Posted on 08/21/2021 10:29:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
For most of the past week, in the fires of the worst foreign policy crisis of his young administration, the president who won the White House on a promise of competence and compassion has had trouble demonstrating much of either.
The chaos in Kabul and his own conflicting messages have left Joe Biden struggling to assert command over world events and seemingly more intent on washing his hands of Afghanistan than expressing concern over the humanitarian tragedy unfolding on the ground.
The tumultuous endgame of Biden’s withdrawal has undercut some of the most fundamental premises of Biden’s presidency — that unlike his erratic, self-absorbed predecessor, he brought foreign policy seasoning, adults-in-the-room judgment and a surfeit of empathy to the Oval Office.
As he has all week, Biden made assertions seemingly at odds with reality. His description of a smoother evacuation contrasted with the continuing confusion at the Kabul airport, where flights were halted for hours Friday until they resumed late in the day. His claim that there was “no question of our credibility” with NATO allies belied the deep frustration in European capitals. And while Biden hailed the “degree of precision” of the operation, he could not say how many Americans were still in danger.
Biden’s stumbles have been particularly striking given that the longtime senator and former vice president brought more experience in national and international affairs to the White House than any newly inaugurated president in more than three decades. But his aides maintain that Americans will look beyond the turmoil of recent days to the bigger picture.
The Biden team’s cold political calculation is that the outrage expressed by the Washington political class and the ghastly images shown by the national news media will have little lasting effect on Americans who will soon forget the messy departure.
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There. Fixed.
He didn't run at all. The MSM ran for him while he hid in his basement nursery and still are while he still is. Impeach them both,add Pelosie and Schumer too. All of 'em.
No NYT that was what the Democrats said. No one but you believed it
Now only you are surprised Joey Ice Cream has nothing to offer
And he wasn't Donald J. Trump.
Hid in his basement to hide his incompetency, while the media ran cover for him!
Soon, very soon the Biden adminstration and his supporters will be able to claim the 40,000 murdered by the Taliban hope they enjoy the show as it unfolds
Did I not just read from a Kabul reporter today ( Sat. 8/21) there are still no out-going flights? I could be mistaken.
Biden stole the election and he is a criminal.
How many millions of Americans voted for the dishonest image of Biden that the propaganda media like the New York Times promoted?
Not a single voter thought Biden was competent.
Biden has never been in charge of anything, so where is the evidence of competence? What a laugh. He’s finally being exposed as the political hack he’s always been.
Oh well.
. . . Inasmuch as this "surprising" turn of events in the Sandbox was prepared in detail by our own State Department and military--including abandoning high-tech aircraft that will be transferred by the Taliban to China.
I have to assume the Lords of the Deep State had decided it's time to flush out Joe in favor of whoever they have decided is going to carry the Revolution forward.
2. Anything Joe Biden did do, he f#cked up royally.
3. When he was in the prime of his career, Joe Biden and "competence" were never associated with one another. Fast forward to his Depends years, and you are really straining credulity.
Anyone surprised about how Joe Biden did in this test should not be allowed to run heavy machinery.
New York Times has been a worthless propaganda toilet paper roll for years.
Biden never had any empathy, either. He is as cold as they get, and everything he has ever done has been to enrich himself and his family.
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