Post by peeves on Aug 26, 2021 9:05:28 GMT -5
I bet that more Latin Americans have crossed the USA border than the restricted Canadians still denied entry.
Makes Biden look rather Alice in Wonderland-dish Topsy-turvy huh?
I think Biden needs a Mafioso concierge, and enforcer à la The Godfather.
Wonder who ties his shoe laces.
Wait till the Taliban attacks the airport which seems eminent. Then he'll blame the Afghan government.
What I would have done.
NO ANNOUNCEMENT re plans to leave, which was simply to placate the left wing doves and distract from other issues.
Then, reinforce with another large number of military as if stepping up fight against the Taliban...more drones visibly doing reconnaissance.
Pull out staff and close the embassy "because the Taliban was being uncooperative."
Arrange exit plans behind the scenes after some military actions against the Taliban.
Begin collecting those to pull out at secure sights in concert with allies using the excuse that more vigorous allied attacks were in the planning.
Start exit flights while increasing pressure on the Taliban as if starting a new offensive.
In basic terms, more smoke and mirrors and less nonsensical braying of a welcome to a Taliban insurgence.
After all Trump's manoeuvring had reinforced the Taliban with 5,000 release of imprisoned fighters.
What a fiasco with lots of stupidity to share,
"But what is very disputable is the blame game now underway. While Politico headlines regurgitate GOP sound bites like “Biden on Afghanistan: Not My Problem,” CNN’s Peter Bergen charged that “Biden deserves blame for the debacle in Afghanistan.” Even the Washington Post editorial board got in the act, proclaiming, “Afghan lives ruined or lost will be part of Biden’s legacy.” Sadly, these “hot takes” are revisionist history of the worst kind. Not only was President Bush’s invasion of Afghanistan arguably doomed to fail before it began. It was Donald Trump’s February 2020 peace agreement with the Taliban that set an early timetable for an American withdrawal and put 5,000 imprisoned Taliban fighters back into battle."
Not to mention Trump's braying Tweet, they (US Troops) would ALL be out of Afghanistan by Christmas.
"On October 8, 2020, Trump tweeted out that all US troops would be out of Afghanistan by Christmas of that year. His Tweet took Mark Esper, the Secretary of Defense, Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan by surprise, or, more likely, by shock.