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President Biden Mocked for ‘Highly Unlikely’ Prediction That Taliban Would Overrun Afghanistan
https://www.thewrap.com ^ | August 15, 2021

Posted on 08/15/2021 4:34:20 PM PDT by 11th_VA

Biden’s words flood social media over image of helicopter rescuing US embassy personnel a la Saigon

President Joe Biden is facing intense criticism from media figures both on TV and online as Taliban forces begin their takeover of Kabul in Afghanistan, an outcome that the president said was “highly unlikely” just last month.

As American troops began emergency evacuations of the U.S. embassy in Kabul, CNN’s Jake Tapper said the world was watching “a tragic foreign policy disaster unfold before our eyes.”

“That is, of course, a sharp turn-around from six weeks ago when President Biden called it highly unlikely that the Taliban would overrun the country, an assessment that even at the time struck many experts in Biden’s own administration as unrealistic,” Tapper continued. “And now, as American diplomats rush to shred embassy documents and escape, it seems shocking that President Biden could have been so wrong.”

It’s a rare instance where mainstream cable news has aligned with both fledgling far-right networks and Middle-Eastern activists in their criticism of the Biden Administration. On Twitter, Newsmax foreigncorrespondent Alex Salvi posted a clip of Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisting on July 7 that the embassy would not be in danger because of Biden’s decision to withdraw troops.

Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad also posted her own video of Biden’s promises about Afghanistan’s safety, accusing the president of “empowering the anti-women and anti-democratic regimes and terrorist organizations.”

Masih Alinejad 🏳️ @AlinejadMasih (Twitter):

This is due to being surrounded by unqualified advisors who have the wrong information or agenda about the region and US interests. These failed policies result is empowering the anti-women and anti-democratic regimes and terrorist organizations ...

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TOPICS: US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; california; nancypelosi; saigon; taliban; waronterror
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Biden has united the world !!!
1 posted on 08/15/2021 4:34:20 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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2 posted on 08/15/2021 4:35:45 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: 11th_VA

Susan Rice is involved in this someplace


3 posted on 08/15/2021 4:36:14 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: 11th_VA

Stolen elections have consequences.


4 posted on 08/15/2021 4:36:15 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: 11th_VA

I could have told you that President Retard is highly unlikely to know what day it is.


5 posted on 08/15/2021 4:36:49 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: dragnet2

bttt


6 posted on 08/15/2021 4:39:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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7 posted on 08/15/2021 4:40:14 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: butlerweave

Watch it here
July 8, 2021: Biden Says Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan Not Inevitable And The Government Won’t Collapse
https://rumble.com/vl63jt-biden-makes-prediction-about-afghanistan.html


8 posted on 08/15/2021 4:41:20 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: 11th_VA

When it comes to failure the Democrats made it a science.


9 posted on 08/15/2021 4:44:21 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees)
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To: janetjanet998

GWB had to own ‘Mission Accomplished’ - we need to make sure Biden owns, ‘Takeover of Afghanistan Not Inevitable’


10 posted on 08/15/2021 4:45:53 PM PDT by 11th_VA (America’s Back (leaving in helicopters))
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To: 11th_VA

“ it seems shocking that President Biden could have been so wrong.”

Not to me it isn’t.

L


11 posted on 08/15/2021 4:47:42 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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If President Trump were put back in the White House now, he would probably resolve all the mess in a couple weeks, that Biden caused in the last few months. Failure Biden only took half a year to destroy all the successes that President Trump achieved. Only half a year. Think how much Biden will destroy over the next six months, sad!


12 posted on 08/15/2021 4:48:10 PM PDT by roadcat
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13 posted on 08/15/2021 4:48:32 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: butlerweave

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There is no doubt whatsoever.

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14 posted on 08/15/2021 4:49:30 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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This just in:

Marjorie Greene
@RealMarjorieGreene
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I just got off White House briefing for Congress concerning Afghanistan.

Joe Biden is a FOOL!

* The military equipment and arms were left on purpose for the Afghan military to supposedly defend themselves. But they have handed it all over with no resistance.

* 5,000 prisoners have been released from the base. Known terrorists.

* Our border is wide open and out of control. These terrorists can easily make their way to the US.

* The Taliban is in full control and ISIS is there as well.

* Trump defeated ISIS and Biden is to blame for their imminent rise.

* Turkey and Pakistan are going to soon move in to “stabilize” Afghanistan.

* Over $1 trillion in spending, over 2,000 Americans lives lost, and over 20,000 injured and maimed over the last 18 years for absolutely nothing.

My love and support goes out to all of our military members and veterans of Afghanistan, and also especially to any family who lost a loved one. God Bless our Gold Star families.
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15 posted on 08/15/2021 4:51:00 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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F^CK BIDEN TO HELL AND ANYONE WHO VOTED FOR THAT POS


16 posted on 08/15/2021 4:51:26 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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Donald J Trump
Donald J Trump
@realdonaldtrump

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It is time for Joe Biden to resign in disgrace for what he has allowed to happen to Afghanistan, along with the tremendous surge in COVID, the Border catastrophe, the destruction of energy independence, and our crippled economy. It shouldn’t be a big deal, because he wasn’t elected legitimately in the first place!


17 posted on 08/15/2021 4:53:39 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: Travis McGee

This is not Biden’s failure. It is Obama’s, the current Shadow President.


18 posted on 08/15/2021 4:53:57 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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A lot of countries not sleeping easy tonight.

19 posted on 08/15/2021 4:54:09 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: Lazamataz

It was Bush’s failure, you cannot nation-build in Afghanistan. He had one job, get OBL, and he couldn’t even do that.


20 posted on 08/15/2021 4:54:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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