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'Real chance' Afghanistan withdrawal 'destroys' Biden presidency: Ian Bremmer
Yahoo ^ | Tue, August 17, 2021 | Max Zahn with Andy Serwer

Posted on 08/20/2021 8:01:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Images of unrest and desperation at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, spread across the world on Monday as the Taliban took the city and thousands of Afghans sought to flee.

The chaos brought widespread criticism of the U.S. withdrawal, but President Joe Biden said on Monday afternoon that he stood "squarely behind [his] decision" to begin formally pulling out troops in May.

Still, the U.S. exit poses a "real chance" of destroying the Biden presidency, Eurasia Group founder and political scientist Ian Bremmer tells Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer in a new interview. The crisis could severely undermine Biden's standing if Americans die or are taken hostage while the U.S. completes its withdrawal, Bremmer said.

"There are a lot of Americans that we want to get out of there," Bremmer says. "What if we have a hostage crisis? What if we have a firefight? What if Americans get killed? What if we end up not being able to get all these Americans out? That destroys Biden's presidency."

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; biden; bidensfault
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1 posted on 08/20/2021 8:01:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Not a chance.

Half the population believes anything Chuck Todd tells them to believe.


2 posted on 08/20/2021 8:02:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Here’s the problem. The Rats are a team, not one person in particular. The person in White House really doesn’t matter all that much in the big scheme of things, it’s a package deal.

Trump, on the other hand, was just one man, who didn’t have a team behind him.


3 posted on 08/20/2021 8:02:41 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There are too many ‘Americans’ who hate those they feel superior to more than they love their country.


4 posted on 08/20/2021 8:04:38 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: MinorityRepublican

It will end it. Dems will no longer be able to whistle past the graveyard regarding Biden’s cognitive decline and they will take him out by the 25th. Listen for their PR department (aka the media) to start the whisper campaign next week.


5 posted on 08/20/2021 8:05:20 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: dfwgator

Joe is vulnerable at the moment though. Lamestream media is attacking him for once. If the Taliban decides to capture hostages, it’s over for Joe.


6 posted on 08/20/2021 8:05:34 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: dfwgator

That’s true.

Trump did not have a political party behind him.
Biden effectively has both political parties behind him. Not because they care about Joe, but they’re just all on the same team.


7 posted on 08/20/2021 8:05:56 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We have two Democrat parties. 50% of the US population has no political representation.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Right. But getting rid of Joe, won’t change much at all. The same people will be running the show as before.


8 posted on 08/20/2021 8:06:16 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: neverevergiveup
There are too many ‘Americans’ who hate those they feel superior to more than they love their country.

They ARE superior because they have affirmative-action college degrees.

9 posted on 08/20/2021 8:06:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Flooding our country with infested illegal immigrants is worse and still happening.


10 posted on 08/20/2021 8:07:47 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say )
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To: MinorityRepublican

There’s a Biden presidency? Who knew?


11 posted on 08/20/2021 8:07:48 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?”)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Which is why as of now, I prefer DeSantis, because he’s got a core of people he’s working with in Florida, he can bring to Washington with him.

In retrospect, what Trump should have done, when he started his 2016 campaign, was start lining up the people who would work for him, instead of waiting until he was in office. That was his achilles heel.


12 posted on 08/20/2021 8:08:11 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; SaveFerris

13 posted on 08/20/2021 8:08:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The Uniparty promotes those who put America last.


14 posted on 08/20/2021 8:08:50 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: dfwgator
"The same people will be running the show as before."

The same OLD people will be running the show as before.

And I mean OLD!

15 posted on 08/20/2021 8:09:12 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?”)
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To: dfwgator

The rats are Liars and Thieves. Those who lie, can never make the pieces fit. No matter how smart they think they are.

Eventually they are exposed. That is why they are Totalitarians. There is no other way for them to stay in power. And they are EVIL! They serve the wrong master.


16 posted on 08/20/2021 8:09:48 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
If Plugs is removed, then it is part of the Dem's plan.

Heels Up is not part of their plan to replace Plugs.

There is someone else in the wings to take power.

I am still leaning towards the Hildabeast.

17 posted on 08/20/2021 8:10:52 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be ta.ken that's for sure.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

But here’s something interesting to think about.

In the Democratic Party, there are basically two factions: The Obama Faction and The Clinton Faction. The Obama Faction as of now is in charge, but with these screwups, the Clinton Faction may reassert themselves, and if Biden leaves, they may force Kamala to take Hillary as VP. And you know what will happen after that.


18 posted on 08/20/2021 8:11:23 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Deaf Smith

Yep.


19 posted on 08/20/2021 8:11:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: bigbob

He wont go out by the 25th.

They will do to him like what happened to JFK.

Then use that for gun control.


20 posted on 08/20/2021 8:12:07 PM PDT by crz
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