Posted on 08/16/2021 3:15:53 PM PDT by Hojczyk
President Joe Biden cut his trip to Camp David short and returned to the
White House Monday to deliver remarks on Afghanistan
He defended his decision to bring home U.S. troops despite the Taliban's rapid capture of Kabul
But he admitted that the rapid collapse unfolded much faster than anyone expected
'So what's happened? Afghanistan's political leaders gave up and fled the country,' he said
But critics said it was not the decision to leave, but the manner of the abrupt departure that caused chaos
Biden was originally supposed to stay at Camp David until Wednesday as part of an August vacation
The trip triggered criticism that the commander was out of sight as
Afghanistan crumbled into chaos
He returned to the presidential retreat immediately after delivering his speech
It was the first time the president had spoken publicly about the unfolding crisis in six days. He was forced to return from Camp David amid hostile headlines about his absence from Washington while Americans were being rescued from Kabul airport.
He admitted missteps during the past two decades and described the chaos at Kabul airport, where throngs of Afghans are desperately seeking escape, as 'gut wrenching.'
'I am president of the United States of America,' he said. 'And the buck stops with me.'
But only up to a point. He said the blame for such a rapid disintegration lay not with him, but his predecessor as president and Afghanistan's leaders.
'The truth is - this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated,' he said, his eyes narrow.
'So what's happened? Afghanistan's political leaders gave up and fled the country.
'The Afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight.'
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“Joe Biden: The buck stops with me.”
Sure, you get a slice of Hunter’s ill gotten gains. All those bucks entering your pocket.
Where is VP Harris by the way? Whatever you think of Pence he would have been on some media outlet with talking points.
The buck stops in his wallet, if Hunter doesn’t get it first. Otherwise, he isn’t worth a wooden afghani nickel.
Joe will get it done!
“Putin won’t mess with me, ‘cause Putin knows me”
The buck(s) stop with the big guy. As he places the 30 pieces of silver in his pocket
Come on, Dementia Joe. Your honor is sullied for all time.
Just come clean and tell the country who is pulling your strings.
Yes, Pres. Trump had signaled he was going to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan in 2021 but he did not set it in motion.
Slow Joe announced his withdrawal as soon as he was sworn in as president. He delegated the draw down to the generals in the DOD but gave them no plan and didn’t check what the brass was doing. Essentially, the generals made no provision for air support during the withdrawal and no plan for securing or disabling the advanced military weapons and technology we had there. What happened was a disgraceful rout.
I have referred to him as Joke™️ for the last 2 years. He’s lived up to his name every freaking day.
Will Michael Moore be making a documentary taking on Biden???
Puppet Joe’s full diaper this morning was also Trump’s fault.
And now I have to get back to Camp David in time for ice cream.
No, we will not.
Which none of President Trump's 75 million voters accept and very few Dementia Joe voters and other NATO members accept either.
I have even seen the most lunatic marxist progressives on our local rag’s comment site astounded by Biden’s incomitance handling this. I don’t take it as genuine since they are in full panic mode to get the propaganda perfected.
-PJ
This is SloJoe’s mo. He’s always been a finger pointer.
Its amazing to watch!!!...lol....
Methinks it is the other way around, since there is not enough Geritol™ in the known universe that could help Joe find Kabul on a map ...
Psaki just went on vacation and Harris working on Haiti not ‘bothering’ with Afghanistan. Lord help us, awaken me from this nightmare.
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