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Harris’ Asia trip carries new urgency after Afghan collapse
The Associated Press ^ | August 20, 2021 | By ALEXANDRA JAFFE

Posted on 08/20/2021 4:37:26 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON — The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has given new urgency to Vice President Kamala Harris’ tour of southeast Asia, where she will attempt to reassure allies of American resolve following the chaotic end of a two-decade war.

The trip, which begins Friday and includes stops in Singapore and Vietnam, will provide a forum for Harris to assert herself more directly in foreign affairs. She will have opportunities to affirm what she and President Joe Biden view as core American values, including human rights. That’s especially important given concerns about the future for women and girls in Afghanistan with the Taliban back in power.

But there are also substantial risks. A longtime district attorney and former senator, Harris is largely untested in international diplomacy and foreign policy. Her swing through Vietnam could draw unwanted comparisons between the humiliating withdrawal of U.S. troops there in 1975 and the tumultuous effort this week to evacuate Americans and allies from Afghanistan. And it’s all happening in the shadow of China, whose growing influence worries some U.S. policymakers.

“She’s walking into a hornet’s nest, both with what’s taking place in Afghanistan, but also the challenge of China that looms particularly large in Vietnam,” said Brett Bruin, who served as global engagement director during the Obama administration and was a longtime diplomat.

She’ll have a fresh chance to make a global impression when she arrives in Singapore, the anchor of the U.S. naval presence in southeast Asia.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alexandrajaffe; associatedpress; california; election2020; harris; kamala; kamalaharris; mediawingofthednc; nancypelosi; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; waronterror; willie
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To: nikos1121

In real news the navy found VP Harris so far in over her head they are seeking bigger and more powerful compressors to get air down to her.


21 posted on 08/20/2021 5:13:54 AM PDT by carcraft (Pray for our County )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good grief, AP, get a brain. Do you really think anyone gives a **** about the HO or what she thinks (or pretends to think)?
You have lost all respect. You lost all your good reporters decades ago.
Go find a steep cliff and experience the wonders of gravity.
Oh, and hire someone to clean up the mess at the bottom because the rest of us could care less.


22 posted on 08/20/2021 5:26:40 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I cringe at the thought that she is representing us anywhere about anything. HO NO


23 posted on 08/20/2021 5:28:14 AM PDT by mcshot (What was once thought impossible is now here. The possibilities are frightening.)
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To: nikos1121

The Fourth Estate has become a Fifth Column.


24 posted on 08/20/2021 5:29:32 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

With Hunter Biden under Scrutiny, Kamalea is the bag lady.


25 posted on 08/20/2021 5:29:37 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Like BLM, Joe Biden is a Domestic Enemy )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Dementia Joe is going to cancel her passport once she lands.
26 posted on 08/20/2021 5:31:31 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hopefully she don’t come back.


27 posted on 08/20/2021 5:32:11 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“She will have opportunities to affirm what she and President Joe Biden view as core American values, including human rights.”

And she will fail in spectacular fashion. What a Charlie foxtrot This administration has wrought.


28 posted on 08/20/2021 5:32:18 AM PDT by jagusafr ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She’s going to blow it.


29 posted on 08/20/2021 5:41:08 AM PDT by Old Yeller (We're a nation of surprisingly talented people run by the least talented of us.)
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To: Old Yeller

She’ll create a mess...


30 posted on 08/20/2021 5:42:32 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (LIVE FREE)
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To: nikos1121
Who wrote this crap, her staff?

No, of course not her staff. It's the AP!

(do I even need a / sarc tag)

31 posted on 08/20/2021 5:44:01 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Stentor
It’s urgent that she escape the cluster that is her own regime proclamation that she approved of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. She's effectively in hiding from all things American (media inquiry, etc).
32 posted on 08/20/2021 5:46:33 AM PDT by LouAvul (Lying headlines from fake news articles written by pimps masquerading as journalists.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Let’s all hear it for the Rainbow Tour...


33 posted on 08/20/2021 6:00:54 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ho is not aging well


34 posted on 08/20/2021 6:05:54 AM PDT by SisterK (Maranatha)
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To: Old Yeller

You win!!!


35 posted on 08/20/2021 6:06:57 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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To: RummyChick

Being set up, indeed. She needs to think carefully about Ron Brown before getting on an airplane.


36 posted on 08/20/2021 6:38:22 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; All
Boy, does she look like a well-worn escort. Aging way before her years.

Like a tired, old, worn out rug. With callouses on her knees to match.

She's not up to the task.

37 posted on 08/20/2021 6:45:02 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
but also the challenge of China that looms particularly large in Vietnam,

I hope they're not thinking of going back to Vietnam, which had the choice between freedom or totalitarian government and they chose poorly. F*** 'em! Not to mention that we're getting awfully close to totalitarian government here.

38 posted on 08/20/2021 6:46:04 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem by far is that most of the news media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The article is the AssPress (as in your ass) writing a promo piece for Harris. 100% that’s what it is.


39 posted on 08/20/2021 6:49:14 AM PDT by Wuli (Biden )
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To: nikos1121
I had to look twice myself. I thought it was the Babylon Bee at first.

But the Associated Press is a propaganda chop shop for the democRATS.

Without their lying, cover-their-asses press, the democRATS would have been run out of town by now.

40 posted on 08/20/2021 6:56:28 AM PDT by HotHunt
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