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Biden shrugs off criticisms over failed US-Afghan efforts

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:


  • President Joe Biden has drawn flak over his mishandling of the US-Afghan joint efforts as the Taliban conquered Afghanistan.
  • Biden blamed Afghan leaders and its military for not having the will to fight against the militant group.
  • Both Democratic and Republican leaders were disappointed with how he handled the crisis.

Following Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, President Joe Biden is in the midst of a backlash about his move to end the two-decades long conflict and pull out the US troops in the region.

Biden, who remained firm that he did not regret his drawdown decision, is now scrambling to shield himself from criticisms that have spoiled the country’s global reputation.

While he made a “the buck stops with me” statement, the president was also quick to put the blame on other parties involved in what turned out to be an embarrassing break up with the Afghan government that just swiftly collapsed.

Biden slammed the ousted Afghan leaders, as well as its military for not being able to put up a fight. He did not also forget to cite former President Donald Trump as he stressed that he inherited a faulty withdrawal deal.

“I made a commitment to the American people when I ran for President that I would bring America’s military involvement in Afghanistan to an end.  And while it’s been hard and messy – and yes, far from perfect – I’ve honored that commitment,” Biden said in a White House address Monday.

Obviously, the US intelligence forecast — that the Taliban forces could be handled for three months after the US withdrawal — was mistaken. Meanwhile, US military officials who took a more planned ‘withdrawal’ method were discharged.

The latest crisis already made an impact on the president’s approval rating. In a Reuters-Ipsos poll conducted on Monday, Biden’s rating dipped by seven percentage points, now at 46 percent, his lowest since assuming the presidency in January.

In his White House speech on Tuesday, National security adviser Jake Sullivan defended his boss’ actions.

“When you conclude 20 years of military action in a civil war in another country, with the impacts of 20 years of decisions that have piled up, you have to make a lot of hard calls. None with clean outcomes,” Sullivan said.

US Congress legislators have become frustrated on why the destabilization happened so easily, wanting to launch a probe.

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On Monday, Democratic Intelligence Committee chair Sen. Mark Warner (VA.) said that he plans to work with other committees “to ask tough but necessary questions” on why the US got caught off guard with the Taliban’s full control of Afghanistan. 

On the other hand, Republicans have repeatedly slammed Biden on his Afghan strategies.

“The security and humanitarian crisis now unfolding in Afghanistan could have been avoided if you had done any planning,” Republicans on the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee wrote in a Tuesday letter to the White House.

Source: MSN.com

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  1. HondoCB

    August 20, 2021 at 4:40 pm

    Americans (the Conservative Voters): Hello. obiden is incompetent, dumb-like-a-fox, uncaring, cruel, criminally misled by his hidden “advisers”, and political-partisan to the the point of “harmful to the interests of Our Country”.
    Also: obiden will go to the grave with a mask on. Go figure.

  2. Beth A Gray

    August 20, 2021 at 5:23 pm

    O’Biden & Camel, better known as “Dumb and Dumber” they are both the most Incompetent, irresponsible, unaccountable, uncaring, cruel, hateful and criminal leaders this country has ever seen. They are selling this country out one piece at a time, and now with the Taliban in control of Afghanistan, who knows what danger they pose to the rest of the world! Taliban has NO RESPECT FOR LIFE! O’Biden’s incompetence has once again not only embarrassed this country to the WORLD but makes the USA look as UNCARING and CRUEL as he is.
    Why were the US military officials who took a more planned ‘withdrawal’ method discharged? Why because they knew what he planned to do was a HORRIBLE mistake???!!! All those women & girls in that country are being beaten, abused, and maybe even killed due to his STUPIDITY! How could anyone who leads this country have such disregard for human life???!!! God help US!

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