cafe in Kabul?
Dementia Joe the fake psychiatrist. On what planet is this fool living on? Taliban don't do "existential crises".
about do they want to be recognized by the international community as being a legitimate government. I'm not sure they do.”
The Taliban have never cared about the so called “international community”.
China recognizes them. Russia recognizes them and they have what they need.
Burma is doing fine with massive help from China, despite the sanctions from the “international community”.
The Taliban do debate whether to rape goats or camels—that is their version of philosophical meditation.
He has to resign. Get it over with and move on.
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