Posted on 08/18/2021 1:17:20 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
Ministers were accused of a failure of leadership on Wednesday as MPs returned to the Commons for an emergency debate on the crisis in Afghanistan.
Boris Johnson faced fierce criticism from former soldiers on his own backbenches over his handling of the situation and questions from his predecessor Theresa May, who said: “The politicians must be responsible for the consequences.”
MPs were recalled to Parliament from their summer break, three days after Afghanistan’s capital Kabul fell to the Taliban.
Mr Johnson said the sacrifice in Afghanistan was “seared into our national consciousness” and that the UK looked at trying to stay longer.
But he sought to justify leaving Afghanistan by outlining the “hard reality” that the West could not continue the US-led mission without American support.
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Cop-out : to back out (as of an unwanted responsibility) cop out on jury duty. 2 : to avoid or neglect problems, responsibilities, or commitments accused the mayor of copping out on the issue.
Theresa May has been waiting for this “Miss Me Yet?” moment quite a long while.
May almost turned the UK over to Comrade Corbyn and his Laborites.
Yep, she’s in no position to criticize her fellow CINO, given how badly SHE handled a policy she “inherited from my predecessor” .
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