Posted on 08/17/2021 9:08:56 AM PDT by elpadre
MANILA – In his stated wish to end America’s “forever wars” and accordingly refocus the country’s foreign policy more directly on China, US President Joseph Biden pressed ahead with a hasty exit from Afghanistan.
Convinced that the United States has done more than enough of its share of responsibility by spending trillions of dollars on nation-building in Afghanistan, Biden repeatedly resisted or ignored warnings by his top defense officials of a precipitous collapse in favor of Taliban forces.
But the “hard and messy” exit and the seamless victory of Taliban forces has sent shockwaves across the world, threatening to undermine America’s credibility and raising questions over its long-term commitments to allies elsewhere, especially in Asia.
In many ways, it may have undermined whatever diplomatic capital was generated by the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s recent “reassurance” visit to allies in Southeast Asia, namely Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines.
The Biden administration’s spectacular failure to predict the sheer speed of the Afghan government’s collapse has already been branded as one of the greatest intelligence failures in decades. Images of US choppers rescuing desperately stranded diplomats and residents in Kabul have revived dark memories of the “Fall of Saigon” in 1975.
Unsurprisingly, China and its regional proxies are trying to exploit the debacle to portray the US as an unreliable and untrustworthy ally, which rushes to intervene in nations just to disown them at their greatest hour of need. (continues at link)
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And Putin has now solidified his grip on Central Asia.
Because America IS unreliable and untrustworthy. Our politicians are whores, and who in their right mind trusts a whore?
Even if they were the best trained, disciplined, and equipped army in the world, and they were not, Afghan soldiers were never going to risk their lives for gender studies and gay disco.
All these players no it’s just who’s in charge right now
If Trump was back in charge things will change in a heartbeat the leaders know that
Now is the perfect time for China to invade Taiwan.
Look at the resumes of DC insiders and elites - Ivy league schools, Wall Street Banks, IMF/World Bank, top NGOs and think tanks. Its a very small, and shrinking bubble.
Look at the resumes of people like former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani - exactly the same - years spent at Columbia University, Johns Hopkins, the IMF/World Bank, etc.. He had to give up his US Citizenship in 2009 to run for Afghan President. His daughter is a “visual artist” living in Brooklyn.
Does such a person really represent Afghanistan at all? No, but he DID show a familiar face to the tiny circle of deep-state elites and grifters in DC, London and Berlin.
China believes the USA is slowly committing suicide, both at home and abroad. Leftists burning American cities with the support of the highest levels of American politicians made a big impression on them. No doubt some in China would like to invade Taiwan today, but China's policy will be to keep the pressure on Taiwan very high, and simply wait until the US is a non-factor, and they can walk in unmolested.
That’s right! We ARE crazy! And we’re crazy with thousands of nuclear weapons! Come on! Come and screw with us crazy bastards!
Think of all the American Citizens working in China that could be used as hostages.
A new 55 DAYS AT PEKING anyone? With Biden and Kamala at the helm.
Last chance for republicucks to fight for us. If not then audios Aholes. They’re already dead to me anyway.
If you expect us to do most of your fighting, forever, then, yeah, we are an unreliable ally.
China has forces along the border now and is planning joint military operations with Pakistan to gain a foothold in The Northern region. It appears they are going to make the same mistake the Russkies and the US made.
Makes me wonder if flying the rainbow flag over the Embassy was the final trigger.
You can't blame them. Any nation that would allow a fifth column cabal to steal an election and establish a Biden-level fool as its figure-head "President" cannot be trusted with anything.
“And Putin has now solidified his grip on Central Asia.”
or is it China??
Maybe it was intended that way.
On the Former Soviet states yes. Putin has solidified his hold.
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