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.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“The buck stops here.” Harry S Truman
“The buck stopped with Trump.” Joe Plugs Biden
I would like to take full responsibility for all the mess ups of the other people whose fault it really is!
“’So what’s happened? Afghanistan’s political leaders gave up and fled the country.
‘The Afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight.’”
Dirty bastard. That happened AFTER we vanished in the night from Bagram and destroyed the water and electricity as we left.
Waking up and finding your “ally” did something that disrespectful doesn’t exactly steel your resolve.
Even Obama appointees are saying publicly how badly Biden has handled things. When OBAMA throws Biden under the bus, you KNOW things are B-A-D.
Typical leftist. They never accept responsibility. That means they don’t learn from their mistakes. Biden is proof positive. He has never been right in any major decision.
resident Bidet leaves another Bon Mot.
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Isn’t that considered being out of uniform?
No idea, but would seem so.
Flag officers do not have to wear name tags. It has been this way for years. It seems they think they should be recognized without the name tags.
I knew someone, here, would know the answer!! Thx.
It seems fairly common in Generals, and maybe more common in Army Generals, especially in dress uniform. I seem to recall that it was kind of optional in the Air Force. Generals are surrounded by staff. Everyone that matters knows who they are, and they will usually be presented by name before they speak. They’re kind of insular, and a little bit crazy because of it. I remember people scrambling around ahead of General Creech to put the red dictionaries in drawers because he hated the color red.
“Buttden isn’t this stupid.”
Hate to be confrontational, but I really think he is this stupid.
Stupider, even.
Or maybe it was because it was top generals.
Notice, however, that General Milley is not wearing a tag at the Pentagon when giving a briefing, though he wears it at official gatherings..
-PJ
Thanks.....interesting.
May be a briefing thing?
-PJ
Gosh with headlines that descriptive one doesn’t need to read the article.
Kind of like speed reading. Took a speed reading class in high school and basically it is read the first line of each paragraph.
It’s interesting that of all the people BHO could’ve chosen for Veep he chose the Joke.
Sounds like a police academy movie.🙄
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