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Biden scrambles to limit damage to credibility from Afghanistan
Biden scrambles to limit damage to credibility from Afghanistan
When President Joe Biden appeared in the White House East Room on July 8 to stress that the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan was proceeding apace, he declared that a Taliban takeover of the country was not inevitable.
www.reuters.com
When President Joe Biden appeared in the White House East Room on July 8 to stress that the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan was proceeding apace, he declared that a Taliban takeover of the country was not inevitable.
Five weeks later, the Taliban is in charge, scenes of chaos at the Kabul airport from the evacuation of Americans and U.S.-aligned Afghan citizens has transfixed the world, and Biden is scrambling to defend himself from a series of miscalculations that have damaged U.S. credibility.
While insisting that "the buck stops with me," Biden has doled out blame to others over America's humiliating end to the 20-year involvement in Afghanistan that included missteps by four administrations - two Republican and two Democratic.
He has assailed the Afghan military for refusing to fight, denounced the now-ousted Afghan government and declared he inherited a bad withdrawal agreement from his Republican predecessor Donald Trump.
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The crisis appears to have taken a toll. Biden's approval rating dropped by 7 percentage points and hit its lowest level - 46% - since he took office in January, a Reuters-Ipsos poll conducted on Monday found. read more.
"The prime minister stressed the importance of not losing the gains made in Afghanistan over the last 20 years, or protecting ourselves against any emerging threat from terrorism and of continuing to support the people of Afghanistan," said a Downing Street spokesman.
Comment:
This is unusual for Reuters to comment so negatively on a Democrat president,
Worst of all the manner he used to withdraw from his erratic decisions from the beginning, whether from poor advice or disdain for the former president has put America in a dire position, this latest fiasco now has now put our National Security in jeopardy.
Meanwhile his team of soy boys are scrambling to fix their mistakes and point blame for their false delusions of grandeur on others.
Then again, how can someone who lacks any credibility, is incompetent ever fight to maintain something they don’t have?