Posted on 12/22/2024 4:11:01 AM PST by george76
Outgoing President Joe Biden is facing criticism after bombshell reports emerged that he was allegedly too "mentally fatigued" to take a critical call from the House Armed Services Committee Chair in the lead-up to the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. The revelation has sparked concerns about Biden's capacity to manage high-stakes decision-making, particularly during one of the most pivotal moments of his presidency. Critics argue that the report highlights a troubling pattern of disengagement and raises serious questions about his leadership and accountability during a crisis that resulted in lasting consequences.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Biden was so tired and drained that he skipped out on an important phone call with then-House Armed Services Committee Chair Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash) in 2021, right before the United States pulled out of Afghanistan that left significant casualties, including 13 American service members dead and $7 billion worth of weapons, military equipment, and U.S. aircraft were left in Afghanistan that eventually landed in the hands of the Taliban because Biden was incredibly difficult to reach— even his aides couldn’t get a hold of him.
Smith expressed concern over the Biden Administration’s overly optimistic remarks about the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Having worked on the issue, Smith believed the process would be far more challenging than White House officials were portraying and sought to share his insights. However, Biden never answered his phone calls.
“I was begging them to set expectations low,” Smith told the outlet.
Soon after, Biden personally called Smith to apologize but the damage had already been done. This was the only call the president made to the congressman during his four years.
“The Biden White House was more insulated than most,” Smith recalled. “I spoke with Barack Obama on a number of occasions when he was president, and I wasn’t even chairman of the committee.”
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Following the incident, Smith publicly berated Biden for being nowhere to be found in the moments before the U.S. pulled troops out of Afghanistan, angering Secretary of State Antony Blinken— who called Smith and launched into a tired over his comments.
However, Blinken ultimately took responsibility for the botched withdrawal.
The Afghanistan withdrawal became a pivotal and damaging for Biden’s presidency, leaving a stain on his leadership credibility. The moment highlighted a lack of planning and foresight and allowed the Taliban to take over the region. Critics argued that the withdrawal emboldened international enemies such as China and Russia and showcased the U.S.’ weaknesses.
EVERYTHING HE SIGNED NEEDS TO BE UNDONE! EVERYTHING!
With only 29 days left in this abomination of a regime, we should pray that Biden and his enablers won’t come up with more insults to our republic.
There is WAY too much time between election and inauguration.
The inauguration should be in one week or less. You can have all the pomp and circumstance on the 20th of January.
Well, he had to decide between chocolate and vanilla pudding.
There were Nilla wafers, too.
It was sooo complex. You had to be there.
You would not believe how many demorats have told me:
1. Biden was just following Trumps agreement
2. There was no other way to do it.
they never seem to have anything to say when I point out the entire thing was done “bass ackwards”.
THEY ARE REALLY DESPERATE TO RELIEVE PEDO JOE OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT DISASTROUS FOUR YEARS WE JUST NOW ARE LEAVING.
HE WASN’T RESPONSIBLE, he just had diminished capacity, poor guy.
Oh, and POOR MEDIA WHO NEVER “EVEN THOUGHT” THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN THE WH.
WHAT A BUNCH OF LOSERS.
The enemedia kept a lid on this for four years, and NOW it’s coming out, with a month to go??
FDR wasn’t in the best of shape as WW2 neared an end. But he had an awesome military team working for him. Henry Stimson, Dwight Eisenhower, Chester Nimitz, etc.
Biden is a clueless fool who is presiding over a team of clueless fools. Big difference there.
Of course the Democrats would blame Trump for the Afghan withdrawal debacle. Given how willfully blind they are, I would not expect otherwise.
Related note #1: I was talking to a Democrat friend of mine about Vietnam. She brought it up (the subject is too painful for me to bring up).
She put 100% of the blame for that mess on … wait for it … Eisenhower. It was obvious that she wanted to blame a Republican president. And Ike was the closest one.
Related note #2: We don’t see this kind of thinking as much with conservatives. For example, Bush II is bashed rather frequently here on FR (and deservingly so).
Biden is asleep at the wheel, and has been for a long, long time. The media utilized hatred against Trump, to cover-up a dementia patient in the W.H. Now, nobody with common sense believes them.
“sparked concerns about Biden’s capacity to manage high-stakes decision-making”
So in August of 2021 it became clear Biden was not capable of making “high-stakes” decisions? Yet, in February of 2022, just six months later, he joined Ukraine in a war with Russia, spending billions of dollars and risking nuclear conflict.
Yes that is a stretch.
Since Johnson was the one to stomp the accelerator.
Didn’t generals issue the orders? Were they stupid?
Yes, the Afghanistan withdrawal was totally messed up.
One can withdraw from war engagement in orderly fashion, but this one really resembled disastrous SOS defeat, and surely encouraged terrorists.
Plus got Afghanistan into Talban nightmare.
Well, these are DEI generals.
But, the biggest problem was that Biden issued short, hard deadline, basically forcing the run away scramble.
In war, you NEVER issue hard deadlines!
Now we know why no one was held accountable for this debacle
Well, here’s an insult to Biden: what are the chances that the cocaine found in the White House was President Bidens? Maybe he has been strung out on drugs. Many highly successful men and women became drug addicts at the top of their careers.
Now we know why no one was held accountable for this debacle
The installed Taterhead who had 81,000,000 ballots counted for him will be taking the fall for everything.
The foisting of Biden on the country by the Democrats is one of the biggest disgraces in American history.
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