Posted on 08/31/2021 1:14:55 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
On Tuesday afternoon, Joe Biden tried to “turn the page” from a month of chaos and death in Afghanistan and, more broadly, from 20 years of ultimately futile US attempts at occupation and nation-building.
He spoke of the “extraordinary success” of the US evacuation mission over the past few weeks, with more than a hundred thousand Americans and Afghans airlifted out under extreme duress.
At times he seemed defensive, noting that Americans were warned 19 times to exit Afghanistan before the August US military withdrawal. He accused Afghan leaders, allies on whom the US had depended, of “corruption and malfeasance”. And he blamed the Trump administration for negotiating what he characterised as an inadequate withdrawal agreement with the Taliban.
He spent less time talking about the failures – of the 13 US soldiers who lost their lives last week and the hundreds of civilian casualties. Instead, he spoke of the cost of the so-called “forever war” – of thousands of US military casualties, tens of thousands of injuries and trillions of dollars spent in an effort that began and ended with Taliban in control.
He said the US had no vital interest in Afghanistan, and that the mission there – to eradicate Al-Qaeda and prevent future terror attacks – was accomplished a decade ago.
Biden acknowledged that the Afghan military collapsed faster than expected ahead of the 31 August deadline.
“I still instructed our national security team to prepare for every eventuality, even that one,” he said. “We were ready when the Afghan security forces…did not hold on as long as anyone expected.”
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It’s only going to get worse.
Apparently he thinks his lies will be more believable if he shouts. And it took several minutes before he brought up his dead kid.
Cmon man - that was last week! What difference at this point does it make?!
Joey’s forgotten about it already anyway
When Joe’s best buds the Tallybamd start skinning trapped Americans alive what will Joe say ?
Did he mention Beau?
At the end of his speech, President Biden turned his back on America and walked away.
Traitor
What a load of crap.
And he’s going to get away with it. The press is already gushing about his “leadership” and the generals are coming out to support him.
Expect Biden to be known as the Hero of Afghanistan by next week.
President Biden said he accepts responsibility for the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, adding that he believes that staying longer wasn’t an option.
“Some say we should have started the mass evacuation sooner and couldn’t have this been done in a more orderly manner,” he said. “I respectfully disagree.”
Biden said that he believes that even if evacuations had begun in June or July, there still “would have been a rush to the airport”.
“It still would have been a very difficult and dangerous mission,” he said, adding that no evacuation from the end of the war could have been done without the same “complexities and challenges.”
Butt of course.
Of course.
That is his sympathy card.
He is a pathetic tool of the ruling elites.
It is “they” who are “getting away with it”.
I heard the angry Nixon: “I am not a crook!”
Of course he mentioned Beau. That’s part of every speech or press conference now.
He did some dramatic “whispering”, too. And, of course, he blamed Trump for his abject failure.
In this case, I wish I was wrong about everything I knew I was right about.
Biden can turn the page to a new chapter where suffering just got infinitely worse for those left behind.
Turn it Joe. Wait! Wait! Wait! I’ll turn if for you.
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